£5, includes refreshments and printouts. Book here.

Slow down, read closely, think and discuss - that's what we are asking you to do in this club. Did you know that Charles Dickens visited the Portico Library a few days before he set off for a family holiday to Italy in June 1843? Let's join him from Manchester.

Turn off your smart phones, step away from the hectic pace of life, and discuss words.

Dr Debbie Challis is Creative Producer of the Portico Library and a cultural historian with an expertise on the reception of classical antiquity in the nineteenth century. She is currently researching and writing about the life of a mid Victorian female artist called Mary Severn. She is an expert on Alex Andreou's Podyssey and her work can be found on drdebbiechallis.com.