About the Salon - The London Literary Salon

Opening books, meeting minds, creating community.

From Homer to Dante, Shakespeare and Donne. From Dostoevsky to Joyce, Proust and Woolf. From the art of the Renaissance and the paintings of the Belle Epoque to contemporary cinema, London Literary Salon offers opportunities to explore art and great literature – fiction, poetry, drama, ancient classics, philosophy and more – as part of small, friendly and committed groups, both online and in-person, led by skilled and enthusiastic guides.

WHAT’S COMING UP?

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“London Literary Salon sounds grand – believe me it is anything but . . . It is however a magical, brilliant safe space of encouragement, wisdom, laughter and serious study with no homework apart from reading.”

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“I always leave the meetings with a much broader understanding of what we are reading than when I arrived.”

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“I cannot begin to tell you how much I am learning from your Ulysses sessions . . . Thank you so much for what is proving to be a revolutionary experience for me.”

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“I would recommend courses led by Toby to anyone who wants to look at a text in detail
in a study group.”

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“I feel that the Jacob’s Room salon is changing me. I am learning to embrace ambiguity rather than rushing to impose my own pattern on what I’m reading. The community carried me in the text. “

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“My Writer’s Journey Workshop is led by Alison Cable who creates such a safe, fun, non-judgmental space that even I can’t turn into a struggle.”

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“Everyone feels they get heard and therefore that each of us has a contribution to make”

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“In all of the courses I have attended I have felt a bond within the group, and this contributes significantly to the quality of the discussions.”

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“I found our four sessions enormously enriching
. . . all the participants
offered such wonderfully diverse readings and interpretations.”

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“Lovely, intimate groups with
in-depth discussions, lots of learning, and friendships are made for life there.”

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“I’ve read things I’d never dared read before. I’ve made new friends and met really interesting people.”

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“Thanks so much for such a delightful six weeks . . . It has been a treat for me here on the West Texas prairie to delve into the English Renaissance with such an interesting group from many different places.”

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“What a joy it was to be part of the Renaissance and history group! I don’t know what I’m going to do without it, but I know I’ll keep reading . . .”

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“It was a wonderful trip, interesting and good fun . . . I think the landscape, especially around the islands is so seductive that you can see how these wonderful texts were written.”

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“I have loved the Hamlet Soliloquies with Jane Wymark. She is enthusiastic about the Bard and eager to share her knowledge of him and as eager to learn more about him – always an example of
a real scholar.”

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“Just finished reading The Ambassadors – couldn’t put it down . . . plunging back into hours of reading, the way I grew up doing and always used to do.”

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“A great experience. Alison strips away the pressure and self-criticism often associated with writing and enables participants to write first and foremost for themselves.”