Welcome to the main page for the Footnotes & Tangents 2026 slow read-along of William Golding’s The Inheritors. This read-along runs for 4 weeks and starts Friday 5 May 2026.
The reading schedule (tba by April 2026)
Weekly updates (published every Friday from 5 May)
Podcast (an audio version of the post)
The cast of characters (coming soon)
Further resources (coming soon)
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Never could connect to Golding’s works, so I am going to find this a challenge.
Golding!!!!! Simon, you have literally chosen my dream list for next year. I am IN!