diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..823ff50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# This workflow will install Python dependencies, run tests and lint with a variety of Python versions
+# For more information see: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/automating-builds-and-tests/building-and-testing-python
+
+name: Python package
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m pip install orjson
+        python -m pip install flake8
+        if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
+    - name: Lint with flake8
+      run: |
+        # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
+        flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
+        # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
+        flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
+    - name: Test with unittest
+      run: |
+        python -m unittest discover -s tests/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f03db1e..fa14521 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Development :
 
 ## Basic usage
 The module maps the API structure to Python classes. The user `set_` objects that can have only one value (e.g. `id`) and `add_` objects that can have multiple entities (e.g. `labels`).
-As an example, we will execute the [Simple Manifest - Book recipe](https://iiif.io/api/cookbook/recipe/0009-book-1/) from the IIIF cookbook. More examples from the [cookbook](https://iiif.io/api/cookbook/) in the examples folder of this repository.
+As an example, we will execute the [Simple Manifest - Book recipe](https://iiif.io/api/cookbook/recipe/0009-book-1/) from the IIIF cookbook. More examples from the [cookbook](https://iiif.io/api/cookbook/) are in the examples folder of this repository.
 
 ```python
 from IIIFpres import iiifpapi3
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ manifest.json_save("manifest.json")
 ```
 
 ## Debug the manifest
-When you are populating a new IIIF type from scratch some helpful function can be
+When you are populating a new IIIF type from scratch some helpful functions can be
 used for spotting errors.
 
 `.inspect()` method returns a JSON representation of the object where the 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ manifest = iiifpapi3.Manifest()
 manifest.inspect()
 ```
 
-`.show_errors_in_browser()` method open a new browser tab highlighting the 
+`.show_errors_in_browser()` method opens a new browser tab highlighting the 
 required and recommended fields.
 
 ```python
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ manifest.show_errors_in_browser()
 ```
 
 ## Reading the manifest (experimental)
-A json file compliant with presentation API3 can be read as follow:
+A JSON file compliant with presentation API3 can be read as follows:
 ```python
 from IIIFpres.utilities import read_API3_json
 mymanifest = read_API3_json('manifest.json')
@@ -95,4 +95,4 @@ The package is provided by the [Laboratorio di Studi Medievali e Danteschi](http
 <img src="https://i.ibb.co/tcTNXRP/layerlores.png" alt="LaMeDan Logo" width="250">
 
 
-Bisides contributors, I would like to thank  [dnoneill](https://github.com/dnoneill) for suggestions , and IIIF community and coordinators.
+Besides contributors, I would like to thank  [dnoneill](https://github.com/dnoneill) for suggestions, and IIIF community and coordinators.