On the evening of Friday 31st January 2020 at 7pm, the Joyce Centre hosted a reading event with a difference, it sought to harness raw intimacy and frank sexuality in readings that delivered a modern take on the spirit of Nora Barnacle and her letters. We were delighted to welcome our three wonderful writers; Clíona […]
Category archives: January
STEPHEN JAMES JOYCE 1932 – 2020
The Joyce Centre has learned with regret of the death of Stephen Joyce, grandson and last direct descendant of James Joyce. He was a doughty defender of his grandfather’s legacy and even though many of those subjected to the estate’s strictures in relation to permissions and fees actively resented them, Stephen was acting, as he […]
On this day…31 January
On 31 January 1940 Joyce met with Paul Léon at the end of his last stay in Paris. Joyce arrived in Paris around 22 January 1940 and returned to Saint-Gérand-le-Puy on 1 February. As it turned out, this was Joyce’s last stay in Paris. Instead of staying at the family’s apartment at 34 rue des […]
On this day…30 January
On 30 January 1924 Joyce writes to Ettore Schmitz about La coscienza di Zeno. Joyce was not renowned for his assistance to other writers but with Ettore Schmitz there was a special and enduring relationship of mutual support that began during Joyce’s early years in Trieste when both he and Schmitz were struggling authors, and […]
On this day…29 January
On 29 January 1934 Joyce appears on the front cover of Time magazine. This issue of Time magazine not only had Joyce on the front cover but also devoted a lengthy article, ‘Ulysses Lands,’ to welcoming the publication of the first legal and authorised edition of Joyce’s Ulysses in America, indeed in any English-speaking country. […]