Every Dubliner has their own story about James Joyce, and no one more so than our best-known Joycean, Senator David Norris. Senator Norris has been at the heart of Joyce’s Dublin for nearly sixty years. For our Bloomsday Interview, Senator Norris sat down with Irish journalist, RTE presenter and former newsreader Anne Doyle to discuss […]
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Bloomsday 2019
The Bloomsday Festival is Dublin’s week long literary street carnival that celebrates James Joyce’s iconic novel Ulysses. Joyce is known for writing about life’s intimate moments. When Ulysses was published, some thought it obscene and unreadable. Joyce responded “if Ulysses isn’t fit to read, then life isn’t fit to live”. This year we are toasting […]
Ulysses for All
On 14th June, visitors prepared for Bloomsday with Dubliner and Joycean scholar Caroline Elbay and street carnival fan Maite López from At it Again! where they were taken on a whistle stop ride through the 18 episodes of Ulysses and learned about Joyce’s life and times. They discovered the origins of Bloomsday and heard stories […]
“Go and Create Something” Creative Panel
In the final chapter of Ulysses, Molly Bloom reflects “I wouldnt give a snap of my two fingers for all their learning why dont they go and create something”. Joyce has inspired not only writers, but people working across the creative arts, from music and dance to visual art and theatre. On 13th June, actor […]
On Joyce and Intimacy with writers Vigdis Hjorth and June Caldwell
James Joyce is known for writing about life’s intimate moments. When Ulysses was published, it was considered obscene and unreadable by some critics. Joyce responded “if Ulysses isn’t fit to read, then life isn’t fit to live”. On 12th June, The James Joyce Centre invited Norwegian writer Vigdis Hjorth and Dublin-based author June Caldwell for […]