Book Launch
13 December 2024 at 1pm
A special limited edition book Lucia Joyce: Full Capacity by Deirdre Mulrooney (Grand Canal Publishing) supported by the James Joyce Centre has been born in time to celebrate and share the hidden artistic achievements of Lucia Anna Joyce, James Joyce’s daughter, on Saint Lucia’s Day (December 13th) 2024! Winter solstice in the Julian calendar, this feast day was traditionally celebrated in the Joyce family to honour Lucia and the origin of her name, which means ‘light’, at the darkest time of the year.
Join us at James Joyce Centre at 1pm on Saint Lucia’s Day 2024 as we continue this Joycean family tradition, by launching Deirdre’s meticulously researched illustrated booklet, which originally appeared in Joyce Studies Annual 2021 as “Fail Better: Lucia Joyce and the Abbey Theatre Ballets”. The event will feature readings by Deirdre and other guest speakers as we enjoy a lunchtime tea and coffee.
Deirdre is a dance historian and documentary maker, and author of books including Irish Moves, an illustrated history of dance and physical theatre in Ireland (Dublin: The Liffey Press, 2006). Copies of Lucia Joyce: Full Capacity will be available for sale at €10.
The event is free but booking is essential. Click here for tickets.
The James Joyce Centre is supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.