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.

The James Joyce Centre continued 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, on Saint Lucia’s Day 2024 at 1pm. The event featured readings by Deirdre and Prof. Luke Gibbons as we enjoyed 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 are available for purchase in our giftshop and for shipping worldwide. Email us at [email protected] for more information.

The James Joyce Centre is supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.