Bloomsday Festival 2019

The James Joyce Centre, in Dublin, has announced the schedule for their 2019 Bloomsday Festival. It will feature a wide array of events and speakers on a range of topics including multiple walking tours, a “Ulysses Haiku Project,” a discussion on how to imagine Lucia Joyce, a pub crawl, and an interview with Senator David…Continue Reading Bloomsday Festival 2019

Finnegans Wake at 80 in Dublin

Pen and marker drawing depicting the Irish writer James Joyce in a hat, glasses, and a red jacket with headphones around his neck. Joyce is looking at a laptop that faces away from the reader. In the background a several posters of musicians are taped to a yellow wall.

Finnegans Wake, the book that has baffled and delighted readers since 1939, turns eighty this year. To celebrate this monumental publication anniversary, there are multiple events scheduled in Dublin this spring, which explore the book through a variety of academic, artistic, and popular approaches. The festivities begin April 11-13 with “Finnegans Wake at 80” ,…Continue Reading Finnegans Wake at 80 in Dublin