What’s on in July and Beyond

Melbourne Rare Books Week Festival in July

Drew Tingwell as Leopold Bloom, and Cathy Kohlen as Molly for Bloomsday’s *Ulysses Prestissimo* directed by Wayne Pearn (2015). Photography by Bernard Peasley.

Poking the Bear

The impact of Censorship and the Obscenity Trial on Joyce’s revisions of Ulysses

Speaker: Honorary Associate Professor Frances Devlin-Glass

James Joyce was notoriously resistant to bending to censorship, even when it was demanded by friendly patrons like Ezra Pound, and much more so when he was institutionally punished. Ulysses’ publication in 1922 in Paris, following the high-stakes affray in the US courts which started in 1921, was a miracle. This presentation looks at Joyce’s response to his critics as he revised the novel, and argues that censorship delivered a radically different, and more daring, novel from what we might have had.

Presented by Bloomsday in Melbourne Inc. at the Celtic Club at The Wild Geese, Level 1 Members’ Lounge, 29 Sydney Road, Brunswick.

It is essential to register for this free event: trybooking.com/CRWNU.

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A Samuel Beckett Event for Melbourne Rare Books Week

Fizzles: Existentialism and Pop Art Collide

Convenor: Susan Millard

Archives and Special Collections, The University of Melbourne

Join a discussion by experts around the iconic collaboration between Irish writer Samuel Beckett and American artist Jasper Johns. This beautiful artist book Foirades/Fizzlesdelves into themes of duality, contradiction, disintegration and the demise of artistic expression. See Fizzles and other Beckett material in the exhibition in the adjacent gallery.

Date And Time

25-07-2024 @ 12:30 PM

A Day With James Joyce’s Ulysses

Always wanted to try it? Tried but got lost? Now’s your chance!

Now, Dublin is now unthinkable without Joyce; once, Joyce was unthinkable in Dublin.

3ZZZ, 309 Albert Street, Brunswick, Victoria10:00am – 4:30pm, Saturday 10th August 2024
Cost: $95 / $85

Find out more and book in

A friendly, entertaining, one-day session, designed especially for beginners, to take the mystery out of reading James Joyce’s Ulysses. No prior knowledge required!This is a fundraiser for Bloomsday in Melbourne’s next theatrical production. Presenters:
Associate Professor Frances Devlin-Glass (Ph.D., ANU) has been the Director of Bloomsday since its inception in 1994, and has taught Joyce at university and other levels since 1980. She is a member of the College of Distinguished Deakin Educators.

Steve Carey (DPhil, Oxon) wrote his doctoral thesis on the comedy of Ulysses at Jesus College, Oxford, supervised by Joyce’s biographer Prof. Richard Ellmann.

Diary note: Irish language immersion week/ weekend

Australian School of Celtic Learning Scoil Samhraidh 2025 Early bird registrations are open until Sunday 13 Oct

Monday 20 – Monday 27 January 2025 Mt Carmel Retreat Centre, New South Wales Dates: For week long attendees 20-27 January For long weekend attendees 24-27 January Venue: Carmel House 246 St Andrews Road, Varroville, NSW We will be offering lifts from the train station (Minto) to the venue Booking: All registrations must be made.

Booking:
All registrations must be made by Sunday 5 Jan
Early bird registrations are open until Sunday 13 Oct

Arrival, Registration & Orientation:
Arrival and registration opens at 4pm on Monday 20 Jan and there will be a school meeting/orientation at 5pm on Monday 20 Jan. For those attending for the weekend arrivals start at 4pm on Friday 24 Jan and we will do the orientation at the same time as registration.

Accommodation & Meals:
This is a residential event where all accommodation and meals are provided as part of the cost.

Class Levels:
Level 1 (beginners) People with no prior knowledge of Irish or who have been studying for less than one year.
Level 2 (continuing) Students who have now completed level 1 or who have studied Irish at some earlier stage in the past, for example at school.
Level 3 (intermediate) Students who have been studying for at least two years and who are now approaching the conversation stage.
Level 4 (advanced) Generally, those who are comfortable for the entire lesson to be conducted in Irish.
Level 5 (fluent) Cainteorí líofa

Comhaltas Melbourne Events

And at the Celtic Club at Wild Geese….

Irish Set Dancing monthly…

Celtic Club Pub Choir

Lunch with Eric Howard on Eureka

Women in Business Event

Registering for all events at the Celtic Club via their website: https://www.celticclub.com.au/whats-on

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