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How to become a Joycean
In the aftermath of Bloomsday, why not promise yourself to have it read by June 2024? Best tips for those who want to make Ulysses their own. Continue reading
Old tunes, new stories
…that such a book was written in Australia should not go unemphasised. Canny’s music has had a global impac ., Continue reading
Experimenting with Free Love
Bloomsday in Melbourne’s production of Exiles at 45 Downstairs, was exuberantly performed with a wisely cut-down script that focused on the essentials Continue reading
Martin Johnston’s Bloomsday, ca 1970
Cicada Gambit is probably the earliest work of fiction to use Bloomsday itself as an essential element of the story. It is an integral part of the history of Bloomsday celebration in Australia. Continue reading
A Bulwark against Sectarianism – the QIA
The QIA – home of multi-stranded Irish Australian activities – offered all manner of educational and recreational activities… Continue reading
Blast from our sectarian past
As someone who for more than 25 years has researched and written about the story of Sr Liguori (aka Bridget Partridge), I was not aware there was a mystery to be solved. Continue reading
Alice Cashin – the Queen of Marrickville.
When the war was declared, at the age of 44, she offered her services to the British government. She also changed her middle name from the Irish, Alanna, to the more Norman/English Eleanor. She would be known as Alice Eleanor throughout her war years and revert to Alanna on her return to Australia. Continue reading
Behind the Scenes of James Joyce’s ‘Exiles’
James Joyce’s forgotten masterpiece Exiles explores the subject of ethical free love as well as new gender scripts which are more legible now than they were a century ago. Continue reading
THANK GOD FOR BOB MAGUIRE
Father Bob Maguire was less a larrikin than a rebel who believed in helping the poor and calling out injustice…. Continue reading
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