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Love’s Bitter Mystery: the Year that Made James Joyce

There is James Joyce, the lionised author; there is young Jim Joyce, full of confidence and with nothing to justify it and no good reason to believe he ever will; and there is Stephen Dedalus, the fictional altar of his ego. Continue reading →

Bloomsday 2021: Love’s Bitter Mystery

Bloomsday in Melbourne’s new immersive play explores the year that made James Joyce, 1903-4. Continue reading →

Congratulations

Two new OAM recipients with connection to Tintean Continue reading →

Catching the Spirit of These Strange Times

Ulysses’ ‘interiorization’ is one reason why the book is considered to be unfilmable. Ulysses in Plaguetime deals with this problem by having Dedalus and Bloom speak directly to the viewer in Proteus and Lotus Eaters, as if in video diaries. Continue reading →

400 Participants in Separate Rooms across the Globe

As host of the seminar, Philip Harvey saw his task as to ask questions, some pre-worded others impromptu; to figure out what several people were saying at once; and to direct the dialogue so it didn’t fall off a bridge into the Liffey. Continue reading →

Bloomsday Metempsychosed

Bloomsday in the Year of Plague. A metempsychosis. Continue reading →

ISAANZ 24 conference, 2019 Foregrounding Irish Women

Papers will range from Irish orphan stories, Mary Lee, women in the 1916 Rising and conscription, Irish nuns and identity, chain migration, women in World War 1, through to the 20th century ‘Troubles’ and abortion reform and neonatal deaths. Continue reading →

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