It is easy today to forget the extreme ways that nineteenth-century British society divided along sectarian lines. Continue reading
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What is Irish-Australian Literature? A Symposium 22 November 2019
A symposium to explore the nature of Irish-Australian literature Continue reading
Museum of Literature Ireland
Newman House has undergone years of careful restoration and modernization under the guidance of award-winning architects to become MoLI Continue reading
Diving deep into Joyce at the Martello Tower
Diving deep into the opening of James Joyce’s Ulysses. Continue reading
A Melbourne Joycean seeks out Bloomsday in Zurich
Bloomsday in Zurichbegan with a tram trip to Fluntern Cemetery …. Continue reading
A Paean in Praise of Theatre
A Director in love with Oscar Wilde and his theatre of other possible futures…. Continue reading
The Trial of Ned Kelly Staged
Nature of Event: Barry Versus Kelly – The tragic story of Australia’s folk hero, Ned Kelly and the judge who hanged him. A musical drama by Felix Meagher (with additional music by Lou Hesterman and Cyril Moran) about the trial and execution of Ned Kelly in November 1880. about the Trial of Ned Kelly, the classic confrontation between … Continue reading
It might be nonsense, but at least it’s clever nonsense
A novelist, a bolshevik, and a dadaist walked into a bar, is one way of getting the joke that is Travesties. Or it’s a demonstration of how The Importance of Being Earnest is a Marxist tract. Continue reading
It might be nonsense, but at least it’s clever nonsense
A novelist, a bolshevik, and a dadaist walked into a bar, is one way of getting the joke that is Travesties. Continue reading
Bloomsday in Brisbane
Readings, music, Irish literature more generally, and eating and drinking – Bloomsday at the Queensland Irish Association in Brisbane. Continue reading
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