2 days ago2 minNumber 7Originally posted by @allthingsjoyceandwilde on Instagram Nora was as important to ‘Ulysses’ as she was to Joyce. She didn’t only endure...
4 days ago3 minEccles StreetWhen I lived and worked in Dublin, I was no stranger to Eccles Street and during six months while working as a delivery driver in Dublin...
May 172 minMolly Bloom and UlyssesI was talking with a literature professor on Instagram and what started out as a like and comment turned into a discussion on different...
May 132 minHistorical MomentsGET HIS WORDS OUT OF YOUR HEAD On March 27th 2022, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air was crowned King Richard and received the accolade of a...
May 75 minSéamus' Way(A eulogy to the writer who introduced me to Joyce) I invited myself along on a Camino with a seasoned pilgrim of the Camino de Santiago...
May 54 minA Wonderful Hand-me-down HeirloomMargaret Franklin who I know from my hometown, Athlone, in the heart of Ireland, shares this fantastic family heirloom owned by her late...
Apr 242 minUlysses, The MusicalSo far on this blog I have focused on reading Ulysses, listening to Ulysses audiobooks, attending monthly Bloomsday readings of Ulysses,...
Apr 242 minUlysses MissaBased on the idea of a Catholic Mass because of Catholicism’s relevance to Ireland, Joyce, and literature, the new musical, Ulysses Missa...
Apr 92 minCan we bring Joyce to Luxembourg?With war and pandemics it is hard to make plans to travel anywhere but after two long years waiting for the European People's Festival to...
Mar 241 minYou Need Me to Say YesHere is a lesson in literature An open letter for all future writers At the end of the day, you need me to say yes I belong to an amazing...
Mar 223 min2nd Radio InterviewWhile I really enjoyed engaging with everyone on social media about their interest in James Joyce, my second radio interview, just after...
Mar 162 minSpeaking on Midlands 103 on Groundhog DaySpeaking on Midlands 103 on the morning of Groundhog Day, the presenter Will Faulkner immediately admitted that he has never read Ulysses...
Mar 84 minJames Joyce's WomenThe title James Joyce's Women sounds quite negative and possessive for International Women's Day but without certain key women, Ulysses...
Mar 62 minHand Me My WordsworthI'm not sure what he meant when he wrote it but I was delighted to see that Joyce wrote, "Hand me my Wordsworth" as I read my Wordsworth...
Mar 65 minJames Joyce Just Turned 140, What If We Could Live to 140?Just as we were about to celebrate the centenary of Ulysses on Groundhog Day and the anniversary of James Joyce’s birth, I was talking...
Feb 181 minWIN ULYSSESWin a collection of James Joyce’s books Thanks to Wordsworth Editions, five lucky winners will receive a collection of James Joyce’s...
Feb 152 minIf Ulysses isn't worth readingDespite all the controversy and censorship that Ulysses attracted a century ago, people have read it and loved it and reread it and loved...
Feb 23 minWorth RememberingIt is worth remembering the amount of money generated by and in the name of William Butler Yeats, John Count McCormack and James Joyce....
Jan 314 minUlysses and The Next GenerationHailing all frequencies, are there any Jame Joyce fans out there in the Trekkie universe? I watched an old Star Trek Voyager episode from...
Jan 314 minThe Groundhog Day Challenge After 100 DaysAs I write this, I have 100 pages left to read but have spent the last 100 days trying to celebrate the last 100 years and have...