Jun 151 minBloomsday BirthdayA very happy birthday to my friend and former neighbour on this very special Bloomsday. Some years ago I was fortunate enough to meet...
Jun 143 minPhotographing Book SigningsI love photographing book signings and authors with their books and I know over the years some of my friends have really appreciated...
Jun 64 minLiddy's LimerickSpeaking at the book launch of Arias of Consolation, Dominic Taylor of Revival Press said, Liddy’s Limerick Let me say first off I’m...
Jun 32 minIt's Only Rocking Roll But I Like ItI never imagined hearing the Rolling Stones perform live even though The Simpsons predicted that they would be touring for decades but...
May 313 minReading Joyce, well trying toDespite butchering the pronunciation of "impudent" I enjoyed the feed of vocabularly that I had to quickly digest for this month´s James...
May 312 minNo PhotosEverything about Joyce's Ulysses was controversial so I can't help but imagine that he would expect me to take a photograph next to a...
May 262 minNumber 7Originally posted by @allthingsjoyceandwilde on Instagram Nora was as important to ‘Ulysses’ as she was to Joyce. She didn’t only endure...
May 243 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...