Celebrating the Centenary Celebration of the Release of James Joyce Bloomsday is celebrated on June 16th each year, the day depicted in James Joyce's Ulysses. The day is named after the central character in Ulysses, Leopold Bloom, and follows the life and thoughts of Leopold Bloom and a host of other characters – real and fictional – from 8:00 am on 16 June 1904 through to … [Read more...] about Bloomsday 2022
Bloomsday
James Joyce Celebrated in Buffalo, NY
Downtown Buffalo's latest mural – a 36-foot-tall homage to renowned Irish author and poet, James Joyce. The University at Buffalo Libraries, home to world’s largest collection of James Joyce materials, celebrated Bloomsday, with the creation of Buffalo’s newest mural, a 36-foot-tall, vibrant artwork of Irish writer of world renown, James Joyce. The unveiling on June … [Read more...] about James Joyce Celebrated in Buffalo, NY
“Zoomsday”
A Virtual Celebration of
James Joyce’s Ulysses
Bloomsday, Wednesday June 16, 2021 at 6:00 pm EDT
“in Ulysses, in spite of its unusual frankness, I do not detect anywhere the leer of the sensualist…my considered opinion, after long reflection, is that whilst in many places the effect of Ulysses on the reader undoubtedly is somewhat emetic, nowhere does it tend to be an aphrodisiac. Ulysses may, therefore, be admitted … [Read more...] about “Zoomsday”
A Virtual Celebration of
James Joyce’s Ulysses
Paddy & Aedín Moloney’s “Reflections of Molly Bloom”
By Irish America Staff
June 15, 2016
June 15, 2016
Just in time for Bloomsday, June 16th, actress/producer Aedin Moloney and her father, Paddy Moloney of The Chieftains, are releasing Reflections of Molly Bloom, a two-volume collaborative recording featuring Aedin Moloney’s renowned interpretation and performance of “Molly Bloom’s Soliloquy” from James Joyce’s Ulysses, complimented with music by Paddy. A record release party … [Read more...] about Paddy & Aedín Moloney’s “Reflections of Molly Bloom”
Weekly Comment:
It’s Bloomsday, Would You Buy a $45,000 Signed Edition of Ulysses?
Each year on June 16, bibliophiles celebrate Bloomsday in tribute to the day of wandering undertaken by the protagonist of James Joyce’s famously dense Ulysses, Leopold Bloom. Though it may be one of the most famous days in literature, a running joke about Ulysses is that it’s the most famous book most people haven’t read. But a well-known rare edition of the book with … [Read more...] about Weekly Comment:
It’s Bloomsday, Would You Buy a $45,000 Signed Edition of Ulysses?