Bloomsday 2020

16 June 2020

Today is Bloomsday! Today marks 116 years of the publication of James Joyce's Ulysses!

The event is being marked by celebrations in many major cities of the world.

See for example - Dublin, New York,  Toronto ... . 

Our own Zurich James Joyce Foundation is offering an apero in the evening (Registration required). There will also be a reading.

Read more about various events here!

If you are an absolute novice regarding Ulysses, below are some links that help you to start discovering this great novel!

- Watch Sam Slote's video, "Why should you read James Joyce's Ulysses" on YouTube here!

- Listen to the complete reading of Ulysses produced by RTE Radio here!

- Get and read the book, Ulysses for the Uninitiated

 (Reading James Joyce Ulysses with Fritz Senn)

More about the book here!
More about Fritz Senn here! (In German)

Enjoy reading one of the masterpieces of English literature!