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John Banville: ‘There’s been a creeping retreat into infantilism’

The Booker prize winner on why revisiting his books makes him sick, killing off his crime-writing pseudonym, and the new wave of Irish novelists

The Guardian - UK

Anthony Burgess translation of Molière’s The Miser comes to light for first time

The A Clockwork Orange author’s translation – complete with recording – hailed as significant literary discovery

The Guardian - UK

Joyce’s Women review – Edna O’Brien offers a fresh view on her literary hero

O’Brien’s new play about her literary hero, imagining James Joyce through the eyes of the women in his life, is the hot ticket in Dublin

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The week in TV: Gutsy; Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg; Stuck; The Capture; Arena: James Joyce’s Ulysses

Hillary and Chelsea Clinton seek out inspirational women; Joe Lycett steals Laura Kuenssberg’s maiden show; and The Capture pulls off a rare feat

The Guardian - UK

New programmes worth staying in for dominate BBC Northern Ireland's autumn line-up

The line-up includes the return of daytime police drama Hope Street

Belfast Live

GOP's war on books: Only the beginning

Gutting public schools, targeting booksellers, shutting down libraries: Every censorship tactic is on the table

Salon

From Tim Winton to Michael Robotham and Sarah Krasnostein, celebrated writers share their favourite re-reads

Miles Franklin winner Tim Winton, crime writer Michael Robotham, non-fiction author Sarah Krasnostein and others share the books they re-read for inspiration, comfort and insight.

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David Byrne obituary

Other lives: Hotelier and Dublin restaurateur who devised a Joycean breakfast menu to celebrate Bloomsday

The Guardian - UK

Underwood Lane review – John Byrne’s devilish divine comedy hits the right notes

The Paisley-born playwright and artist pays tribute to hometown hero Gerry Rafferty in a coming-of-age musical amplified by 60s pop hits

The Guardian - UK

Author Andrew O'Hagan on independence, creative process and male friendship

IN a study in London’s Primrose Hill, there’s a lot of what you would expect and a little of what you wouldn’t. Piles of books, a model…

The National (Scotland)

How to read: a guide to getting more out of the experience

Most of us can read, but is there a way to do it better? Faster? With more comprehension or even … joy?

The Guardian - AU

Bloomsday 2022: The joy of Joyce’s Ulysses is that it isn’t intuitive at all

Though the classic book is considered a stream-of-consciousness novel, we should perhaps regard it as the opposite, writes John Scholar

The Independent UK

Yell, Sam, If You Still Can by Maylis Besserie review – Beckett’s last days

A remarkable debut that imagines the Irish writer communing with lost loved ones in a Paris nursing home

The Guardian - UK

Ireland marks Bloomsday with play about Ulysses obscenity trial

1933 trial that vindicated ‘pornographic’ James Joyce novel made into play to be staged in Dublin

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I took the train to Trieste – here’s my guide

Next stop in our series marking the rail pass’s 50th birthday is the Italian city of Trieste, where literary past meets cosmopolitan present – and everyone goes to the seaside

AAP

More Australians paying for news: Report

The University of Canberra's Digital Media report shows growth in print journalism, with audiences turning their back on social media as a source of news.

Dublin Live

What is Bloomsday? All you need to know about the James Joyce celebration

2022 marks the 100th anniversary of Bloomsday, a celebration of one of Ireland's most influential writers, James Joyce

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on James Joyce’s Ulysses: a 100-year-old masterpiece

Editorial: Bloomsday, the annual celebration of this great Dublin novel, is a good moment to reflect on its enduring significance

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The Conversation

In The Candy House, Jennifer Egan delivers an inventive novel for a digital age

In her typically inventive fashion, Jennifer Egan calls The Candy House, the follow-up to her Pulitzer Prize winner A Visit from the Goon Squad (2011), a “sibling novel”.

Dublin Live

Prize winning Dublin composer on finding inspiration in James Joyce's Ulysses

Daragh Black Hynes was the winner of this year's Sean O'Riada competition

Dublin Live

Dublin pubs: New owner of Fitzgeralds of Sandycove says buying the bar was 'dream come true'

Dublin Live

Dublin taxis turned into moving art gallery by NCAD students

Each of the Uber taxis takes inspiration from different parts of Dublin, including famous landmarks, ancient art, and one dedicated to James Joyce

Dublin Live

World Book Day 2022: Books based in Dublin you have to read before you die

To celebrate World Book Day 2002, here is a list of the best books set in Dublin city

The Guardian - UK

The light and shade that can convert non-believers to rugby union

Writer Richard Beard believes killing off lazy stereotypes and emphasising huge possibilities within the game is way forward

The Guardian - UK

Where to start with: James Joyce

Always wanted to tackle the great Irish writer but not sure Ulysses is for you? This handy primer may just help you find a way in

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