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Still thinking about The Odyssey? Read these 6 books next

From Stephen Fry’s ‘Odyssey’ to Margaret Atwood’s ‘Penelopiad’, dive into these Homer-inspired titles

Evening Standard

Dublin is the only large European capital without a metro: what would Leopold Bloom make of that?

In James Joyce’s Ulysses, the city’s most famous fictional resident was as frustrated by its transport links in 1904 as many of us are today, says professor of political economy Dermot Hodson

The Guardian - UK

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney review – surprise moves in love, loss and chess

The Irish author explores bereavement and age-gap relationships in a breathtakingly intimate tale of two brothers and the women they turn to

The Guardian - UK

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Yes festival review – a marvellous appreciation of Molly Bloom

A two-year celebration of the centenary of James Joyce’s Ulysses culminates in a female-led, cross-border, multidisciplinary festival dedicated to the protagonist’s wife

The Guardian - UK

Ulysses’ Molly Bloom to be brought to life in video at Derry festival

Fiona Shaw, Cush Jumbo, Imelda Staunton and Miriam Margolyes to enact parts of novel’s concluding monologue in The Molly Films

The Guardian - UK

Bloomsday 2023: All you need to know about the James Joyce celebrations

There are a variety of events taking place on June 16 in Dublin for the Bloomsday Festival in celebration of Joyce's book 'Ulysses'

Dublin Live

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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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

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

The Guardian - UK

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

Dublin Live

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

The Guardian - UK

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

In the footsteps of giants: the ultimate Ulysses walk around Dublin

On the centennial of James Joyce’s modernist masterpiece, we offer a pilgrimage you can fit into a single day

The Guardian - UK

Ulysses app allows Dubliners to explore the city through the eyes of Leopold Bloom

The app has been update in line with the 100th anniversary of the world-renowned book

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Heeding the lessons of Joyce's "Ulysses"

Joyce's great novel, 100 years later, warns us off nationalism and idolatry, brings us together in life and death

The Conversation

Ulysses at 100 – start here if you want to read this modernist classic

James Joyce’s Ulysses was first published 100 years ago. For a century, it has been seen as an intimidating read, but I’d like to challenge that. It is surprisingly accessible.

The Guardian - UK

Dangerous, voyeuristic, transgressive, exciting: Anne Enright on James Joyce’s Ulysses at 100

My mother considered it a dirty text, but this profoundly democratic book has liberated female Irish authors

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