Happy Bloomsday!

‘Bloomsday celebrates Thursday, 16 June 1904, the day immortalised in James Joyce’s 1922 novel Ulysses. The day is named after Leopold Bloom, one of the novel’s protagonist (the other being Stephen Dedalus, the protagonist of Joyce’s 1916 novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Joyce’s literary alter ego). The novel follows Bloom’s life and thoughts — as well as those of Stephen and a host of other characters, real and fictional — from 8AM through to the early hours of the following morning….’ ( via James Joyce Centre )

Bloomsday is celebrated from Dublin and around the world by Joyce aficionados with readings, reenactments and related observances. Gather with others who revere Ulysses or simply pull out your copy again and dive in today.

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