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Bloomsday 2018 Bloomsday is celebrated around the world in places such as New York, Montreal, Melbourne, Paris, Istanbul, the Costa del Sol, Berlin and Pula in Croatia. You can find out if there is a Bloomsday close to you by looking for the hashtags #Bloomsday and #Bloomsday2018 on social media. If you are in Dublin Continue reading
James Joyce’s novel Ulysses is set on the 16th June 1904 and has become known as Bloomsday, after the book’s anti-hero Leopold Bloom. Both he and Stephen Dedalus journey across Dublin, experiencing all of life in one day. Meanwhile, Bloom’s wife Molly is in bed entertaining man-about-town Blazes Boylan. Here are our top 5 tips Continue reading
Romping through Gulliver’s Travels by At it Again! Launch Join At it Again! to celebrate the launch of their new book, Romping through Gulliver’s Travels, in the wonderful setting of Books Upstairs Cafe on Thursday, 2nd March at 6.30pm. Spend a fun evening with At it Again! who are the creative heads behind the Continue reading
Here at At it Again! we love stories that are closely linked to a city or place. It’s fascinating to be able to walk the same streets as the characters and imagining meeting them. Have you seen our graphic guide Romping through Dubliners, a fun and interactive take on Irish writer James Joyce’s fifteen short Continue reading
“His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe.” – The Dead, Dubliners, James Joyce. We swooned ourselves when we made it onto the Daily Edge with our new Christmas Card based on James Joyce’s short story The Dead from Dubliners. They have selected it as one of their wonderfully Irish alternative Christmas cards. Continue reading