by Tasha Jones | Dec 17, 2018 | Articles, Books, Ireland, James Joyce, Ulysses
It was by happenstance that I picked up a copy of Paul Auster’s latest novel 4321 (2017) a couple of weeks ago at a McGill University “take a book leave a book” site. As expected from Paul Auster, the novel is hilarious, genius, meta and highly readable. But what was unexpected was that I found myself reading a re-imagined version of Ulysses.
by Judith Schurman | Sep 19, 2018 | Articles, Books, Ireland
Colum McCann is an Irish writer of literary fiction. His tales are easy to read, poetic even. Let the Great World Spin (2012) brought him international recognition and he has used his fame to create social change through storytelling. Here are ten more reasons why I recommend him.
by Judith Schurman | Feb 23, 2018 | Abbey Theatre, Articles, Festival News, Ireland, James Joyce, Theatre, Ulysses
Hello, fans of Ulysses! Do you want to see a play version of Joyce’s Ulysses in Montreal? Will it come to Montreal? The answer: It may be up to us and our enthusiasm for the project. Translation: Are we willing to do the work to make it happen?
by Megan Abley | Dec 19, 2017 | Articles, Books, Ireland, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, World War 2
Jo Baker’s A Country Road, A Tree (2016) is an exciting and moving novel detailing Samuel Beckett’s experiences in occupied France during World War Two. Though it is a fictionalized account, Baker did extensive research before writing the book, and the final product is a strange and beautiful mixture of historical events and imagined or inferred encounters.
by Dave Schurman | Dec 18, 2017 | Articles, Ireland, Irish Famine, Montreal, Theatre
This production has gone through 3 iterations that began with a performance in the Champlain College (St. Lawrence Campus) cafeteria about 4 years ago. It had a 3-day run – mostly in the form of a play – and then in March 2016 was presented twice at the Palais Montcalm in Quebec.
by Lesley Regnier | Dec 16, 2017 | Articles, Books, Ireland, James Joyce, Theatre
I met my sister in Dublin. We were two Kelley girls getting together in the land of our ancestors for four days of Joyce—my aim—she didn’t know more than the name and my interest. But I never expected to find that the stage version of Ulysses would be on at the Abbey Theatre! The Abbey Theatre about which I had read so much!
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