by Tasha Jones | Jan 24, 2018 | Articles, Books, James Joyce, Poetry, Robbie Burns
If you’re feeling adventurous and would like to try and decipher a passage from Finnegans Wake this article is for you. As an added bonus, I’ll share an amazing connection I personally have to the text, and to our newsletter Joyicity.
by Jamie Salomon | Jan 24, 2018 | Articles, Reading Groups Posts
Ulysses is exactly the kind of book that benefits readers and re-readers. I had read Ulysses a couple of times already and remained interested in it and planned to re-read it sooner or later so, when I heard that a reading group was being formed, I eagerly joined. I...
by Louise Cauchon | Jan 22, 2018 | Articles, Recipes
Hot whiskey is a wonderful drink, and perfect for Canadian winters. Recipe from A Little Irish Cookbook, by John Murphy. Illustrated by Karen Bailey.
by Robert Graham | Jan 20, 2018 | Articles, Books, James Joyce, Travel
As part of the art fair Documenta 14 held in Kassel, Germany the Argentinian artist Marta Minujín had made to be built in Kassel’s Friedrichsplatz a 1:1 scale version of the Athenian Parthenon. The books chosen were titles which at some time or place had been suppressed or censored. It was the Parthenon of (Forbidden) Books.
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.
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