Latest Past Events

Essaying the Body, Sinéad Gleeson and Emilie Pine – 5 June

The Bloomsbury Hotel The Bloomsbury Hotel, 16-22 Great Russell Street, London

Sinéad Gleeson and Emilie Pine join the ILS to discuss their recent books of essays. Pine's winning last year's An Post Irish Book of the Year seemed to mark a reemergence of the essay form in Irish literature. Perhaps the flourishing of literary journals in Ireland has encouraged this, perhaps the renewed appreciation of Hubert Butler's work has been an ...

Multiple Joyce – 27 June 2022

The Bloomsbury Hotel The Bloomsbury Hotel, 16-22 Great Russell Street, London

In this centenary year of the publication of Ulysses we are delighted to welcome David Collard back to the Society with his new book, Multiple Joyce: One Hundred Short Essays About James Joyce's Cultural Legacy (Sagging Meniscus Press, June 2022). Springing from the essays we'll have discussion, song, readings and music to mark the UK launch of the book and ...

‘Nora’ with Nuala O’Connor – 28 March

The Bloomsbury Hotel The Bloomsbury Hotel, 16-22 Great Russell Street, London

In this centenary year of the publication of Ulysses we are delighted to welcome Nuala O'Connor to the Society to discuss her novel Nora. When Nora Barnacle, a twenty-year-old from Galway working as a maid at Finn’s Hotel, meets young James Joyce on a summer’s day in Dublin, she is instantly attracted to him, natural and daring in his company. ...

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