BONUS EPISODE: Colm Tóibín, in conversation with Alice McCrum
What did James Joyce’s Ulysses do to literature, and how has literature reacted since? What is its role in the contemporary literary landscape? In celebration of the book’s centennial and in anticipat...
16 Jun 202249min
Pages 927 - 933 │ Penelope, part XIII │ Read by Sally Rooney
Pages 927 - 933 │ Penelope, part XIII │ Read by Sally RooneySally Rooney is an Irish novelist. She is the author of Conversations with Friends, Normal People and Beautiful World, Where Are You.Buy Bea...
15 Jun 202217min
Pages 921 - 927 │ Penelope, part XII │ Read by Lou Doillon
Pages 921 - 927 │ Penelope, part XII │ Read by Lou DoillonLou Doillon, born in 1982, is a Franco-British singer, songwriter, artist, actor, model living in Paris, France. She is knight of arts and let...
14 Jun 202212min
Hay Festival: Joyce and Ulysses with Adam Biles, Sinéad Gleeson, Xiaolu Guo, and John Mitchinson
Recorded at Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye, Tuesday 31 May 2022“Ulysses is going to make my place famous,” Sylvia Beach wrote to James Joyce when she made the decision to publish his novel, written over se...
14 Jun 202254min
Pages 915 - 921 │ Penelope, part XI │ Read by Kae Tempest
Pages 915 - 921 │ Penelope, part XI │ Read by Kae TempestKae Tempest is a poet, writer, a lyricist, a performer and a recording artist. They have published plays, poems, a novel, a book length non-fic...
13 Jun 202213min
Pages 913 - 915 │ Penelope, part X │ Read by Margaret Atwood
Pages 913 - 915 │ Penelope, part X │ Read by Margaret AtwoodMargaret Atwood, whose work has been published in more than 45 countries, is the author of more than 50 books of fiction, poetry, critical e...
12 Jun 20224min
Pages 906 - 913 │ Penelope, part IX │ Read by Emilie Pine
Pages 906 - 913 │ Penelope, part IX │ Read by Emilie PineEmilie Pine is Professor of Modern Drama in the School of English, Drama and Film in University College Dublin. She has published widely as an ...
11 Jun 202216min
Bonus Bloomcast: Declan Kiberd, author of Ulysses and Us
In this special episode Alice, Lex and Adam geek out with the man who—Joyce aside—has probably been cited more than any other in our podcast: Professor Declan Kiberd. Professor Kiberd is the author of...
10 Jun 20221h 9min
