james joyce

In the last decade, women have proved to be the most passionate translators of Joyce. Among these are Dai Congrong, Marianna Gula, Akram Pedramnia, Iglika Vassileva, Tamar Gelashvili, Dirce Waltrick do Amarante and Jolanta Wawrzycka who…

I first heard about ‘paralysis’ and ‘epiphany' as a  student in secondary school. Those words echoed around my mind, enveloped in a veil of mystery. It was my English teacher who talked to us about Ulysses - a massive book set on a unique…

“It is a tremendously Hibernian dilemma—a broken family, lost love, all the melancholy rest of it—and a Hibernian easement for it is suggested: fuck it, we’ll go for an old drink.” There is perhaps no better conspectus or cure for the…

It's inevitable that, sometimes, art can not only meet, but exceed the hype. We are fed impressions of greatness which become reality, with strokes of utter genius captivating audiences. Certainly, this is what Fontaines D.C. have unleashed…

Dermot Bolger is a stalwart of the Irish literary scene, having written numerous novels and plays since the mid-1980s. These include his recent successes Tanglewood, a microscopic look at the Irish property boom of 00s, and The Lonely Sea…

From its broadest strokes to its tiniest details, Flann O’Brien’s The Third Policeman is built out of weirdness. Weirdness is not only its dominant style but its very element, its operating logic, its final destination, and its means of…

The greatest trick the Church ever played was convincing the Irish that it wasn’t dictating our lives. Catholicism has a way of forcing itself upon the Irish psyche, but it goes about its work with such subtlety that we still react to its…

News According the Guardian, a "leading literary agent" has warned that big name prizes, such as the Costa Book Awards, are harming literary fiction. Among other factors, large entry fees mean that independent publishers taking risks on…

When my sister asked me to help her with her Leaving Cert. English revision (not so much asked as relented to my pleas) I realised that enough time has passed since I sat mine to appreciate the literature offered on the syllabus. This…

"I remember, day zero, I was like 'Fuck, this could really work!'" - Vogue Williams speaking about her Ghostbusters reboot, January, 2016. Vogue Williams, the TV presenter, approached RTÉ in 2014 with an interesting prospect: To remake…