Bloomsday in Sweden
"Ulysses for Psychonauts" with Conner Habib
To mark Bloomsday and the 100th anniversary of the publication of Ulysses, the Irish Embassy in Sweden will host an engaging and interactive literary event with podcaster and author, Conner Habib, about how reading Ulysses can help you to explore your consciousness. In this interactive talk, we’ll leave aside the “right” and “wrong” ways to interpret the book, and instead use the book to interpret ourselves, and to explore experience and consciousness.
Ulysses Reading Marathon
The Embassy of Ireland in Sweden and the James Joyce Society of Sweden and Finland will celebrate Bloomsday by delving into one of Ireland's most iconic literary masterpieces, Ulysses by James Joyce at the magical venue of Rönnells Antikvariat, Stockholm.
With the participation of Spuds and Sill Irish theatre group and Katharsis Instit creative writing magazine, there will be something for everyone on this special date for literary lovers.
For more information: Latest News - Ulysses Reading Marathon - Department of Foreign Affairs (dfa.ie)
Ulysses100 Literature Competition 2022
To mark the anniversary of this masterpiece, the Embassy of Ireland to Sweden is delighted to collaborate with Tourism Ireland, International Literature Festival Dublin, Literature Ireland and Sweden-based Katharsis Institut to launch the Ulysses100 short story writing competition.
Entrants are invited to submit a short story (max 2,000 words) inspired by one of the main characters from James Joyce’s Ulysses (Molly, Stephen, Leopold), but the story must have a Swedish twist! Entries can be in either Swedish or English.
Closing date for receipt of entry is 1 August 2022 at midnight CET.
A panel of distinguished judges will read and reflect on all pieces and make a short list of five entries, each of whom will be in with a chance of winning the top prize of a trip to the Dublin International Literature Festival 2023. The winning story will also be published by Katharsis Institut in its bi-annual anthology. The winner will be announced at a prize-giving ceremony hosted by the Embassy, which will be held on International Translation Day on 30 September 2022.
Terms and Conditions and How to Enter: Latest News - Ulysses100 Literature Competition 2022 - Department of Foreign Affairs (dfa.ie)
Ulysses for Psychonauts: Reading James Joyce's Ulysses to explore your consciousness
Date and time:
Mon, 13 June 2022
18:30 – 20:30 CEST
Location:
Scalateatern
32 Wallingatan
111 24 Stockholm, Sweden
Tickets:
Ulysses for Psychonauts Tickets, Mon 13 Jun 2022 at 18:30 | Eventbrite
Reading James Joyce's Ulysses to explore your consciousness with podcaster and author Conner Habib!
About this event
It’s no secret that Joyce’s masterpiece is praised more often than it’s read. People want to know if a massive book like Ulysses, notoriously difficult, is worth it. What does a reader gain from reading a book with such a dizzying, obscene, and baffling style?
Ulysses moves in and out of thought and action and object and narration, and doesn’t distinguish between what is what for you. Why? Because this is how we experience life.
For example, when you see someone you know, you bring your memories to the experience. You bring your feelings. You bring scraps of dialogue. You fade in and out of attention as what they say sends you towards new thoughts. The room around you appears momentarily and then recedes.
This is Ulysses’ gift to us: It calls all of this to attention. And by revealing this to us, it changes us.
“Ulysses was designed to produce readers capable of reading Ulysses,” stated Joyce scholar Declan Kiberd.
Another way of putting this is that Ulysses is an exploration of consciousness, and by reading it, we become better at understanding ourselves and our own experience.
Join podcaster and author Conner Habib for your pathway into Ulysses as a first time or seasoned reader. In this interactive talk, we’ll leave aside the “right” and “wrong” ways to interpret the book, and instead use the book to interpret ourselves, and to explore experience and consciousness.
The event takes place at Scalateatern, Wallingatan 32, Stockholm and begins at 18.30 sharp.
Booking is essential and tickets must be presented at the door. For queries contact EventsStockholm@dfa.ie.
Ulysses Reading Marathon
Date and time:
Wed, 16 June 2022
10:00 – 18:00 CEST
Location:
Rönnells Antikvariat
Birger Jarlsgatan 32B
114 29 Stockholm, Sweden
About this event
You are invited to join the Embassy of Ireland in Sweden and the James Joyce Society of Sweden and Finland to celebrate Bloomsday on 16 June!
Take some time from your day to delve into one of Ireland's most iconic literary masterpieces, Ulysses by James Joyce. Read a few lines, listen to others or simply bask in the joviality of the day at the magical venue of Rönnells Antikvariat, Stockholm.
With the participation of Spuds and Sill Irish theatre group and Katharsis Instit creative writing magazine, there will be something for everyone on this special date for literary lovers.
For more information: Latest News - Ulysses Reading Marathon - Department of Foreign Affairs (dfa.ie)
Ulysses100 Literature Competition 2022
Deadline:
Closing date for receipt of entry is 1 August 2022 at midnight CET
For Terms and Conditions and How to Enter:
Latest News - Ulysses100 Literature Competition 2022 - Department of Foreign Affairs (dfa.ie)
About this event
This year marks the centenary of James Joyce’s Ulysses, the defining literary monument of the 20th century, and the single most influential Irish artwork ever produced. To mark the anniversary of this masterpiece, the Embassy of Ireland to Sweden is delighted to collaborate with Tourism Ireland, International Literature Festival Dublin, Literature Ireland and Sweden-based Katharsis Institut to launch the Ulysses100 short story writing competition.
Entrants are invited to submit a short story (max 2,000 words) inspired by one of the main characters from James Joyce’s Ulysses (Molly, Stephen, Leopold), but your story must have a Swedish twist! Entries can be in either Swedish or English.
Closing date for receipt of entry is 1 August 2022 at midnight CET.
A panel of distinguished judges will read and reflect on all pieces and make a short list of five entries, each of whom will be in with a chance of winning the top prize of a trip to the Dublin International Literature Festival 2023. The winning story will also be published by Katharsis Institut in its bi-annual anthology!
The winner will be announced at a prize-giving ceremony hosted by the Embassy, which will be held on International Translation Day on 30 September 2022.
