Today is Bloomsday, with festivities worldwide celebrating Leopold Bloom's day-long journey around Dublin in Ulysses and the life and work of James Joyce. You can check out the James Joyce Centre for news from Ireland and beyond. Here are a few more choice Bloomsday tidbits:
Shakespeare & Company, Paris: "And we're off! #Bloomsday2016 Ulysses Marathon."
In San Francisco, "you may choose from three Bloomsday events," including a reading by Thomas Lynch from Episode Eight of the novel, hosted by Mrs. Dalloway’s in Berkeley; and the San Francisco Public Library’s staged performance of Ulysses excerpts, with musical accompaniment by harpist Diana Rowan," SFGate reported.
Politics & Prose, Washington, D.C., tweeted: "Y'all ready for this? #Bloomsday is almost here. Join us 6/16 4 p.m. for a (short) marathon reading of #Ulysses."
Untapped Cities featured a guide to "where to Celebrate Bloomsday 2016 for James Joyce in NYC and Dublin."
Upshur Street Books, Washington, D.C.: "For the second year running, Upshur Street Books and Petworth Citizen "are proud to pair up for BLOOMSDAY, a celebration of the author James Joyce. We'll be doing a marathon reading of ULYSSES starting at 5 p.m. Wednesday the 15th and finishing up around 12 a.m. Thursday."
Philadelphia Free Library: "Our literary Christmas is almost upon us: Philadelphia’s favorite bookish holiday--Bloomsday--arrives on Thursday, June 16, and we couldn’t be more excited!
Take your own virtual Bloomsday pilgrimage today by following the hashtag paths #Bloomsday and #Bloomsday2016 on social media.