Forthcoming event: James Joyce Comes To Town! (05/11/2009)

Féile an Phobail and the Belfast Telegraph are proud to commemorate the centenary of a visit to Belfast in November 1909 by James Joyce, one of the great innovators of literature and author of the landmark novel Ulysses and Portrait of the Artist as Young Man.

On Saturday 27th November, 1909, James Joyce visited Belfast to look for premises in which to open a cinematograph (cinema), a flourishing enterprise in which he was then very much interested. What was the cultural and political life like in Belfast one hundred years ago and who were Mr Joyce’s friends and acquaintances at the time?

On the centenary of this visit of Ireland’s foremost twentieth century novelist, historian Dr Eamon Phoenix sets the scene for a talk by Dr Jörg Rademacher (author of James Joyce, Ein Leben in sieben Stationen, and biographies on Oscar Wilde and Victor Hugo). Download flyer →

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