James Joyce, Bloomsday and faulty plumbing
On this day in 1904 all the events in James Joyce’s book Ulysses took place; it is known as ‘Bloomsday’ because the book’s hero is... Read More
Virginia Woolf’s stream of consciousness novel
On this day in 1925 the novel Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf was published. The action takes place in the course of a single June... Read More
Jack Kerouac, writer on a roll
On this day in 1951 American author Jack Kerouac was preparing to write his defining novel On the Road. The manuscript was to be typed... Read More
Sylvia Beach – brave bookseller and publisher
On this day in 1887 Sylvia Beach, the American publisher and bookseller, was born. Sylvia grew up in Baltimore, Maryland but came to Paris in... Read More
James Joyce makes some chamber music
On this day in 1941 the author James Joyce died in Zurich. Regularly considered one of the most influential writers of the 20th century, Joyce... Read More