coming up this week on Arena..... Tuesday 27th - a special programme remembering and commemorating the life and work of the late John Montague, one of our great contemporary poets and Ireland's first Professor Poetry ************************ Wednesday 28th - remembering Anthony Cronin, the novelist, poet, cultural activist and founder of arts organisation Aosdána whose death was announced today ************************** Thursday 29th - a look back at some of the broadcasts that came from various Festivals around the country this year, including the Temple Bar Tradfest, the Cúirt International Festival of Literature, the Hay Festival Kells and the Kilkenny Arts Festival **************************** Friday 30th - a panel ...
Vivian Igoe reflects on the intriguing characters that populate “Ulysses”; her book is “The Real People of Joyce’s Ulysses – A Biographical Guide” (published by UCD Press)
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon, a guest at this year's Bloomsday Festival, explains how the works of James Joyce – like Ulysses and Finnegan's Wake – have influenced his writing ...
coming up on Monday's show....a review of "Nicotine" by Nell Zink, some live Christmas music from Fiach Moriarty, Mary O’Malley with her latest collection of poetry “Playing The Octopus” and "The Drum Thing", Deirdre O'Callaghan's photographic/interview book featuring some of the world's most unique drummers
Jonathan Creasy reviews “The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce’s Ulysses”, a ‘biography’ of Ulysses by the Harvard academic Kevin Birmingham (published by Penguin)
an essay from Kevin Gildea, who wonders why we only celebrate 'Ulysses' on one day of the year - Bloomsday
coming up on Monday's show....a review of "Nicotine" by Nell Zink, some live Christmas music from Fiach Moriarty, Mary O’Malley with her latest collection of poetry “Playing The Octopus” and "The Drum Thing", Deirdre O'Callaghan's photographic/interview book featuring some of the world's most unique drummers
Jonathan Creasy talks about his documentary "The Big Book" which aims to encourage people to read James Joyce's "Ulysses" the documentary can be heard, for free, at http://newdublinpress.org/