Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Bloomsday – reprise

Posted on by vicbooks


The physical and virtual world lit up for Bloomsday – tweets and Guinness and peripatetic homages flooded the day of those with a Joycean bent.

The twitter feed @11lysses creatively recast the novel in a series of tweets from contributors around the world, then followed it up with reflection on the project with @lysses2.

Many, many photos from the real show celebrations and rejoyce-ing from around the globe: Bloomsday photos
An enjoyable consequence in following any pursuit is the tangental discovery of associated facts and acts. These are some of the discovered treats of Bloomsday 2011:

Ulysses as a free ebook.
The copyright on Ulysses expires next year, 1 January, 2012. Opening up the novel to all and sundry – while also creating new potential for future Bloomsdays.


Read the rest at the VicBooks Blog.

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