03 June 2012

Bloomsday broadcasts

An iPad with the Tunein app allows us to sample bloomsday broadcasts from around the world:

BBC Radio 4 - kicking off at 9am and running until midnight: a new, five-and-a-half hour dramatisation of Ulysses, narrated by Stephen Rea and starring Henry Goodman, Niamh Cusack and Andrew Scott, will be punctuated by broadcasts by Mark Lawson in Dublin and discussions about the book's place in 20th-century literature.

WBAI (NYC) - Radio Bloomsday Radio Bloomsday will be broadcast live on WBAI 99.5FM on Saturday night June 16, 2012 from 7pm until 2am. You can listen anywhere on the world at www.wbai.org. Artists interpret James Joyce's Ulysses through spoken word and song.

Bloomsday on Broadway   

Other links Bloomsday events around the world and Frank Delaney's wonderful Ulysses podcasts.

If you know of any other broadcasts please leave a comment below.

3 Jun 2012 20:13:02 | Books, James Joyce

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