Thursday, 6 December 2018 (515.10)

The last reading stopped at: “similar” (515.10)

Some favourites were:

1

2

from:

A. Briggs Carlisle, guardian of the birdsmaids and deputiliser

for groom. Pontifical mess. Or (soddenly) Schott, furtivfired by the riots. No flies. Agreest? (514.26–28)

Also:

3

Mayhem. Also loans through the post. With or without

security. Everywhere. Any amount. Mofsovitz, swampstakers,

purely providential. (514.2931)

4

— Flood’s. The pinkman, the squeeze, the pint with the kick.

Gaa. And then the punch to Gaelicise it. Fox. The lady with the lamp. The boy in the barleybag. (514.32–34)

With thanks to A.

Thursday, 29 November 2018 (514.12)

The last reading stopped at: “Vulcuum?” (514.12)


Some favourites were:

1

Dawncing the kniejinksky choreopiscopally like an easter sun round the colander, the vice! Taranta boontoday! (513.11–12)

2

Crashedafar Corumbas! A Czardanser indeed! Dervilish glad too. (513.16–17)

3

— And whit what was Lillabil Issabil maideve, maid at?

— Trists and thranes and trinies and traines.
— A take back to the virgin page, darm it! (513.25–27)

4

— Suddenly some wellfi red clay was cast out through the

schappsteckers of hoy’s house?

— Schottenly there was a hellfi re club kicked out through the

wasistas of Thereswhere.

— Like Heavystost’s envil catacalamitumbling. Th ree days

three times into the Vulcuum? (514.7–12)

With thanks to A.

Thursday, 22 November 2018 (513.10)

The last reading stopped at: “Tophat?” (513.10)


Some favourites were:

That musked bell of this masked ball! Annabella, Lovabella, Pullabella, yep? (512.9–10) 

The quicker the deef the safter the sapstaff, but the main the mightier the stricker the strait. To the vast go the game! (512.14–15)

Suilful eyes and sallowfoul hairweed and the sickly sigh from her gingering mouth like a Dublin bar in the moarning. (512.25–26)

The house was Toot and Come-Inn by the bridge called Tiltass, but are you solarly salemly sure, beyond the shatter of the canicular year? (512.34–36)

Siriusly and selenely sure behind the shutter. Securius indicat umbris tellurem. (513.1–2) 


With thanks to A.

Thursday, 15 November 2018 (512.9)

The last reading stopped at: “beam in her eye?” (512.9)

Thursday, 8 November 2018 (510.2)

The last reading stopped at: “lach” (511.13)


Some favourites were:

The tail, so mastrodantic, as you tell it nearly takes your own mummouth’s breath away. (510.3–4)

With a hoh frohim and heh fraher. But, as regards to Tammy Thornycraft, Idefyne the lawn mare and the laney moweress and all the prentisses of wildes to massage him. (510.9–12)

Every old skin in the leather world, infect the whole stock company of the old house of the Leaking Barrel, was thomistically drunk, two by two (510.16–18)

while I and Flood and the other men, jazzlike brollies and sesuos, was gickling his missus to gackles in the hall, the divileen, (she’s a lamp in her throth) with her cygncygn leckle and her twelve pound lach. (511.10-13)

With thanks to A.

Thursday, 1 November 2018 (510.2)

The last reading stopped at: “This aim to you!” (510.2) 

Thursday, 25 October 2018 (508.15)

The last reading stopped at: “Wooly? Walty?” (508.15)

Thursday, 18 October 2018 (505.35)

The last reading stopped at: “knechtschaft?” (505.35)

Some favourites were:

1

2

3

With thanks to A.

Thursday, 11 October 2018 (505.1)

The last reading stopped mid-sentence at: “tomahawks” (505.1)

Some favourites were:

1

2

3

With thanks to Marion.

Thursday, 4 October 2018 (503.34)

The last reading stopped at: “history of Wilds” (503.34)

Some favourites were:

1

2

With thanks to A.

Thursday, 27 September 2018 (502.24)

The last reading stopped at: “parkiest” (502.24)

A favourite was:

With thanks to Marion

Thursday, 20 September 2018 (500.24)

The last reading stopped at: “March!” (500.24)

Some favourites were:

1

2

3

With thanks to A.

Thursday, 13 September 2018 (499.12)

The last reading stopped at: “(Psich!)” (499.12)

Some favourites were:

1

2

3

With thanks to A.

Thursday, 6 September 2018 (497.36)

The last reading stopped at: “silfrich” (497.36)


Apologies for not being able to make time to post collages illustrating favourite passages this week.

Thursday, 30 August 2018 (496.14)

The last reading stopped at: “after that.” (496.14)

Some favourites were: 

1

2

3

With thanks to A.

Thursday, 24 August 2018 (494.23)

The last reading stopped at: “to Guygas” (494.23)

Some favourites were:

1

2

3

With thanks to Marion.

Thursday, 16 August 2018 (493.17)

The last reading stopped at: whumember (493.17)

Some favourites were:

1

2

3

Thursday, 9 August 2018 (492.4)

The last reading stopped at “The whole gammat?” (492.4)


Apologies for not posting collages this week. The group did have some favourite passages, though:

1

Would you be surprised after that my asking have you a

bull, a bosbully, with a whistle in his tail to scare other birds?

(490.34–35)

2

Thinking young through the muddleage spread, the moral

fat his mental leans on. 

(491.8–9)

3

Have You Erred off Van Homper or Ebell Teresa Kane.

     — Marak! Marak! Marak!

      He drapped has draraks an Mansianhase parak

      And he had ta barraw the watarcrass shartclaths aff the arkbashap af Yarak! 

(491.16–20)

4

Who you know the musselman, his musclemum and mistleman? Maomi, Mamie, My Mo Mum! He loves a drary lane. Feel Phylliscitations to daff Mr Hairwigger who has just hadded twinned little curls! 

(491.28–31)

With thanks to A.

Thursday, 2 August 2018 (490.33)

The last reading stopped at: “say sow” (490.33)

A couple of favourites were:

1

2

Thursday, 26 July 2018 (489.21)

The last reading stopped at: “Doubly Telewisher.” (489.21)

Some favourites were:

1

2

3

With thanks to Marion

Thursday, 19 July 2018 (488.18)

The last reading stopped at: “thou must lie!” (488.18)

Some favourites were:

1

2

3

With thanks to A.

Thursday, 12 July 2018 (487.6)

The last reading stopped at: “on your answer.” (487.6)

Some favourites were:

1

2

3

Thursday, 5 July 2018 (485.34)

The last reading stopped at: “plentymuch boohoomeo” (485.34)

Thursday, 28 June 2018 (485.7)

The last reading stopped at: “Suck at!” (485.7)

Some favourites were:

1

2

3

With thanks to Bill

Thursday, 21 June 2018 (484.15)

Please note that the FW reading group will continue to meet throughout the Joyce Summer Schools in June and July.


The last reading stopped at: “hyber irish” (484.15)

Some favourites were:

1

2

3

With thanks to Bill

Thursday, 7 June 2018 (483.4)

Please note that there will be no reading next Thursday, 14 June 2018 (Joyce Symposium).

The last reading stopped at: “Shan – Shim – Schung” (483.4)

Some favourites were:

1

2

3

With thanks to Marion for the update.

Thursday, 24 May 2018 (482.2)

Please note that there will be no reading next Thursday, 31 May 2018 due to the annual assembly of the Friends of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation at 6.30 p.m.

The last reading stopped at: “spiriduous sanction!” (482.2)

Some favourites were:

1

2

3

With thanks again to A.

Thursday, 17 May 2018 (481.6)

The last reading stopped at: “Be fair, Chris!” (481.6)

Some of the night's favourites were:

1

2

3

With thanks to A.