Thursday, 25 January 2018 (465.29)

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The last reading stopped at “her garments” (465.29).

A couple of favourites were:

1

2

With thanks again to A.

Thursday, 18 January 2018 (464.24)

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The last reading closed with “Claddah clasp!” (464.24)

Some favourites were:

1

2

3

With thanks to A. for the update.

Thursday, 11 January 2018 (463.22)

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The last reading stopped at “MacArty?” (463.22).

Some favourites were:

1

2

3

With thanks to A. again for reporting on the group's progress and favourites.

Saturday, 13 January 2018

On Saturday, 13 January, on the 77th anniversary of Joyce’s death, the FRIENDS are celebrating Fritz Senn’s 90th birthday with an apéritif riche at the Zürich James Joyce Foundation.

Starts between 11 a.m and 3 p.m. at Augustinergasse 9 – open end

Thursday, 4 January 2018 (462.30)

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The first reading in the new year reached “garlic leek!” (462.30).

Some favourites were:

1

2

3

With thanks to A. for this update.

1 January 2018

As you may be aware, Fritz Senn turned 90 on Monday, 1 January 2018. Several newspapers have published articles to commemorate the occasion, a few of which are linked below: 

NZZ (Neue Zürcher Zeitung):
https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/fritz-senn-bei-joyce-darf-man-nicht-allzu-pompoes-sein-ld.1340950

The Irish Times:
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/happy-returns-an-irishman-s-diary-on-joyce-scholar-fritz-senn-1.3342036

SZ (Süddeutsche Zeitung):
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/fritz-senn-froehliche-wissenschaft-1.3807627


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Thursday, 28 December 2017 (462.1)

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The last reading closed with “maître d'autel” (462.1).

Some favourites were:

1

2

3

With thanks to Marion again for the update about the group's progress.

Thursday, 21 December 2017 (461.4) -- MEETING ON 28th!

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The last reading stopped mid sentence at “to the latents,” (461.4).

Correction: Please note that there WILL be a reading over the Christmas holidays. The group is meeting up on Thursday, 28 December 2017. (Apologies for the erroneous information posted earlier.)

Some favourites of the last reading were:

1

2

3

With thanks to Marion Sommer for the update.

Thursday, 14 December 2017 (460.12)

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The last reading reached “aperybally” (460.12).

Some of the group's favourites were:

1

2

3

With thanks to A. for reporting on progress and favourite passages.

Thursday, 7 December 2017 (459.10)

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The last reading stopped at “her hair” (459.10).

Some favourites were:

1

2

3

With thanks to A. for the update.

Thursday, 23 November 2017 (458.10)

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Please Note: 

There will be no Wake reading this coming Thursday but an evening with Michael Longley and Andreas Flückiger instead to present their recently published Selected Poems / Ausgewählte Gedichte, on Thursday, 30 November, at 7.30 p.m. at the Zurich James Joyce Foundation.

The reading of last week stopped at “sester Maggy” (458.10).

Some favourites were:

1

2

3

Thursday, 16 November 2017 (456.23)

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The last reading stopped at “xxoxoxxoxxx” (456.23).

Some favourites were:

1

2

3

Thanks again to you, A.

Thursday, 9 November 2017 (455.29)

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The reading group has reached “a Notshall” (455.29).

Some favourites were:

1

2

3

With thanks to A.

Thursday, 2 November 2017 (454.25)

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Last week's reading stopped at: “he replied” (454.25)

Some favourites were:

1

2

3

With renewed thanks to A. for the update

Thursday, 26 October 2017 (453.21)

The last reading stopped at “blatherumskite!” (453.21)

Some of the night's favourites were: 

1

’tis a grand thing (superb!) to be going to meet a king, not an everynight king, nenni, by gannies, but the overking of Hither-on-Thither Erin himself (452.25)

2

We only wish everyone was as sure of anything in this watery world as we are

of everything in the newlywet fellow that’s bound to follow. (452.29)

3

till you spit stout, you understand, after soused mackerel, sniffling

clambake to hering and impudent barney, braggart of blarney (453.4)

4

Goodboy Sommers and Mistral Blownowse hugs his kindlings when voiceyversy it’s my gala bene fit, robbing leaves out of my taletold book. (453.16)

With thanks to A. 

Thursday, 19 October 2017 (452.24)

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Last week's reading stopped at “dutyful cask” (452.24).

Some favourites were:

1

2

3

With thanks to A. for sending updates.

Thursday, 12 October 2017 (451.10)

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The last reading closed with: “hold me.” (451.10)

Some favourites were:

1

2

3

With thanks to A,

Thursday, 5 October 2017 (450.20)

The last reading reached: “fairyaciodes” (450.20).

Some favourites were:

1

2

3

With thanks to A.

Thursday, 28 September 2017 (449)

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The last reading ended with “play fleurt” (449.26).

Some favourites were:

1

2

3

With thanks to A. for the update and a pick of the group's favourites.

Thursday, 21 September 2017 (448.23)

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Last week's reading stopped at “Nothing!” (448.23)

Some favourites were:

1

2

3

With special thanks to Marion Sommer and Ron Ewart for a pick of favourites.