Reading Groups

On site: Thursdays, 7-8.30 pm, Zurich James Joyce Foundation, Augustinergasse 9, 8001 Zurich, hosted by Fritz Senn

Online: Tuesdays, 7-8.30 pm, via Zoom, hosted by Dirk Vanderbeke

Updates about the Thursday group's progress will be given on this site (see below). Information about the Tuesday group can be found at Tuesdayswake.

New readers are always welcome. The groups are open to beginners as well as returners at any stage. To join the online readings, please contact the Zurich Foundation to ask for access: info@joycefoundation.ch

Thursday, 25 May 2023 (153.21)

Please note: There will be no reading this coming Thursday, June 1, due to the Friends annual meeting. The next Finnegans Wake reading will be held on June 8.

The last reading stopped at: “A Gripes!” (154.6)

One favourite was:

Thursday, 11 May 2023 (152.34)

Please note: There will be no reading on Thursday, 18 May (Ascension Day). The next reading will be held on 25 May 2023.

The last reading stopped at: “every inch of an immortal.” (152.34)

Thursday, 4 May 2023 (151.24)

The last reading stopped at: “Tyro a toray!” (151.24)

With thanks to A.

Thursday, 27 April 2023 (150.10)

The last reading stopped at: “borrowed the question” (150.10)

Thursday, 20 April 2023 (148.32)

The last reading stopped at: “lucksmith. Laughs!” (148.32)

Thursday, 13 April 2023 (146.29)

The last reading stopped at: “my shaving water.” (146.29)

Thursday, 6 April 2023 (145.20)

The last reading stopped at: “spill me swooning.” (145.20)

One favourite passage was:

With thanks to Frances Ilmberger

“my sighs in shockings” (144.21)

Thursday, 30 March 2023 (144.13)

The last reading stopped at: “such is Spanish” (144.13)

One favourite passage was:

With thanks to Frances Ilmberger

“just becups they won the egg and spoon” (144.9)

Thursday, 23 March 2023 (143.2)

The last reading stopped at: “one man more.” (143.2)

With thanks to A.

Thursday, 16 March 2023 (141.33)

The last reading stopped at: “by me midden name Tik.”

With thanks to A.

Thursday, 9 March 2023 (140.36)

The last reading stopped at: “in the gaarden.” (140.36)

One favourite was:

“combarative embottled history” (140.33)

Thursday, 2 March 2023 (139.6)

The last reading stopped at: “in villas old as new” (139.6)

One favourite was:

With thanks to A.

“a larmsworth of salt” (137.35)

Thursday, 23 February 2023 (137.33)

The last reading stopped at: “minds of jugoslaves” (137.33)

One favourite was:

With thanks to A.

“hires a towhorse to haul his shoes” (137.27)

Thursday, 16 February 2013 (136.26)

The last reading stopped at: “middlishneck aged about” (136.26)

One favourite was:

With thanks to A.

“the song of sparrownotes on his stave of wires” (135.35)

Thursday, 9 February 2023 (135.15)

The last reading stopped at: “a bird of Arabia” (135.15) 

Thursday, 2 February 2023 (134.9)

The last reading reading stopped at, “tre to uno tips the scale” (134.9) 

The opportunity to drink a generous toast to celebrate the writer's 141st birthday was not missed, of course.

With thanks to A.

Thursday, 26 January 2023 (133.29)

The last reading stopped at: “publicly to brigstoll” (133.29)

One favourite passage was:

With thanks to A.

“put to music by one shoebard” (133.26)

Thursday, 19 January 2023 (132.15)

The last reading stopped at: “Miraculone, Monstrucceleen” (132.15)

With thanks to Ron Ewart.

Thursday, 12 January 2023 (131.20)

The last reading stopped at: “a lover of arbuties” (131.20)

Thursday, 5 January 2023 (130.3)

The last reading stopped at: “glimse of Even” (130.3)

Thursday, 22 December 2022 (128.19)

Please note: There will be no reading on 29 December. The next reading will be held on Thursday, 5 January 2023

The last reading stopped at: “he smokes at both ends” (128.19)

One favourite was:

With thanks to A.

“Cerisia Cerosia” (128.14)

Thursday, 15 December 2022 (127.17)

The last reading stopped at: “fraufrau's froufrous” (127.17) 

With thanks to A.

Thursday, 8 December 2022 (124.15)

The last reading stopped at: “Brotfressor Prenderguest” (124.15)

Thursday, 1 December 2022 (122.6)

The last reading stopped at: “a general amnesia of misnomering one's own” (122.6)

A couple of favourites were:

1

2

With thanks to A. for the update

Thursday, 24 November 2022 (p. 120, top)

The next reading will pick up from the top of page 120.

Reading cancelled (Nov 17)

Please note that the reading of Thursday, 17 November 2022 had to be cancelled at short notice. 

The next reading is scheduled for Thursday, 24 November.

Thursday, 10 November 2022 (116.24)

The last reading stopped at: “or your majesty” (116.24)

One favourite was:

Thursday, 3 November 2022 (115.20)

The last reading stopped at: “where were you chaste me child?” (115.20)

Thursday, 27 October 2022 (114.7)

The last reading stopped at: “for all that.” (114.7) 

Thursday, 20 October 2022 (112.27)

The last reading stopped at: “looked at literature.” (112.27)

With thanks to A.

“Biddy Doran looked at literature.” (112.27)

Thursday, 13 October 2022 (110.31)

The last reading stopped at: “his mistridden past.” (110.31)

With thanks to A.

Thursday, 6 October 2022 (108.28)

The last reading stopped at: “dinkum oil” (108.28)

One favourite was:

With thanks to Marion.

“plays touraloup with us in this Aludin's Cove” (108.27)

Thursday, 29 September 2022 (107.18)

The last reading stopped at: “flore to flore” (107.18)

one favourite was:

With thanks to Marion

“now frond of sugars, then lief of saults” (107.15)

Thursday, 22 September 2022 (106.24)

The last reading stopped at: “Howke Cotchme Eye” (106.24)

With thanks to Marion.

Thursday, 15 September 2022 (105.31)

The last reading stopped at: “Thee Steps Forward, Two Stops Back” (105.31)

With thanks to Marion.

Thursday, 8 September 2022 (104.20)

The last reading stopped at: “Zoo” (104.20)

 

“For Ark see Zoo” (104.19-20)

Thursday, 1 September 2022 (102.20)

The last reading stopped at: “bulkis” (102.20)

One favourite was:

“specks on her eyeux” (102.12)

Thursday, 25 August 2022 (100.36)

The last reading stopped at: “fronds of Ulma!” (100.36)

One favourite was:

With thanks to Ron

“and then thirsty p.m.” (100.17)

Thursday, 18 August 2022 (99.25)

The last reading stopped at: “moliamordhar mansion” (99.25)

One favourite was: “Jams jarred.” (98.19)

With thanks to Ron and Marion.

Thursday, 11 August 2022 (98.17)

The last reading stopped at: “by the Maker.” (98.17)

Favourite passages were:

1

“the great shipping mogul and underlinen overlord.” (97.24)

and:

2 

With thanks to Ron.

Thursday, 28 July 2022 (97.2)

Please note:

Due to the annual Workshop held at the Zurich James Joyce Foundation, there will be no reading next week, August 4. The next reading will take place on Thursday, 11 August 2022.

The last reading stopped at: “View!” (97.2)

One favourite passage was:

“the languish of flowers” (96.11)

Thursday, 21 July 2022 (96.6)

The last reading stopped at: “roes in the parik!” (96.3)

With thanks to Marion

Thursday, 14 July 2022 (94.19)

The last reading stopped at: “tell me then!” (94.19)

One favourite was:

“Ena milo melomon, frai is frau and swee is too, swee is two when swoo is free, ana mala woe is we!” (94.14)

Image source: https://www.artofit.org/image-gallery/29484572551557669/

Thursday, 7 July 2022 (93.9)

The last reading stopped at: “tumass equinous” (93.9)

With thanks to A.

Thursday, 30 June 2022 (91.36)

The last reading stopped at: “the Roman Godhelic faix” (91.36)

With thanks to A.

Thursday, 23 June 2022 (90.14)

The last reading stopped at: “the pussykitties.” (90.14)

With thanks to A.

Readings back on site

The next reading will take place on Thursday, 23 June, picking up from “threehatted ladder?” (89.31).

Note: The Foundation will be trying out a mixed format of on-site and on-line sessions. Readers who wish to return to Augustinergasse 9 for on-site readings can do so as of June 23 (7 pm). All others are more than welcome to carry on attending the readings via Zoom.

En l'an 2000 

Stay safe.

Thursday, 9 June 2022 (89.31)

Please note: Due to this year's Bloomsday celebrations, there will be no reading on Thursday, 16 June. The next reading will take place on 23 June 2022.

The last reading stopped at: “threehatted ladder?” (89.31)

Thursday, 2 June 2020 (88.20)

The last reading stopped at: “Iguines.” (88.20)

One favourite was the “cross-grained trapper” ...

With thanks to Ron.

Thursday, 19 May 2022 (87.22)

Please note that there will be no reading in Thursday, 26 May 2022.

The last reading stopped at: “hair in twoways” (87.22)

One favourite was:

With thanks to Ron

“the gentleman ratepayer” (86.27)

Thursday, 12 May 2022 (86.20)

The last reading stopped at: “mudstorm” (86.20)

One favourite was: the prisoner wearing,

With thanks to Ron

Thursday, 5 May 2022 (84.36)

The last reading stopped at: “El Don De Dunelli” (84.36)

One favourite, apart from the hispanicized gift to women himself ...

... was:

With thanks to Fritz

“jugglemonkysh agripment deinderivative” (84.15)

Thursday, 28 April 2022 (83.30)

The last reading stopped at: “friend's leave.” (83.30)

One favourite passage was:

“I'd know you anywhere, Declaney, let me truthfully tell you in or out of the lexinction of life and who the hell else, be your blanche patch on the boney part!” (83.24)

Perhaps suggestive of someone being recognised by his monks tonsure?

With thanks to Ron

Thursday, 21 April 2022 (83.5)

The last reading stopped at: “Heart alive!” (83.5)

One favourite passage was: “The boarder incident prerepeated itself.” (81.33)

For a great discussion of this passage, watch Terence Killeen's presentation The Boarder Incident Prerepeated Itself: A Study in Conflict. You'll hear his remarks on the different meanings of the word “boarder” and numerous further insightful comments.

Keynote presentation given at the James Joyce Symposium 2019 in Mexico

Thursday, 14 April 2022 (81.17)

The last reading stopped at: “(Beneathere! Benathere!)” (81.17)

One favourite was:

“every morphyl man of us” (80.22)

Thursday, 7 April 2022 (80.12)

The last reading stopped at: “a most envolving description.” (80.12)

One favourite as:

With thanks to A.

“dumplan as she nosed it” (79.29)

Thursday, 31 March 2022 (79.23)

The last reading stopped at: “pettest of all. (Tip!)” (79.23)

One favourite was:

Thanks to A.

”Venuses were gigglibly temptatrix, vulcans guffawably eruptious”

Thursday, 24 March 2022 (78.31)

The last reading stopped at: “... every time, ...” (78.31)

One favourite was:

With thanks to A.

“Because the druiven were muskating at the door.” (78.24)

Thursday, 17 March 2022 (77.36)

The last reading stopped at: “wandelingswight” (77.36)

(Thanks to A.)

Thursday, 10 March 2022

The last reading stopped at: “his treubleu Donawhu.” (76.32)

With thanks to A.

Thursday, 3 March 2022 (76.9)

The last reading stopped at: “the ealth of the ole.” (76.9)

(Thanks A.)

Thursday, 24 February 2022 (74.12)

The reading stopped at: “gets the pullover on his boots.” (74.12)

One favourite was:

With thanks to A.

“Animadiabolum, mene credidisti mortuum?” (74.8)

Thursday, 17 February 2022 (73.17)

The last reading stopped at: “bandol eer his solgier, ...” (73.17)

One favourite was:

With thanks to A.

“they bit goodbyte to their thumb” (73.16)

Thursday, 10 February 2022 (72.14)

The last reading continued with the list of abusive names and stopped at: “Phallusaphist” (72.14)

One favourite was:

“Sickfish Bellyup” (72.11) 

Thursday, 3 February 2022 (71.22)

The last reading stopped at: “Terry Cotter” (71.22).

One favourite from the long list “of all abusive names he was called”:

With thanks to A. 

“At Baggotty's Bend He Bumped”