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. More information can be found at Tuesdayswake.

Updates about the Thursday group's progress will be given on this site (see below). A selection of the collages featuring on this bookmark can be found here. 

New readers are always welcome! There is no need to sign up. Simply drop in and bring your own copy of the book, if you have one. 

The Friends of the Foundation sponsor the reading groups so that they can be held free of charge. To contact them please email friends@joycefoundation.ch.

If you are interested in the Ulysses readings held at the Zurich Foundation, more information can be found here or by visiting their website.

Thursday, 10 April 2024 (271.29)

The reading stopped at: “Gough gave” (271.29)

The phrase “so bright as Mutua of your mirror holds her candle to your caudle” (271.9) — and given the context of a woman's getting married — brought to mind the Halloween belief depicted below.

Image source: HipPostcard

Image source: The Week

Image source: Etsy

Image source: Reacing Nellie Bly

More such illustrations, if more were wanted, can be found here.

Thursday, 4 April 2025 (271.3)

The last reading stopped mid-sentence at: “Sire Jeallyous Seizer” (271.3)