Friends of Shakespeare and Company read Ulysses by James Joyce
Season 1 for... Ulysses by James Joyce. The unabridged text, read by more than a hundred writers, artists, comedians and musicians
Season 2 for... Bloomcast. A deep-dive into the text with Adam Biles, Alice McCrum and Lex Paulson, as well as other bonus episodes.
To celebrate a hundred years since Sylvia Beach published James Joyce’s Ulysses, and to encourage readers to engage (or re-engage) with this spirited, funny, life-changing book, Shakespeare and Company, Paris—in partnership with Penguin Classics and Hay Festival—created an ensemble recording of the unabridged text, released as a free podcast between the centenary of the publication on 2nd February 2022 and Bloomsday on June 16 2022.
Read by more than a hundred writers, artists, comedians and musicians from all over the world— including Sally Rooney, Margaret Atwood, Stephen Fry, Pete Buttigieg, Kae Tempest, Ben Okri, Ali Smith, Eddie Izzard, Joanna Lumley and many, many more... (full cast list below)—Friends of Shakespeare and Company read Ulysses is a polyphonic and diverse celebration of this Modernist masterwork.
Conceived and produced by Adam Biles, Literary Director at Shakespeare and Company, Paris
Discover more about Shakespeare and Company here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com
Buy the Penguin Classics official partner edition of Ulysses here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/d/9780241552636/ulysses
Find out more about Hay Festival here: https://www.hayfestival.com/home
Featuring (in order):
Will Self
Jeanette Winterson
Paul Murray
Ishion Hutchinson
Caoilinn Hughes
Eddie Izzard
Lola Peploe
Nathan Englander
Joe Dunthorne
Kate Stables
Jarred McGinnis
Nicholson Baker
Richard Barnett
Amy Sackville
Chigozie Obioma
Erica Wagner
Patrick Marber
Claire-Louise Bennett
Aleksandar Hemon
Ryan Van Winkle
Cressida Brown
Holly Pester
Adam Thirlwell
Catherine Lacey
Ciaran Farrell
Lauren Elkin
Andrew Hankinson
Conor Horgan
Andy Miller
Preti Taneja
Salena Godden
Sinéad Gleeson
Luke Kennard
Sophie Gorman
Nicole Flattery
John Freeman
Aysegul Savas
Daniel Levin Becker
John Butler
John Mitchinson
Sigrid Rausing
Max Porter
Eimear McBride
Keith Ridgway
Philip Hoare
Deborah Landau
Karthika Nair
Cerys Matthews
DBC Pierre
Katharina Volckmer
Mark O’Connell
Marcel Theroux
Sylvia Whitman & David Delannet
Lenny Kaye
Sarah Churchwell
Olivia Laing
Katie Kitamura
Ali Smith
Keri Walsh
Lesley Blume
Patrick Hastings
Ben Okri
Colm Toibin
Chloe Aridjis
Stephen Fry
Douglas Stuart
Pete Buttigieg
Tara Mulholland
Paul Muldoon
S&Co Table Readers (Anne Bielec, Ben Brown, Amanda Dennis, Linda Fallon, Heather Heartley, Octavia Horgan, Conor Lee Bourke, Lex Paulson, Kate Poston, Francesca Reece)
David Keenan
Tom McCarthy
David Szalay
Jesse Ball
Carter Bays
James Gregor
Will Burns
Declan McCavana
Greg Proops
Jennifer Canada
Sam Jordison
Eloise Millar
Hollie McNish
Michael Pedersen
Jonathan Safran Foer
Sasha Foer
Ethan Hawke
Rob Doyle
Roisin Kiberd
Lucy Sante
Caitlinn O Keefe
Deborah Levy
Meena Kandasamy
Joanna Lumley
Susan Philipz
Sylvia Whitman
Bonnie Greer
Emilie Pine
Margaret Atwood
Kae Tempest
Lou Doillon
Sally Rooney
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- Episodes
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- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Bloomcast | Episode 3 | Aeolus and Lestrygonians
Welcome to Bloomcast, a ten-part plunge into James Joyce's Ulysses presented by Adam Biles, Alice McCrum, and Lex Paulson, live from Shakespeare and Company bookshop in Paris. Join them as they muddl…
Pages 155 - 164 │ Aeolus, part II │ Read by Claire-Louise Bennett
Pages 155 - 164 │ Aeolus, part II │ Read by Claire-Louise Bennett
Claire-Louise Bennett is the author of Pond, Fish Out of Water, and Checkout 19.
Buy Checkout 19 here: https://shakespeareandcompany.c…
Pages 147 - 155 │ Aeolus, part I │ Read by Patrick Marber
Pages 147 - 155 │Aeolus, part I│Read by Patrick Marber
Born in London, 1964. Playwright and Director. Work includes: 'Dealer's Choice 'Closer' 'Don Juan in Soho' 'The Red Lion' 'Notes on a Scandal' 'T…
Pages 141 - 147 │ Hades, part V │ Read by Erica Wagner
Pages 141 - 147 │Hades, part V│Read by Erica Wagner
Erica Wagner’s latest book is Chief Engineer: Washington Roebling, The Man Who Built the Brooklyn Bridge, winner of the Eccles Centre and Hay Festi…
Pages 132 - 141 │ Hades, part IV │ Read by Chigozie Obioma
Pages 132 - 141 │Hades, part IV│Read by Chigozie Obioma
Chigozie Obioma is a Nigerian writer whose two novels The Fishermen and An Orchestra of Minorities have been finalists for the Booker prize and …
Pages 124 - 132 │ Hades, part III │ Read by Amy Sackville
Pages 124 - 132 │Hades, part III│Read by Amy Sackville
Amy Sackville's most recent novel is Painter to the King (Granta). She lives in London and teaches Creative Writing at the University of Kent.
Buy…
Pages 116 - 124 │ Hades, part II │ Read by Richard Barnett
Pages 116 - 124 │Hades, part II│Read by Richard Barnett
Richard Barnett is a historian and a poet. He taught at Cambridge, Oxford, UCL, and other leading institutions for more than a decade, and his e…
Pages 107 - 116 │ Hades, part I │ Read by Nicholson Baker
Pages 107 - 116 │Hades, part I│Read by Nicholson Baker
Nicholson Baker is the author of seventeen books, among them The Mezzanine, Human Smoke, and The Anthologist. His latest book, Baseless: My Searc…
Pages 103 - 107 │ Lotus Eaters, part III │ Read by Jarred McGinnis
Pages 103 - 107 │Lotus Eaters, part III│Read by Jarred McGinnis
Jarred McGinnis’ debut novel ‘The Coward’ is published by Canongate in the UK in 2021 and the US in April 2022. He was recently chosen a…
Pages 94 - 103 │ Lotus Eaters, part II │ Read by Kate Stables
Pages 94 - 103 │Lotus Eaters, part II│Read by Kate Stables
Kate Stables, a Paris resident for sixteen years, is perhaps better known fronting her band thisisthekit. About 12 years ago she also started…
Pages 85-94 │ Lotus Eaters, part I │ Read by Joe Dunthorne
Pages 85-94 │Lotus Eaters, part I│Read by Joe Dunthorne
Joe Dunthorne was born and brought up in Swansea. He is the author of three novels: Submarine, Wild Abandon and The Adulterants. His first coll…
Bloomcast │ Episode 2 │ Calypso, Lotus Eaters, and Hades
Welcome to Bloomcast, a ten-part plunge into James Joyce's Ulysses presented by Adam Biles, Alice McCrum, and Lex Paulson, live from Shakespeare and Company bookshop in Paris. Join them as they mudd…
Pages 79 - 85│Calypso, part III│Read by Nathan Englander
Pages 79 - 85 │ Calypso, part III │ Read by Nathan Englander
Nathan Englander is the author of the novels The Ministry of Special Cases, Dinner at the Center of the Earth, and kaddish.com, and the sto…
Pages 74 - 79 │ Calypso, part II │ Read by Lola Peploe
Pages 74 - 79 │Calypso, part II│Read by Lola Peploe
Lola Peploe is an actress ,writer, and film-maker who lives in Normandy. Her short film No.27 was shown at several International Festivals and her f…
Pages 65 - 74 │ Calypso, part I │ Read by Eddie Izzard
Pages 65 - 74 │Calypso, part I│Read by Eddie Izzard
As a dramatic actor, Eddie picked up a Tony nomination for best actor in 2003 for her performance in A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg on Broadway. She …
Pages 55 - 65 │Proteus, part II│Read by Caoilinn Hughes
Pages 55 - 65 │Proteus, part II│Read by Caoilinn Hughes
Caoilinn Hughes’ latest novel, The Wild Laughter (Oneworld 2020) won the Royal Society of Literature's Encore Award, and was a finalist for four…
Pages 45 - 55 │ Proteus, part I │ Read by Ishion Hutchinson
Pages 45 - 55 │Proteus, part I│Read by Ishion Hutchinson
Ishion Hutchinson was born in Port Antonio, Jamaica.
Buy his collection Far District here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/I/9780571369201/fa…
Pages 35 - 45 │Nestor, part II│Read by Paul Murray
Pages 35 - 45 │Nestor, part II│Read by Paul Murray
Paul Murray is the author of three novels, including Skippy Dies and the Mark and the Void, with a fourth to be published in 2023. He lives in Dublin…
Pages 28 - 35 │Nestor, part I│Read by Jeanette Winterson
Pages 28 - 35 │Nestor, part I│Read by Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson burst onto the literary scene as a young woman in 1985 with Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. Her subsequent novels, including…
Pages 1 - 28 │Telemachus│Read by Will Self
Pages 1 - 28 │Telemachus│Read by Will Self
Will Self is a writer. He lives in London. Find out more about Will Self here: www.will-self.com
Buy Will Self’s novel Umbrella here: https://shakespeareandco…