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Slow Reading Club - Banned Book Week: James Joyce's Ulysses

  • The Portico Library 57 Mosley Street Manchester, England, M2 3HY United Kingdom (map)

£5, includes refreshments and printouts of the passages. Book here.

Slow down, read closely, think and discuss - that's what we are asking you to do in this club. For banned book week, Debbie Challis has chosen a few passages from James Joyce's Ulysses. Turn off your smart phones, step away from the hectic pace of life, and discuss words.

The Portico Library has a 1925 edition of Ulysses, which was banned in the US and UK. This copy was originally printed in Paris and smuggled to the UK.

Dr Debbie Challis is Creative Producer of the Portico Library and a cultural historian with an expertise on the reception of classical antiquity in the nineteenth century. She is currently researching and writing about the life of a mid Victorian female artist called Mary Severn. She is an expert on Alex Andreou's Podyssey and her work can be found on drdebbiechallis.com.

Earlier Event: October 2
How to read a book
Later Event: October 31
Slow Reading Club: The Vampire