123 Episodes

  1. Bloomcast Holiday Special: Watt by Samuel Beckett, Episode 2

    Published: 1/13/2025
  2. Bloomcast Holiday Special: Watt by Samuel Beckett, Episode 1

    Published: 1/6/2025
  3. BEASTCAST! Lex and Alice quiz Adam about his novel Beasts of England

    Published: 5/3/2024
  4. BLOOMCAST | HOLIDAY SPECIAL | THE DEAD

    Published: 1/5/2024
  5. Bonus Episode: Lex Paulson on Cicero and the Future of Democracy

    Published: 6/15/2023
  6. BLOOMCAST | HOLIDAY SPECIAL

    Published: 12/15/2022
  7. Bloomcast | Episode 10 | Live at the American Library in Paris

    Published: 6/21/2022
  8. BONUS EPISODE: Colm Tóibín, in conversation with Alice McCrum

    Published: 6/16/2022
  9. Pages 927 - 933 │ Penelope, part XIII │ Read by Sally Rooney

    Published: 6/15/2022
  10. Pages 921 - 927 │ Penelope, part XII │ Read by Lou Doillon

    Published: 6/14/2022
  11. Hay Festival: Joyce and Ulysses with Adam Biles, Sinéad Gleeson, Xiaolu Guo, and John Mitchinson

    Published: 6/14/2022
  12. Pages 915 - 921 │ Penelope, part XI │ Read by Kae Tempest

    Published: 6/13/2022
  13. Pages 913 - 915 │ Penelope, part X │ Read by Margaret Atwood

    Published: 6/12/2022
  14. Pages 906 - 913 │ Penelope, part IX │ Read by Emilie Pine

    Published: 6/11/2022
  15. Bonus Bloomcast: Declan Kiberd, author of Ulysses and Us

    Published: 6/10/2022
  16. Pages 900 - 906 │ Penelope, part VIII │ Read by Bonnie Greer

    Published: 6/9/2022
  17. Pages 896 - 900 │ Penelope, part VII │ Read by Sylvia Whitman

    Published: 6/8/2022
  18. Pages 892 - 896 │ Penelope, part VI │ Read by Susan Philipz

    Published: 6/7/2022
  19. Pages 889 - 892 │ Penelope, part V │ Read by Joanna Lumley

    Published: 6/6/2022
  20. Pages 884 - 889 │ Penelope, part IV │ Read by Meena Kandasamy

    Published: 6/5/2022

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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.Also featuring Bloomcast. A deep-dive into the text with Adam Biles, Alice McCrum and Lex Paulson, as well as other bonus episodes.Conceived and produced by Adam Biles, Literary Director at Shakespeare and Company, ParisDiscover more about Shakespeare and Company here: https://shakespeareandcompany.comBuy the Penguin Classics official partner edition of Ulysses here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/d/9780241552636/ulyssesFind out more about Hay Festival here: https://www.hayfestival.com/homeFeaturing (in order):Will SelfJeanette WintersonPaul MurrayIshion HutchinsonCaoilinn HughesEddie IzzardLola PeploeNathan EnglanderJoe DunthorneKate StablesJarred McGinnisNicholson BakerRichard BarnettAmy SackvilleChigozie ObiomaErica WagnerPatrick MarberClaire-Louise BennettAleksandar HemonRyan Van WinkleCressida BrownHolly PesterAdam ThirlwellCatherine LaceyCiaran FarrellLauren ElkinAndrew HankinsonConor HorganAndy MillerPreti TanejaSalena GoddenSinéad GleesonLuke KennardSophie GormanNicole FlatteryJohn FreemanAysegul SavasDaniel Levin BeckerJohn ButlerJohn MitchinsonSigrid RausingMax PorterEimear McBrideKeith RidgwayPhilip HoareDeborah LandauKarthika NairCerys MatthewsDBC PierreKatharina Volckmer Mark O’ConnellMarcel TherouxSylvia Whitman & David DelannetLenny KayeSarah ChurchwellOlivia LaingKatie KitamuraAli SmithKeri WalshLesley BlumePatrick HastingsBen OkriColm ToibinChloe AridjisStephen FryDouglas StuartPete ButtigiegTara MulhollandPaul MuldoonS&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 KeenanTom McCarthyDavid SzalayJesse BallCarter BaysJames GregorWill BurnsDeclan McCavanaGreg ProopsJennifer CanadaSam JordisonEloise MillarHollie McNishMichael PedersenJonathan Safran FoerSasha FoerEthan HawkeRob DoyleRoisin KiberdLucy SanteCaitlinn O KeefeDeborah LevyMeena KandasamyJoanna LumleySusan PhilipzSylvia WhitmanBonnie GreerEmilie PineMargaret AtwoodKae TempestLou DoillonSally Rooney Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.