{"id":4329,"date":"2026-01-21T14:31:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T14:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joycefoundation.ch\/?p=4329"},"modified":"2026-02-24T11:41:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T11:41:32","slug":"20-02-2026-reading-with-novelist-clare-odea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joycefoundation.ch\/de\/20-02-2026-reading-with-novelist-clare-odea\/","title":{"rendered":"20.02.2026: Reading with Novelist Clare O’Dea"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Clare O’Dea and her new novel, Before the Leaves Fall<\/em><\/strong>
(author photograph by Charly Rappo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Zurich James Joyce Foundation is proud to host a reading with the novelist Clare O’Dea (Website: https:\/\/clareodea.com\/<\/a>).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moderator: Rafa\u00ebl Newman.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Author of two non-fiction books, two novels and a collection of articles, Clare <\/strong>has been telling stories of Switzerland since she first came to live in the country in 2003. Formerly an Irish Times journalist, Clare spent a decade working for the international news service of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation. Clare\u2019s first novel Voting Day<\/em> (2022) is set in 1959 on the day Swiss men voted ‘no’ to granting women the vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her latest novel Before the Leaves Fall<\/em> (Fairlight Books, October 2025)<\/strong> is set in present-day Bern and Fribourg. In prose described as \u201cunderstated and elegant\u201d, it tells the story of Ruedi, a newly-trained facilitator for a fictional assisted dying organisation, and his first client Margrit. When the two characters realise their paths have crossed before, it sparks a journey of self-discovery for both of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reading takes place on Friday, February 20, 2026, at 6.30 p.m., at the Zurich James Joyce Foundation, Augustinergasses 9, 8001 Zurich.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Places are limited. \u2013 For reservations, please write to info@joycefoundation.ch.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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