News
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Forthcoming: Anthony Burgess, A Shorter Ulysses

Edited by Andrew Biswell from the International Anthony Burgess Foundation and published by Galileo Publishers, Anthony Burgess’s A Shorter Ulysses will be available from late November, 2025. As stated on the publisher’s website: “This radical reduction of the novel, containing the key episodes which stand at the heart of the novel, includes an introduction and
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New Joyce Signpost on Zurich’s Bahnhofstrasse

Have you ever had trouble finding the Zurich James Joyce Foundation? If so, you’ll be pleased to learn that there’s a new signpost in town! Just walk down Bahnhofrstrasse from Zurich Main Station and keep a lookout on your left. You’ll find the new signpost on your left, at the corner of Bahnhofstrasse and Augustinergasse.
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Max Geilinger Prize to Be Awarded to Ruth Frehner and Ursula Zeller

The James Joyce Foundation is delighted that its long-time curators and former managing directors, Ruth Frehner and Ursula Zeller, have been chosen as the recipients of the Max Geilinger Prize 2025. Ruth Frehner and Ursula Zeller have been selected for “decades of great work at the James Joyce Foundation”, as Dr. Peter Mousson, the President
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Zurich James Joyce Foundation’s Annual Report 2024 Online

The Zurich James Joyce Foundation’s annual report for the calendar year 2024 is now available online (in German, PDF). We would like to thank the members of the Board as well as the Friends for their contributions to this look back at a rather special year. Just contact us at info@joycefoundation.ch or via the Contact
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SRF Online News Story: “Mistakes from Goethe to Joyce”

The website of Switzerland’s Germand-speaking broadcaster SRF features a report on why it’s okay for literary texts to contain ‘typos.’ You can find the report here.
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Reading groups times from January 2025

Please find attached our reading groups times from January. READING GROUPS: OVERVIEW Note: No prior knowledge or registration required (except, of course, for the Zoom group).You can join at any point, i.e. even if you can’t make it to the first session. Ulysses Finnegans Wake Find more information here!
Events
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18.12.2025: Joycean Christmas Gathering

Where: Zurich James Joyce Foundation, Augustinergasse 9, 8001 Zurich When: Thursday, December 18, 2025, from 6.30 p.m. More information on this year’s Christmas Event will be made available shortly!
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28.11.2025: Burgess’s A Shorter Ulysses

We are delighted to announce that Andrew Biswell from the International Anthony Burgess Foundation will be giving an online talk on Anthony Burgess’s A Shorter Ulysses, which will be available from late November 2025 (Galileo Publishers). As stated on the publisher’s website: “This radical reduction of the novel, containing the key episodes which stand at
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19.11.2025: Ein Gespräch in literarischen Miniaturen

Von 1901 und 1904 hielt der irische Modernist James Joyce besondere Momente des Alltags fragmentarisch fest: die sogenannten Epiphanies, teils lyrisch, teils dialogisch. Die Form der literarischen Miniatur nutzten der afghanische Schriftsteller Azizullah Ima und der Aargauer Autor Andreas Neeser nun ihrerseits für einen Dialog über Themen, die bewegen: zwischenmenschliche Beziehungen, politische und philosophische Grenzziehungen,