Bloomsday on Bondi

Overview

So it's a book. Not a film, not a day at the beach, not a party. James Joyce's (recently more public-domained) Ulysses is set across the single day of June 16 in 1904. And on June 16 every year, Bloom lovers (like Stephen Fry) get together to read the book out loud, attempting to squeeze it into a single day themselves. This year's Irish odyssey is being brought to life with the first Bloomsday on Bondi. Leaving you with film, Guinness, and a bit of beach to go with your book loving.

It's a drop-in, drop-out affair, with music and beer on tap throughout the day, and a midday, free reading followed by a screening (also free) of Nora, starring Susan Lynch and Ewan McGregor (possibly only once before screened in Sydney). Before lunch, the opening chapters meet Buck Mulligan's Breakfast and after seven O'Punsky's Theatre offers up the day's climactic reading.

Breakfast and evening sessions are paid events and need to be booked. Can't catch it at Bondi? Listen to the BBC version the day after or download the original.