Dubliners Reading Series: “Clay” April 6, 2024 St. Brigid’s Centre for the Arts.

As part of the continuting series of readings from the Dubliners short story collection, members of the James Joyce Association of Ottawa presented, "A Mother," read by Paula McCann, Sharon Labelle and Niamh O'Brien with commentary by Niamh O"Brien. The Band provided...

As part of the continuing series of readings from the Dubliners short story collection, members of the JJAO presented “Grace,” read by Paula McCann, Sharon Labelle, Mary Comerton, Rosemary O’Brien and Eileen Cassidy, with commentary by Niamh O’Brien.  

As part of the continuing series of readings from the Dubliners short story collection, members of the JJAO presented “A Little Cloud,” read by Eileen Cassidy, Susanna Doherty, Nora Pat Marshall, and Rosemary O’Brien, with commentary by Niamh O’Brien.

The final story of the Dubliners collection, “The Dead” is considered by many to be one of the greatest short stories in the English language.  It is particularly evocative in highlighting the food and the music at an Epiphany party. To replicate the Morkan sisters’...

To celebrate Bloomsday 2024, the JJAO invited Irish actor/director/playwright Declan Gorman to launch his three-city Canadian tour (Ottawa, Hamilton and Toronto) featuring two of his one-man plays. The first, “Dubliners Dilemma,” highlights the difficult choice...

Finnegans Wake is one of the most challenging reads in the English language, but it rewards those who persevere to enjoy the rich humour of Joyce’s literary games and puzzles and his inventive language.  Celebrations of the 85th anniversary of the book’s publication...