Bloomsday in Melbourne has a proud history
of engagement with the work of James Joyce. Since 1994, a small committee of Joyceans has read and re-read Joyce and mounted theatrical events designed to communicate the joy of Joyce to its loyal patrons.
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What is Bloomsday?

Bloomsday was first celebrated in Dublin in 1954, and since the 1970s, it has become one of the leading literary feast-days around the world. Why? The events of Joyce’s Ulysses take place on one day (16 June and the early hours of the next day) in a city that was eminently walkable in 1904, the date of its setting. Leopold Bloom is one of the three leading characters and tradition names the day after him, rather than his wife, Molly Bloom or Stephen Daedalus. Early Bloomsdays were peripatetic, where the novel’s landmarks are the focus of Bloomsday revels.

Who Runs Bloomsday in Melbourne?

Bloomsday in Melbourne is a not-for-profit incorporated society run by a committee of volunteers.

Bloomsday in Melbourne Committee
2011-12

Director
  Frances Devlin-Glass

Secretary/Public Officer
Sian Cartwright

Treasurer
Bob Glass

Committee
Adrian Beavis
Imelda Carthy
James King
  Roslyn Hames
  Colm McNaughton
  Mairéid Sullivan

Website Design
Mairéid Sullivan & Ben Kettlewell
Lyrebird Media

Our Supporters

Bloomsday in Melbourne is largely self-funded from subscriptions to Bloomsday events, and through its two annual fundraisers. In 2011, we were sponsored by five institutions:

	Our major sponsor since 1997 has been the School of Communication and Creative Arts at Deakin University.
	The Irish Government through the Irish Embassy in Canberra has sponsored us since 2006.
	In 2009 and again in 2011, the City of Melbourne supported us.
	The Celtic Club has been a longstanding sponsor, and sometimes host of Bloomsday events. It is generous in providing a rehearsal space to Bloomsday in Melbourne.
	The State Library of Victoria has frequently hosted Bloomsday. We are proud to be affiliated with it The State Library included Bloomsday in Melbourne as a part of Melbourne’s successful bid to become a United Nations City of Literature. The secretariat for this will be housed at the State Library.