ULYSSES
Thornwillow Centennial Edition
Ulysses is often described as one of the most celebrated but least read books of all time. The Thornwillow Centennial Edition presents the monumental text beautifully and accessibly in formats designed to fulfill Joyce's original publication trajectory and celebrate his literary masterpiece. We have created editions that are beautiful, engaging, and enduring.
"ULYSSES is a book that's associated with difficulty, where in fact it should be associated with joy."
— Stephen Fry
We are proud to present 3 ways to engage with Ulysses in celebration of the novel’s 100th Anniversary.
THE INSTALLMENT EDITIONS
To order the Installment Editions of Ulysses, click below and volumes will ship throughout 2022-2023.
THE PATRON EDITIONS
To order the Patron Editions of Ulysses, click below to reserve your set, which is scheduled to ship in 2023.
Celebrate the Centennial with Thornwillow!
Bloomsday, named in honor of the protagonist of Ulysses, Leopold Bloom, has been held annually on June 16 since 1924. It is a celebration of the novel and has taken many forms over the years, from readings and performances to pub crawls and historic costumes. We’re excited to invite you to join Thornwillow Press and the Thornwillow Institute for our celebratory Bloomsyear Centennial Reading of Ulysses.
We are uniting hundreds of readers from all over the world—writers, actors, singers, scholars, collectors, and friends of the Press, to record themselves reading sections of the novel. We will then consolidate these clips online to create a virtual cover-to-cover reading of Ulysses—censors be damned!
Episode I: TELEMACHUS
Episode II: NESTOR
Episode III: PROTEUS
Episode IV: CALYPSO
Episode V: THE LOTUS EATERS
Visit our Youtube Channel to catch up on all the episodes! Or, check out the podcast version of the
Bloomsyear Centennial Reading, available wherever you like to listen.
Finally, visit our Life of Letters blog, where we'll be adding engaging content about James Joyce, Ulysses, and the world of Thornwillow all year long. The Bloomsyear Centennial Reading Videos will also be found here, as well as on our Youtube Channel, or as a podcast, wherever you like to listen.