Bloomsday celebrations take place all over the world, including, according to the James Joyce Center, Croatia, Australia, Shanghai, Norway and Argentina.

FORBES: Rejoice Joyce Fans: it's Bloomsday!

While I wait for you to enlighten me, I will perform the sacred Bloomsday ritual of genuflecting solemnly before the Poster of Great Irish Writers.

FORBES: Rejoice Joyce Fans: it's Bloomsday!

Some literary anniversaries are easy to pair with the appropriate booze: Any literate drinker can justify an Irish whisky or a pint of Guinness on Bloomsday.

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Still there was enough spirit amid the umbrellas, raincoats and bin liners here on Bloomsday - the day in 1904 in which novelist James Joyce set Ulysses - to make this a worthwhile event in a dirty old town.

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Radio 4's comedy series Cabin Pressure, featuring Benedict Cumberbatch and Roger Allam, has been nominated for best radio programme along with James Joyce's Ulysses, a Radio 4 dramatisation to mark Bloomsday, the day in June when the book's events take place.

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