Left Bank The Film

Reading Group

Led by Jonathan Goldman, President of the James Joyce Society.

April 15 - June 10 2025
Tuesdays 12 pm to 1:30 pm EST on Zoom REGISTER

The Left Bank Ulysses Reading Group is a fund-raiser for the film.

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The Left Bank Ulysses Reading Group invites readers of all experience levels to engage with James Joyce's masterpiece in a supportive and inclusive environment. Organized by the team behind the Left Bank documentary, the weekly book club aims to make the novel accessible and enjoyable for everyone, especially those who have always wanted to tackle it but felt they lacked the time or guidance.

$400 Registration per person.
A Zoom link will be sent out to registered participants prior to the start of the Reading Group.
The Left Bank Ulysses Reading Group is a fund-raiser for the film.

Left Bank

... is a captivating journey into the early 20th century, uncovering the untold stories of the women who played a pivotal role in the tumultuous path to publishing James Joyce's groundbreaking novel.

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Awards & Nominations

 Feb 17, 2024

Austin Revolution Film Festival

  • Nominations:
    • Best Documentary
    • Best Filmmaker

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Winner
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Thanks to your continued support we have reached our recent Seed & Spark fundraising goal!

More Screenings Coming Soon. 

  • Stockbridge LibraryDates October 24th, 2024
  • Summit NJ Library June 5th 2024
  • Roeliff Jansen Community Library
    Hillsdale NY. June 13th 2024
  • Summit NJ Library. June 5th, 2024
  • PAMLA, Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association, Portland, OR, October 28, 2023
  • Rosenbach Library and Museum, Philadelphia, PA, June 9 2023
  • Jagellionian University, Joyce and Humanism Conference, Krakow, Poland, April 22, 2023
  •  Italian James Joyce Foundation Conference, University of Rome, February 3,  2023

The Women

The Women Who Rescued James Joyce's Ulysses.

Joyce's controversial masterpiece Ulysses would have never been published in 1922 if not for these forward-thinking women.

They provided funding, moral support, business acumen and love to the self-centered, obsessive writer. Left Bank tells Joyce's story awhile revealing the feminist history of a revolutionary bookshop in the left bank of Paris, through dramatic scenes, interviews, archival footage and animation.

Left Bank seeks to answer the question - who were these women and why was it so important for them to support the arts, cultivate a culture of reading and to publish Ulysses - considered by many to be the most important novel of the 20th century?

Left Bank endorsement by Keri Walsh.

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