Book Launch

11 September 2025 at 6.30pm

We were pleased to to celebrate the launch of James Joyce’s Legacies in Contemporary Irish Women’s Writing (Routledge), a new monograph by Dr. Annalisa Mastronardi on Thursday, 11 September 2025 at 6.30pm.

The book explores how Joyce’s influence reverberates through the work of Irish women writers, from Norah Hoult and Kate O’Brien to contemporary authors such as Anne Enright, Eimear McBride and Emilie Pine. Through close readings, feminist theory and cultural critique, Mastronardi examines themes of gender, memory, sexuality and narrative innovation, revealing how Joyce’s legacy is both critically challenged and creatively extended in Irish women’s fiction.

The evening featured a talk by the author, an introduction by Professor Emeritus Anne Fogarty (UCD), and a Q&A session.

Dr. Annalisa Mastronardi is a literary scholar, journalist and writer. She holds a PhD in Irish literature from Dublin City University and is the author of James Joyce’s Legacies in Contemporary Irish Women’s Writing (Routledge, 2025). Her work, including articles, interviews and short stories, has appeared in The Irish Independent, Joyce Studies in Italy, The Martello Journal, Hook Magazine and other publications. She hosts the In Her View Podcast, which explores timely topics through a feminist lens.

Our special thanks to Annalisa, Anne and to all those who came.

The James Joyce Centre is supported by the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport.