National Book Council unveils official poster for the 2022 Malta Book Festival
The National Book Council has unveiled its official poster for the 2022 Malta Book Festival putting the spotlight on illustrators and graphic designers 
2022 Doreen Micallef National Poetry Contest now open for entries
Annual contest celebrating the best poetry written in Maltese, invites poets to participate in fourth edition of prestigious Doreen Micallef National Poetry Contest
Up close with the creators of ‘Mibdul’, Malta’s first serialised comic for adults

Teodor Reljić and Inez Kristina on creating Malta’s first-ever serialised comic book series ‘Mibdul’

Teodor Reljić and Inez Kristina on...

A taste of his own violence: Mur Ġibek... turns the tables on the war on women

Irene Chias provides an inverted rendering of the gratuitous violence of Anthony Burgess’s novel, this time wielded not by Alex and his droogs, but by...

Irene Chias provides an inverted rendering of the...

Students can visit closed-off section at University library during Campus Book Festival

National Book Council is organising a special visit to the Melitensia section of the University of Malta Library as part of the Campus Book Festival...

National Book Council is organising a special visit to...

Cassola’s ‘Suleyman the Magnificent and 1565 Siege’ published in France

French translation for Cassola’s Ottoman account of 1565’s Great Siege is part of ‘Historiques’ series by L’Harmattan

French translation for Cassola’s Ottoman account of...

Applications open for National Book Prize and Terramaxka Prize 2022

Applications for the National Book Prize and Terramaxka Prize 2022 must be...

Applications for the National Book Prize and...

National Book Council announces programme for the 2022 Campus Book Festival

The National Book Council announces events programme for the 2022 Campus Book Festival, curated explicitly for tertiary education students 

The National Book Council announces events programme...

Former prime minister Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici donates newspaper collection

Oldest documents in his possession consist of a 1793 manuscript copy of the will drawn up by the King of France

Oldest documents in his possession consist of a 1793...

Campus Book Festival secures record number of publishers and booksellers

The Campus Book Festival will take place between 23 and 25 March at the University of Malta

The Campus Book Festival will take place...

[WATCH] Read, Learn, Repeat: In-Nar għandu Isem: Noti minn Paġna Intima

Watch episode 2 of the National Book Prize winners of 2021: In-Nar għandu Isem: Noti minn Paġna Intima

Watch episode 2 of the National Book Prize winners of...

Campus Book Festival returns with Irish writer Jan Carson as international guest

The Irish writer and winner of the European Prize for Literature Jan Carson will be the this year’s Festival main international guest at the Campus Book...

The Irish writer and winner of the European Prize for...

[WATCH] Read, Learn, Repeat: National Book Prize winners get video trailers

A new series of book video trailers on Facebook for each of the 15 National Book Prize winners of 2021

A new series of book video trailers on Facebook for each of...

National Book Prize 2021: winners announced

National Book Prize for the Novels category awarded to Gioele Galea for the...

National Book Prize for the Novels category awarded to...

Aleks Farrugia’s latest novel Camerata! available at Malta Book Festival

Camerata! is available for purchase at the Malta Book Festival 2021

Camerata! is available for purchase at the Malta Book...

Terramaxka Prize for literature: 2021 winners announced at Malta Book Festival

Malta Book Festival official opening kicks off with 2021 Terramaxka Prize for children’s and adolescents’ literature

Malta Book Festival official opening kicks off...

Malta Book Festival - The BookShop: guest authors at the 2021 edition

2021 Malta Book Festival announces its line-up of Maltese authors...

2021 Malta Book Festival announces its line-up of Maltese...

Malta Book Festival: don’t miss a thing with this programme of events

Spread over five days, there are over 70 events for book launches, meetings with local and international guest authors, seminars, panel discussions, film...

Spread over five days, there are over 70 events for book...

A quick guide to the 2021 Malta Book Festival

A handy guide to the 2021 Malta Book Festival at the Malta Fairs and...

A handy guide to the 2021 Malta Book Festival at...

Record 37 exhibitors participating in Malta Book Festival

Array of book-related activities, book launches, presentations of special...

Array of book-related activities, book launches,...