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National Book Prize 2020: Trevor Zahra conferred lifetime achievement award
Watch the ceremony for the National Book Prize here
Watch the ceremony for the National Book Prize here

Spy novel master John le Carré dies aged 89
Undisputed giant of English literature, the Le Carré canon of espionage...
Undisputed giant of English literature, the Le Carré...

Bid to raise €10,000 for COVID-19 charity through art, poetry publication
Book features a number of short stories and poems as well as various artwork, created during the COVID-19 pandemic in aid of charity
Book features a number of short stories and poems...

National Book Prize ceremony to be streamed online
The National Book Council will stream the 2020 National Book Prize awards...
The National Book Council will stream the 2020 National...

Paean to a professor – remembering Oliver Friggieri
Mark Vella, author of X’Seta’ Ġralu lil Kevin Cacciattolo? and...
Mark Vella, author of X’Seta’ Ġralu lil Kevin...

When this weather clears up: Remembering Oliver Friggieri
Kevin Saliba • Oliver Friggieri belongs to a regrettably dying breed...
Kevin Saliba • Oliver Friggieri belongs to a...

Oliver Friggieri, intellectual who articulated nation’s consciousness, passes away
Giant of Maltese literature, intellectual, poet, novelist and critic whose work defined a canon of national literature, Olivier Friggieri, dies at 73
Giant of Maltese literature, intellectual, poet, novelist...

The Malta Book Festival 2020 opens next week, here’s all you need to know
There’s just over a week before the start of the 2020 Malta Book Festival, here’s everything you need to know
There’s just over a week before the start of the 2020...

Unmissable events at virtual Malta Book Festival 2020
Featuring international guests like Salan Rushdie, this year’s...
Featuring international guests like Salan Rushdie, this...

Reforming the book industry during the hardest-ever economic crisis in history
I sincerely hope the government comes to term with the necessity of taking the matter at hand with the serious approach it deserves
I sincerely hope the government comes to term with the...

Students get €5 voucher for books from Malta Book Festival 2020
A €5 Book Voucher for all students participating in the Malta Book...
A €5 Book Voucher for all students participating in...

Leanne Ellul | Stripped bare in the blue room
TEODOR RELJIC speaks to Leanne Ellul about her latest poetry collection,...
TEODOR RELJIC speaks to Leanne Ellul about her latest...


Salman Rushdie special guest of 2020 ‘virtual’ Malta Book Festival
Giant of international literature Salman Rushdie in conversation with Malta’s giant of literature Alfred Sant
Giant of international literature Salman Rushdie in...

Killer’s return: Karl Schembri comes full circle with new ‘Il-Manifest…’ edition
Author Karl Schembri returns to the Maltese publishing scene with his incendiary 2006 novel Il-Manifest Tal-Killer
Author Karl Schembri returns to the Maltese publishing...

Illustrator Gattaldo’s fearlessdaphne.com prepares children for a post-truth world
The author of a forthcoming children’s book about journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has launched a media literacy website
The author of a forthcoming children’s book about...

Like a punch in the stomach | Loranne Vella
Author and performer Loranne Vella, whose debut short story collection...
Author and performer Loranne Vella, whose debut short story...

Malta Book Festival will go online due to COVID-19 cancellation of mass events
The National Book Council said the decision was necessary in order to safeguard both staff and attendees
The National Book Council said the decision was necessary...

National Book Prize and Terramaxka 2020 shortlist: 68 works vie for top awards
The shortlist for the National Book Prize and Terramaxka Prize 2020 includes 68 shortlisted titles out of a total of 182 longlisted works
The shortlist for the National Book Prize and Terramaxka...