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The cities of Valletta and Eindhoven, which are both currently in the running to become European Capital for Culture in 2018, have joined forced to “share expertise” on the...
Despite the short story being notoriously difficult to sell as a genre worldwide, against all odds the local independent press Skarta is launching an eclectic collection of short...
What's On | January 11
The week ahead
The week ahead
Alfred Sant to publish book on euro
Topping off a prolific year, Alfred Sant sees the publication of yet another book – this time a non-fiction expose of that topical and beleaguered currency:...
Topping off a prolific year, Alfred Sant sees the...
The year of ‘potential’
This year led to many promising developments in the arts, but the ongoing fear of censorship might quash any enthusiasm for the future.
This year led to many promising developments in the arts,...
ICON launches an innovative resource for children
Website brings history and culture closer to kids through technology.
Website brings history and culture closer to kids through...
Book Review | Landscape with Dog
This short story collection from Greece may be slim, but it packs a punch, ROSE LAPIRA says.
This short story collection from Greece may be slim, but it...
No need to start at the beginning – Sant’s new novel can be read ‘like a dictionary’
Alfred Sant's new novel, Bhal f'Dizzjunarju, is an intriguing piece of playful literature, as it can be read in any order.
Alfred Sant's new novel, Bhal f'Dizzjunarju, is an...
Maltese comics anthology takes flight
128-pager containing six short comic book stories based around the theme of ‘steampunk’, an increasingly popular fiction genre that fuses science fiction...
128-pager containing six short comic book stories based...
Book Review | New Finnish Grammar
It may be written by a Eurocrat, but this long-gestating novel on the intricacies of language is definitely worth a look, ROSE LAPIRA says.
It may be written by a Eurocrat, but this long-gestating...
Book Review | The Tiger's Wife
Tea Obrecht's debut novel - a magical journey through Balkan history - was much hyped and lauded, but it's a bit of a patchwork job, ROSE LAPIRA says.
Tea Obrecht's debut novel - a magical journey through...
Book Review | Solo
Rana Dasgupta's novel is a bizaare tale spanning two narratives across Eastern Europe and the US. Rose Lapira reviews the book, and wonders whether...
Rana Dasgupta's novel is a bizaare tale spanning two...
Book Review | The Sense of an Ending
Rose Lapira reviews this year's Man Booker Prize winning novel - the sharp and sobering The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes.
Rose Lapira reviews this year's Man Booker Prize...
Book Review | Out Stealing Horses
Rose Lapira reviews a Norwegian tale of war, loss and silence.
Rose Lapira reviews a Norwegian tale of war, loss and...
Flying the flag at Frankfurt
Merlin Director of Publishing Chris Gruppetta reminisces over his stay at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair.
Merlin Director of Publishing Chris Gruppetta reminisces...
Julian Barnes wins Man Booker Prize
After missing out on the coveted British literary award three times, celebrated UK novelist Julian Barnes finally managed to take home Man Booker Prize.
After missing out on the coveted British literary award...
Book Review | Chronicle in Stone
Rose Lapira is captivated by this surreal and tragic tale of an Albanian city from Ismael Kadare.
Rose Lapira is captivated by this surreal and tragic tale...
Book Review | The Land Of Green Plums
Rose Lapira is intrigued by Herta Muller's Nobel Prize-winning take on the effects of the Romanian dictatorship in the 1980s.
Rose Lapira is intrigued by Herta Muller's Nobel...
Immanuel Mifsud takes 2011 EU literature prize award
Autobiographical novel on fatherhood lands Immanuel Mifsud EU literature...
Autobiographical novel on fatherhood lands Immanuel...
Crit me, please – Maltese authors want honest feedback
An essay published in an international journal suggests that Maltese...
An essay published in an international journal suggests...
