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...
Chronicling a distressing decade | Robin Yassin-Kassab
English-Syrian author and blogger Robin Yassin-Kassab on his critically...
English-Syrian author and blogger Robin Yassin-Kassab on...
Trapani 1400 AD: Maltese welcome
Maltese warmly welcomed into foreign communities, new book suggests.
Maltese warmly welcomed into foreign communities, new...
These are not Facebook revolutions | Mohamed-Salah Omri
Oxford academic Mohamed-Salah Omri, who will be participating in the Malta...
Oxford academic Mohamed-Salah Omri, who will be...
Sixth edition of Mediterranean Literature Festival to focus on Arab Spring
Leading writers from nine countries and top Maltese musicians will read at the sixth annual Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival on September 8-10 at the...
Leading writers from nine countries and top Maltese...
A life in writing | David Lodge
Prolific British author and literary critic David Lodge visited Malta to give a reading as part of Evenings on Campus last Wednesday. He speaks to Teodor...
Prolific British author and literary critic David Lodge...
Modern Maltese art celebrated in new publication
Art critic Joseph Paul Cassar will be launching his latest publication on...
Art critic Joseph Paul Cassar will be launching his...
