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Bombs and a hit on Big Frank: excerpt from Matthew Vella’s crime history of the Maltese in Soho

MaltaToday editor Matthew Vella’s three-year research of Maltese and British national archives, and over 1,000 newspaper stories pieces together the history of a particular...

[WATCH] Markapaġna | Noah Fabri

Noah Fabri discusses with Luke Galea on Loranne Vella’s latest novel, Marta Marta, that Fabri classifies paradoxically as a treasure and as frustrating

‘From Illustration to Book’: the exhibition at the Malta Book Festival 2022

The National Book Council and Arts Council Malta announces that the exhibition From Illustration to Book will take centre stage at the Malta...

The National Book Council and Arts Council Malta announces...

Book Festival marred by absence of Merlin, as rising costs hurt industry

One of Malta’s leading publishers and trailblazers for the publication and design of the modern Maltese novel, Merlin Books, will not be participating in...

One of Malta’s leading publishers and trailblazers...

Record 49 exhibitors participating for Malta Book Festival

Maltese publishers and booksellers, as well as student organisations,...

Maltese publishers and booksellers, as well...

Luke Galea speaks to novelist Matthew Schembri

Luke Galea speaks to actress and playwright Simone Spiteri

Luke Galea speaks to the artist, writer and bookbinder Glen Calleja

Luke Galea speaks to the artist, writer and bookbinder Glen...

Comics journalist Joe Sacco at the 2022 Malta Book Festival

Maltese by birth, Sacco grew up in Australia and later in Los Angeles and...

Maltese by birth, Sacco grew up in Australia and later in...

John Boyne is the international guest of the 2022 Malta Book Festival

Bestselling author John Boyne, known for The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas,...

Bestselling author John Boyne, known for The Boy in the...

In our first episode, Claudia Gauci talks about the memory, nostalgia and vulnerability of the author in Immanuel Mifsud's memoir Fl-Isem tal-Missier (u...

In our first episode, Claudia Gauci talks about the memory,...

National Book Council announces new literary podcast to promote Maltese books

Markapaġna will air every Tuesday at 6pm from 13 September onwards

Markapaġna will air every Tuesday at 6pm from 13 September...

Dreams, buildings and bruised sea: Algeria in Lamis Saidi’s poetry

Inizjamed interviews Algerian Lamis Saidi ahead of the upcoming Malta...

Inizjamed interviews Algerian Lamis Saidi ahead of the...

Results of the Malta Book Fund 2022 announced

The National Book Council announces that 29 projects will be receiving funding...

The National Book Council announces that 29 projects will...

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Ġaħan fl-Aqwa Żmien: a caricature of the Muscat era

Mark Camilleri drinks from the deep and rich well of Mediterranean folklore in...

Mark Camilleri drinks from the deep and rich well of...

National Book Prize and Terramaxka Prize shortlist announced

The winners will be announced at a ceremony on 4 November

The winners will be announced at a ceremony on 4...

‘Ġaħan fl-Aqwa Żmien’, Mark Camilleri’s first novel, out in July

The satirical novel represents ‘Ġaħanism’ and the political decadence of the times, what Camilleri – author of political polemic ‘A...

The satirical novel represents ‘Ġaħanism’ and...

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

The National Book Council has unveiled its official poster...

2022 Doreen Micallef National Poetry Contest now open for entries

Annual contest celebrating the best poetry written in Maltese,...

Annual contest celebrating the best poetry...

Press charges: Malta wartime reporters invented ‘Italian coward’ myth

How they reported the war: Martin G. Debattista’s ‘The Front Page on the Front Line – The Maltese Newspapers and the Second World...

How they reported the war: Martin G....