Acclaimed author Jeff VanderMeer, best known for his Southern Reach series and genre-defying literary vision, will be a special guest at the 2025 Malta Book Festival, taking place...
Editors Kat Storace and Leanne Ellul tell MaltaToday why Valletta was a natural choice for Comma Press’s acclaimed Read the City series
Book Review: AODHÁN by Adrian Buckle
In AODHÁN, the haunting first volume of the DEOS IRÆ series, Adrian Buckle fuses dark fantasy, cosmic horror, and divine mythology into a mythic...
In AODHÁN, the haunting first volume of the DEOS...
Heroes, wizards and dragons: English mythology retold in Maltese
Horizons Publishers, in collaboration with the National Literacy Agency,...
Horizons Publishers, in collaboration with the National...
Inside the 2025 Malta Book Fund: Budget increases, new categories, and application changes
Laura Calleja sits down with National Book Council Senior Manager Matthew Borg to discuss the 2025 Malta Book Fund. Borg speaks about the fund’s...
Laura Calleja sits down with National Book Council Senior...
Fragile certainties: Fluid identities, masculinity and reclaiming time
Sens ta’ Ħarifa, Kurt Borg’s intimate and philosophical essay collection invites readers to embrace uncertainty, empathy, and the quiet power of...
Sens ta’ Ħarifa, Kurt Borg’s intimate and...
‘The house that Eddie built and Muscat refurbished’
John Baldacchino’s Secular Reflections on a Nation’s Anomaly delves...
John Baldacchino’s Secular Reflections on a...
Former journalist and broadcaster John Inguanez releases MOGĦDIJIET
MOGĦDIJIET by John Inguanez offers a vivid, personal journey through...
MOGĦDIJIET by John Inguanez offers a vivid, personal...
Immanuel’s gentle touch of melancholy and redemption
Immanuel Mifsud’s latest novel, Filli ma tkun Xejn, Filli tidħol...
Immanuel Mifsud’s latest novel, Filli ma tkun Xejn,...
Never-ending Exile Soup | Kivilcim Akay
On a sunny afternoon, poet and former philosophy professor John P. Portelli reflects on the ongoing exile of Palestinians, sharing a poem inspired by his...
On a sunny afternoon, poet and former philosophy professor...
Creative writing: A year on
The Malta Society of Arts' writing course has become a highly popular programme, offering a safe and supportive space for writers of all levels. A year...
The Malta Society of Arts' writing course has become a...
Arts lobby says local authors deserve greater priority at Malta Book Festival
While praising the book festival, the Malta Entertainment Industry and Arts Association warns against ‘book dumping’ and insists on prioritising...
While praising the book festival, the Malta Entertainment...
‘The more things change, the more they remain the same’: Maltese playwright Alfred Buttigieg publishes collection of works
LAURA CALLEJA speaks to Maltese playwright Alfred Buttigieg on the publication of Id –Drammi ta’ Alfred Buttigieg a compilation of his works dating...
LAURA CALLEJA speaks to Maltese playwright Alfred Buttigieg...
The Shadow: Poems for the Children of Gaza
The Shadow: Poems for the Children of Gaza is a poignant collection of 42...
The Shadow: Poems for the Children of Gaza is a...
KMB, prime minister with 'little political nous', cradled Mintoffianism to its death
In saving the sullied legacy of his difficult premiership, SKS toasts the loyalty of Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici to the socialist ideal. His critics too are on this...
In saving the sullied legacy of his difficult premiership,...
‘To be alive is to be narrating to oneself a perpetual story’
Ahead of his participation at the Malta Book Festival, Irish author PAUL LYNCH...
Ahead of his participation at the Malta Book Festival,...
Anthony Horowitz leads creative writing masterclass at Malta Book Festival
Register now for workshops and masterclasses at the Malta Book Festival
Register now for workshops and masterclasses at the Malta...
No novels shortlisted for National Book Prize after entries fall short of expectations
National Book Prize judges do not shortlist any titles in the Novels category in 2024 competition, saying overall literary quality fell short of the...
National Book Prize judges do not shortlist any titles in...
2024 National Book Prize: no titles in novels category shortlisted by judges
Finalists for 2024 National Book Prize and Terramaxka Prize announced. Judges say submissions for Novels category fell short of overall literary...
Finalists for 2024 National Book Prize and Terramaxka Prize...
How a deaf poet became an investigator of missing sound
Raymond Antrobus, British-Jamaican poet participating at the Inizjamed Malta...
Raymond Antrobus, British-Jamaican poet participating at...
