


Illustrating Irvin | Lisa Falzon
Veteran Merlin illustrator Lisa Falzon speaks to us about bringing Bonello’s Irvin Vella to life with a series of Edward Gorey style illustrations
Veteran Merlin illustrator Lisa Falzon speaks to us about...

Local authors get paid for library lending for the first time
National Book Council issues first batch of cheques to local authors benefiting...
National Book Council issues first batch of cheques to...

Comic book artist Steve Scott returns to Malta for meet-and-greet
The Batman, Hulk and Judge Dredd artist will make an appearance at...
The Batman, Hulk and Judge Dredd artist will make an...

Reasons to rejoice: book consumption is on the rise
The National Book Festival can only exist as a contributing component to the...
The National Book Festival can only exist as a contributing...

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts
It is high time that that book awards are moved away from Castille towards a public forum independent from any such interference.
It is high time that that book awards are moved away...

Birds, apes and aliens: The best reads of 2014
Having served as book reviewer for the MaltaToday distributed VIDA Magazine,...
Having served as book reviewer for the MaltaToday...

There’s something about Tamara | Simon Bartolo
Novelist and playwright Simon Bartolo speaks to us about translating an Italian...
Novelist and playwright Simon Bartolo speaks to us about...

‘Only a few people deserve to be called playwrights’ | Leanne Ellul
Up-and-coming local playwright Leanne Ellul – winner of last year’s Francis Ebejer Prize with Ma Rridx Immur – speaks to us ahead of her...
Up-and-coming local playwright Leanne Ellul – winner...

Two authors take home Novels for Youth prize
Stephen Lughermo and Leanne Ellul win ‘literature for youths’ award...
Stephen Lughermo and Leanne Ellul win ‘literature for...

Maltese author awarded EU Prize for Literature
This was the second European win for a Maltese author, the first being Immanuel...
This was the second European win for a Maltese author, the...

‘Someone like Dom Mintoff would have thrilled my father’ | Jim Crace
Award-winning British novelist and inaugural University of Malta Writer in Residence Jim Crace speaks to us about the precarious blessing of literary...
Award-winning British novelist and inaugural University of...

The Malta-Pachino connection | Arnold Cassola
We speak to Arnold Cassola about ‘Malta-Pachino – ritorno alle...
We speak to Arnold Cassola about ‘Malta-Pachino...

Jim Crace wants to put Malta on the literary map
As Writer in Residence at the Faculty of Arts, University of Malta, acclaimed...
As Writer in Residence at the Faculty of Arts, University...

Better the beasts you know | Stephan D. Mifsud
The beasts of Maltese folklore have finally been captured in...
The beasts of Maltese folklore have finally been captured...

‘Colour is the direct feed to the brain’ | Christian Ward
We speak to London-based illustrator Christian Ward ahead of his visit to the...
We speak to London-based illustrator Christian Ward ahead...

‘A thousand shades of Mintoff’ through the eyes of politicians, historians
New book on the political life of Dom Mintoff brings together the recollections of 54 individuals who came into close contact with the former Labour leader
New book on the political life of Dom Mintoff brings...

Sicilian publishers come out in full force for National Book Festival
The National Book Council will be hosting some of Sicily’s most prominent...
The National Book Council will be hosting some of...

Book Festival prepares to make a ‘the French connection’
National Book Council strives to make Malta ‘less insular’ with...
National Book Council strives to make Malta ‘less...