The Maltese are a product of their colonial past and you find it in the social division that ‘Menglish’ and university education can still elicit.
While he acknowledges that it may not be perfect, publisher Chris Gruppetta admits that this year’s edition of the Malta Book Fair gave him a renewed sense of hope in the local...
Do androids dream of disappointing movies? | Philip K. Dick on film
With the release of the Total Recall remake, we examine other Philip K. Dick...
With the release of the Total Recall remake, we examine...
Literature under duress | Kallia Papadaki
Greek short story and screenwriter Kallia Papadaki speaks to us about...
Greek short story and screenwriter Kallia Papadaki speaks...
Negotiating these strange days | Marina Espasa
We speak to the Catalan writer Marina Espasa, who will be among the many...
We speak to the Catalan writer Marina Espasa, who will be...
Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival explores the recession
The island’s most dynamic literary festival will kick off on August 30 this...
The island’s most dynamic literary festival will kick off...
Adults only: Maltese producer to adapt book about ‘porn princess’
Maltese film producer Jean Pierre Magro will help bring Chuck Palahniuk’s...
Maltese film producer Jean Pierre Magro will help bring...
Creative economy strategy launched today
The Finance and Culture Ministries, together with the Creative Economy Group, launched the Creative Economy Strategy at St James Cavalier.
The Finance and Culture Ministries, together with the...
Fifty Shades of Grey outsells The Da Vinci Code
The international bestseller Fifty Shades of Grey is outselling The Da Vinci...
The international bestseller Fifty Shades of Grey is...
Linking the traditional and the modern | George Fenech
Launched recently, a new book commemorates the life of pioneering Maltese...
Launched recently, a new book commemorates the life of...
Book review | The Armies
Battling the shadow of Garcia Marquez and other Latin American luminaries, Rose Lapira discovers that Evelio Rosero’s haunting, cruel and tender novel can...
Battling the shadow of Garcia Marquez and other Latin...
Gore Vidal, celebrated author, playwright, dies at 86
Gore Vidal, the novelist, essayist and playwright, will be remembered as much...
Gore Vidal, the novelist, essayist and playwright, will be...
More than just a series of events | Davinia Galea
As the Malta Arts Festival comes to a close on Wednesday, we speak to Davinia...
As the Malta Arts Festival comes to a close on Wednesday,...
Book Review | Fists
Rose Lapira finds shades of Hemingway and Salinger in this Italian collection of short stories by Pietro Grossi.
Rose Lapira finds shades of Hemingway and Salinger in this...
Valletta signs Capital for Culture agreement with Eindhoven
The cities of Valletta and Eindhoven, which are both currently in the running...
The cities of Valletta and Eindhoven, which are both...
New voices for new pages | Skariggi
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...
Despite the short story being notoriously difficult to sell...
Book Review | The Forgotten Waltz
Barbed and cynical, this modern romance by Booker Prize-winning author Anne Enright has Rose Lapira enthralled, despite its innate bitchiness.
Barbed and cynical, this modern romance by Booker...
The impact of slave narratives discussed tonight
How deeply rooted are racist attitudes in Maltese culture – and where do they...
How deeply rooted are racist attitudes in Maltese culture...
Fahrenheit 451 writer Ray Bradbury dies at 91
The prolific and hugely influential science fiction author died yesterday in...
The prolific and hugely influential science fiction author...
Book Review | The Twin
Though its hardly uplifting, Rose Lapira finds this novel of Dutch pastoral misery to be a haunting read.
Though its hardly uplifting, Rose Lapira finds this novel...
