‘Her Way – Helen’s inspiration to life’
Monday, 20 April 2015, 14:01
Last update: about 10 years ago
The book Her Way - Helen's inspiration to life written by Ingrid Zerafa for the Action for Breast Cancer Foundation is now available in bookshops. British-born Helen Muscat came to Malta after...
NBC at London Book Fair
Monday, 20 April 2015, 13:59
Last update: about 10 years ago
The National Book Council is currently in London for the London Book Fair 2015 in order to promote Maltese books and the Maltese book market in general with foreign publishers and related entities....
‘Trifolju ta’ Lwien’ - a poetry collection
Monday, 20 April 2015, 13:58
Last update: about 10 years ago
Therese Pace Nowadays, it is not uncommon to come by a poetry collection compiled by more than one poet. This happens either because of the expenses one needs to publish a book or...
Integration, reconciliation recounted in 'The Class of 65'
Saturday, 18 April 2015, 13:48
Last update: about 10 years ago
In 1965, the all-white high school in the small, south Georgia town of Americus ended its policy of racial segregation and admitted black students for the first time. As white Americus erupted in...
'Goldeneye' explores Ian Fleming's Jamaican retreat
Friday, 17 April 2015, 13:45
Last update: about 10 years ago
James Bond is a British icon, but the fictional spy hero really was born in Jamaica, just as the Caribbean island gained its independence from the waning British empire. The relationship between...
'Much to Think About': Saul Bellow's nonfiction
Thursday, 16 April 2015, 13:44
Last update: about 10 years ago
"There is Simply Too Much to Think About: Collected Nonfiction" (Viking), by Saul Bellow, edited by Benjamin Taylor For the title of a new collection of nonfiction by Saul Bellow, Benjamin Taylor...
Review: Jacob Rubin's 'The Poser' is darkly funny
Thursday, 16 April 2015, 13:43
Last update: about 10 years ago
The central character in Jacob Rubin's "The Poser" is a young man with the ability to instantaneously and flawlessly imitate anyone. Encouraged by his mother and discovered by a hack agent, Giovanni...
Animated alien adventure 'Home' lands with a thud
Wednesday, 15 April 2015, 14:35
Last update: about 10 years ago
In "Home," the latest adventure from DreamWorks Animation, the misfit alien protagonist is called Oh ("The Big Bang Theory's" Jim Parsons) simply because that's the resigned reaction everyone has when...
Searching for 'The Last Unicorn' in the wildness of Laos
Tuesday, 14 April 2015, 13:37
Last update: about 10 years ago
Spoiler alert: There are no unicorns in Laos. But don't blame nature writer William deBuys for trying to find one. The premise of "The Last Unicorn" is simple: DeBuys tagged along with...