Open Mic at Maori, a short distance away from Fort St Elmo, the location of The Mediterranean Literature Festival, which will start the following day. In front of the Mediterranean sea itself, where the breakwater has already softened the wrath of the waves, you are invited to read a poem or a story, a mixture of both, perform a stand-up sketch, play or sing something original. Like the festival itself, where the official language will be translation, at the Open Mic every language or sound is welcome.

The special guests for the night will be Roger West and Kate Rex, two poets themselves, and also translators who worked behind the scenes for various editions of the festival. Other festival authors will also be present.

This Open Mic is being organised as part of the events preceding the Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival. The XIIth edition of the Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival, organised by Inizjamed, will be held on Thursday 24, Friday 25 and Saturday 26 August at Fort St Elmo in Valletta at 8pm with the participation of John Aquilina (UK/Malta), Asja Bakić (Bosnia Herzegovina), Mourid  Barghouti (Palestine), Lilia Ben Romdhane (Tunisia), Mark Camilleri (Malta), Immanuel Mifsud (Malta), Jean Portante (Luxembourg), Alfred Sant (Malta), Zoë Skoulding (Wales), Ma Thida (Myanmar), Arvis Viguls (Latvia) and Gjoko Zdraveski (Republic of Macedonia).

As always entrance and participation are free.

For more information send an email on: [email protected]. The event on Facebook can be found on https://goo.gl/5CzDNT