Flying on a broomstick is not as easy as it looks. You need to have a knack for it, position your legs and arms in a certain way, practise and practise some more. Of course it can be very stressful if...

"The Captives: a Novel" (Ecco), by Debra Jo Immergut Teenage obsessions often fade as one grows up. But psychologist Frank Lundquist never got over his fixation on his high school crush, Miranda...

Klabb Kotba Maltin have recently published Alex Mizzi's second book of short stories in Maltese, Sbieh il-Hadd. Novelli. I just love short stories. I had passed through a phase when I literally...

"A Place for Us: A Novel" (SJP for Hogarth), by Fatima Farheen Mirza A new novel exploring the life of a Muslim Indian American family ruminates on the unexpected — how seemingly ordinary...

"Sweet & Low" (Blue Rider Press), by Nick White. "Sweet & Low," a collection of short stories by Nick White, is set primarily in modern-day Mississippi, but the themes of these stories...

"See Her Run" (Thomas & Mercer) by Peggy Townsend Journalist Peggy Townsend's superb debut delivers an intense character study of a woman whose public humiliation after losing her job has...

KlabbKotba Maltin have recently published Alex Mizzi’s second book of short stories in Maltese, Sbiehil-Hadd.Novelli. I just love short stories. I had passed through a phase when I...

As the audiobook market continues to boom, publishers find themselves both grateful and concerned. The industry gathered over the past week for BookExpo and the fan-based BookCon, which ended...

"A View of the Empire at Sunset" (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), by Caryl Phillips Novelist Jean Rhys is best known for her lyrical masterpiece "Wide Sargasso Sea," in which she gives in an...

The Malta Independent is exclusively reproducing the first chapter of Claire Azzopardi's Castillo - the recently published novel which has taken Malta's literary scene by storm. Castillo,...