Seven years ago, Shantrelle P. Lewis was consumed by the negative images of young, black men being depicted in media as aggressive and dangerous. Most looked nothing like the black men she knew:...

Ace Atkins' novels about Quinn Colson, a former Army Ranger turned sheriff, takes place in Mississippi's rural Tibbehah County, where the largest town is the small Jericho. But Edgar finalist Atkins...

Nelle Harper Lee wrote a novel published in the early 1960s. Her next novel was published more than 50 years later. She had no use for email, Facebook and Twitter (which she considered as ways of...

This is a translation by Jean Paul Borg of the book Sharon and My Mother-in-Law which won the Viareggio Prize in Italy and was translated in 20 languages. Mr Borg says he met the author at the...

Although we are taught not to judge a book by its cover, sometimes we do exactly that at the Notarial Archives. While the content of a volume remains especially important to researchers, the beauty of...

Eight authors from across the globe will be travelling to Malta for this year's edition of the Mediterranean Literature Festival. The event will kick off on Thursday 24 August and will go on until...

Noel Grima   This book has a fascinating background. Its author, the well-known author of such novels as Il-Gagga, Samuraj, etc, as well as books about history such as about...

"Solitude is a kind of freedom," writes Umberto Eco. Sometimes, it is a freedom that relieves and purifies as, within the walls of solitude, the individual can withdraw from the negativity of the...

Richard Spiteri   Pierre Dimech has reached a venerable age. He is the best reporter on behalf of the Maltese community of Algiers of yore. He lived through 1962 and remembers well the...

What can make a book gripping for children who are reluctant readers? Children who are not keen readers, are usually faced with a crucial problem: they usually find books aimed at their age quite...