Book review: Malta and the Sicilian Vespers – Part 1
Sunday, 3 March 2024, 08:30
Last update: about 3 years ago
Noel Grima
'I Vespri Siciliani' Author: Steven Runciman Publisher: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli / 1976 Pages: 400 30 March 1282 was the day after Easter Sunday, Pasquetta as the...
Richard Roper charms and surprises with 'This Disaster Loves You'
Monday, 26 February 2024, 13:53
Last update: about 3 years ago
Associated Press
Richard Roper, whose debut novel "Something to Live For" (2020) featured a character seeking the aspiration of the title, is back with "This Disaster Loves You," about another man whose story is not...
Book review: A secular Exultet
Sunday, 18 February 2024, 08:40
Last update: about 3 years ago
Noel Grima
'Tajr tal-Karti' Author: Alfred Grech Publisher: Gozo 2022 Pages: 226 Unfortunately this book does not refer, except fleetingly on the back cover, to the other volumes...
Illustrated edition of first 'Hunger Games' novel to come out Oct. 1
Sunday, 18 February 2024, 07:05
Last update: about 3 years ago
Associated Press
A new edition of "The Hunger Games," the first novel in Suzanne Collins' dystopian series set in the land of Panem, will include words and pictures. "The Hunger Games Illustrated Edition" will be...
Book review: It is people who make towns and villages
Sunday, 11 February 2024, 08:30
Last update: about 3 years ago
Noel Grima
'Riflessi miż-Żejtun' Authors: Sean Chircop and Charles Mifsud Publisher: Kunsill Lokali Żejtun / 2023 Pages: 214 Many of the guides and books that are...
Book review: The church with its back in a bastion
Sunday, 4 February 2024, 08:35
Last update: about 3 years ago
Noel Grima
The first church of Valletta - Our Lady of Victory Editor: Petra Caruana Dingli Publisher: Din L-Art Helwa / 2023 Pages: 255 It is not just the first church in Valletta...
Sir Arturo Mercieca: The number one judge of the last century
Sunday, 28 January 2024, 08:38
Last update: about 3 years ago
Kevin Aquilina
Professor Tonio Borg has launched his eighth law book that deals with the landmark judgments of Chief Justice Sir Arturo Mercieca delivered between 1924 and 1940. This is not a biographical volume on...