A tale of two cities
Monday, 11 May 2015, 15:32
Last update: about 10 years ago
Noel Grima
Patricia Salomone My pizza & toffee apples in the 1950s Self-published 2014 69pp Superficially, this book (or booklet) tells the story of a child born as part...
'A Kim Jong-Il Production' is a fascinating tale
Sunday, 10 May 2015, 14:25
Last update: about 10 years ago
Here's an easy one: North Korea's Kim Jong Il orders a famous South Korean film director and his actress wife kidnapped and brought into the country to remake a tepid film industry with dreams of...
A masterful new biography of artist Isamu Noguchi
Saturday, 9 May 2015, 14:22
Last update: about 10 years ago
Isamu Noguchi was a difficult man who made art easy to look at. In his life and work, he was riddled with contradictions. Humble and egotistical. Steadfast and temperamental. Listless and energetic. A...
'Do Over' inspires readers to take control of careers
Friday, 8 May 2015, 14:21
Last update: about 10 years ago
If you're sick of constantly fighting the Monday blues, this book is for you. New York Times best-selling author Jon Acuff spent 16 years gathering information for "Do Over." He encourages readers to...
Documentary filmmakers' memoir gives backstage peek at stars
Thursday, 7 May 2015, 14:20
Last update: about 10 years ago
It sounds so easy in the age of YouTube and Meerkat. Just put a camera in front of a couple of people and cue them to talk. Bang! You've got a documentary. Yeah, right. Making a documentary is...
Dramatic events unfold in TC Boyle's new novel
Wednesday, 6 May 2015, 14:17
Last update: about 10 years ago
T.C. Boyle's new book is about serious subject matters: a tourist from a cruise liner killing a robber at a port of call, a mentally ill young man running around with an assault rifle in the coastal...
Poet, lawyer and professor
Monday, 4 May 2015, 16:04
Last update: about 10 years ago
Noel Grima
I am sure the students at GA Vassallo College do not know anything much about the person their college is named after. Gan Anton Vassallo was born in Valletta in 1817 and died there in...
Narrative of 'Adult Onset' feels intensely personal
Friday, 1 May 2015, 13:47
Last update: about 9 years ago
Ann-Marie MacDonald's latest novel, "Adult Onset," tracks a week in the life of Mary Rose MacKinnon. A famous author of YA novels, Mary Rose is stalled on starting the last book of a popular...
New Jo Nesbo thriller reads like extended poem
Thursday, 30 April 2015, 13:44
Last update: about 9 years ago
From its stunning opening line - "The snow was dancing like cotton wool in the light of the street lamps" - to its surprising and poetic ending, Jo Nesbo's latest novel is a dream. To call "Blood...
A&H: Giving hope where there seems to be none
Thursday, 30 April 2015, 11:22
Last update: about 9 years ago
Therese Bonnici
The psychological issues of dealing with breast cancer are often more troublesome than the physical ones. Patients may face issues of insecurity, sexual intimacy and fear. Their loved ones also have...