The National Book Council (NBC) is thrilled to announce that the bestselling crime fiction author Ian Rankin will be among the special guests at this year's edition of the Malta Book Festival, taking...

To my great surprise when I started researching about the book I am reviewing today, I found out that the author was born just a few weeks before me - he on St Bartholomew's Eve and I a few days...

In the turbulent political landscape of 1930s Malta, a little-known and often misunderstood chapter unfolded-one that challenges the conventional narratives of colonial loyalty and resistance. At its...

The Easter issue is one of the three annual editions of the journal published by Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti.  This is a beautifully balanced issue -  part scholarship, part memory,...

Il-Ġnien Sigriet Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett Italian adaptation by Carlo Scataglini Maltese translation by Clare Azzopardi Illustrations by Massimo Alfaioli   Behind a...

'Suspended thoughts - Poems for Hermeta' Author: Gorg Peresso  Publisher: Horizons Publications / 2026 Pages: 68   We come from the same background, so to speak, in...

Heritage Malta has donated an extensive selection of its publications to the Anton Buttigieg Library within the official residence of the President of Malta at San Anton Palace, Attard. This...

This latest novel by prolific author Salv Sammut, I must say, is one of his best. Only, it could have happened anywhere, not necessarily in Malta. In fact, Malta is not mentioned at all. This...

In this  second book in Adrian Buckle's DEOS IRÆ Trilogy, offers an ambitious mix of mythology, cosmic horror, and personal themes like queer identity, grief, and trauma. While it has...

This is rather out of my normal beat, made even more complicated by a bizarre system of chapters following each other when they would be speaking of a different time, different persons and different...