The author of Mark Zuckerberg's first book club pick has a suggestion for future choices. Moises Naim, whose "The End of the Power" hit the top 20 on Amazon.com soon after the Facebook...

Fifty-six students were recently awarded the University's Certificate of Proofreading in Maltese and the Proofreading Warrant from the National Council for the Maltese Language, after completing the...

Two cartoons which reinterpret popular fairy tales to provide a more inclusive message were recently launched by President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca at Verdala Palace.The Maltese-language cartoons,...

The National Book Council has just donated a substantial book donation comprised of French and Italian titles to the library of the G. F. Abela College. Present for the occasion were Dr Philip...

The National Book Council has just donated €7,000 worth of books to the Central Public Library in Floriana during the activities of Library Day. The books, mostly Melitensia publications, will be...

Geoffrey G. Attard     The definition of the term "fostering" as provided by an Oxford dictionary is "to bring up a child that is not one's own by birth". This is among other...

The Malta Tourism Authority recently participated in the 17th edition of the Archaeology Tourism Fair Borsa Mediterranea del Turismo Archeologico, which was held in Paestum, southern Italy. This...

As the West nervously watches a newly aggressive Russia, many commentators are trying to figure out what Vladimir Putin is thinking. But "Midnight in Siberia" reminds us of another important question:...

Mark Owen, a pseudonym for former U.S. Navy SEAL team member Matt Bissonnette, caused a stir with "No Easy Day," his firsthand account of a mission in Pakistan in 2011 that resulted in Osama bin...

Remember when Stephen King announced that he was retiring? That was more than a decade and at least six books ago, and he's done nothing but crank out best-sellers ever since. The latest novel -...