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The ethnic Maltese situation in Australia

Tuesday, 9 September 2014, 15:36 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Studies about the Maltese in Australia have been forthcoming by people such as Barry York, Maurice Cauchi, Rigu Bovington, Joseph C. Chetcuti and others but a new book Kitarri, Tombli u Teatrin...

X’Seta’ Ġralu lil Kevin Cacciattolo?

Tuesday, 9 September 2014, 14:37 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The book that has had the literary crowds buzzing in Malta this summer is, without a doubt, X’Seta’ Ġralu lil Kevin Cacciattolo?, the debut novel by Mark Vella (publisher: Merlin...

On that night in 2004

Tuesday, 9 September 2014, 14:33 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Fittingly published on the 10th anniversary of Malta’s accession to the EU, this is the sixth novel by Salv Sammut, former GWU president.   Among the throng of people at the Upper...

Springsteen picture book out in November

Saturday, 6 September 2014, 11:36 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The Boss is getting into the picture book business.   "Outlaw Pete," which is based on a ballad from Bruce Springsteen's "Working on a Dream" album, will be published...

'Mean Streak' is filled with surprises

Friday, 5 September 2014, 11:35 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

"Mean Streak" (Grand Central), by Sandra Brown   Dr. Emory Charbonneau, a pediatrician and marathon runner, finds herself trapped in an isolated cabin with a man hiding from the...

'Bad Feminist' essays are sharp, funny

Thursday, 4 September 2014, 11:34 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

"Bad Feminist: Essays" (Harper Perennial), by Roxane Gay   Roxane Gay may call herself a bad feminist — she cops to loving pink and dancing to misogynist music — but...

Author's ode to crosswords is right on the mark

Wednesday, 3 September 2014, 11:32 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

"The Crossword Century: 100 Years of Witty Wordplay, Ingenious Puzzles, and Linguistic Mischief" (Gotham Books), by Alan Connor   If you love solving crosswords, you know how it...

An insightful look at digital-age clutter

Tuesday, 2 September 2014, 11:31 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

"The End of Absence: Reclaiming What We've Lost in a World of Constant Connection" (Current), by Michael Harris   I fall asleep to the glow of Netflix and, when I awake, begin...

Dimech's poems to be launched 100 years from his exile

Tuesday, 2 September 2014, 10:50 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The book  Dimech Poeta: Mill-ħabs għall-eżilju (Dimech the Poet: From prison to exile) by Jessica Micallef will be officially launched next Friday 5 September during the commemoration marking 100...

A family is tested in 'No Safe House'

Monday, 1 September 2014, 11:29 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

"No Safe House" (New American Library), by Linwood Barclay   A family's past continues to haunt Terry Archer and his family as they find it impossible to move on with their...

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