The National Book Council is thrilled to announce that bestselling UK author Vanessa Fox O'Loughlin, writing as Sam Blake, will be one of the special guests at the Malta Book Festival, taking place at...

This is a novel by Iris Murdoch, her 12th novel, originally published in 1969. The book was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1970 and in 1997. Obsessed with spiders and preoccupied with death,...

Rupture: A Historical Perspective - Proceedings of History Week 2021 Edited by: Noel Buttigieg and George Cassar Published: Malta, 2023 (The Malta Historical Society) Pages:...

The National Book Council (NBC) is thrilled to present the official poster for the 2023 Malta Book Festival, which embodies the multi-sensory spirit of this year’s edition of the beloved...

Author: Charles Casha Illustrations: Vincianne Scerri Publisher: Merlin Publishers / 2023   Tarġa Tarġa is a relatively new but highly sought-after series by Merlin...

'Fejjaqtni int: Ruzar Briffa - u jien' Author: Paul P. Borg Published: 2023 Pages: 466   This sympathetic and readable book comes from one of the most prolific authors in...

Holm tal-bierah u tal-lumAuthor: Salv SammutPublisher: Horizons / 2023Pages: 212 It is a pity that the publishers gave this book a misleading title and an irrelevant front cover. It is also sad...

In a review article by Edward L. Zammit of Sociology of the Maltese Islands, edited by Michael Briguglio and Maria Brown, Zammit states "that if there is anything about Malta that strikes an observer,...

"The Peking Express: The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China" by James M. Zimmerman (PublicAffairs) A little-known piece of history is resurfacing 100...

"The Long Reckoning: A Story of War, Peace and Redemption in Vietnam," by George Black (Knopf) In the U.S., we've mostly moved on from our military engagements in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan....