Horizons has just published Budulienko, is a modern poetic remake of a classic Czech folk tale, told from generation to generation. The story – in Maltese and English - revolves around a little...

"Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind" (It Books), by Gavin Edwards   Everything in life seemed to come to actor River Phoenix before he was...

"Johnny Carson" (Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), by Henry Bushkin   Hell hath no fury like a lawyer scorned.   "You must never, ever repeat a word from last...

The sword of La Valette, which has long created a controversy whether it should be sent back to Malta or not, was stolen from the Louvre, in France! The sword and accompanying poniard were given to...

A leading Roman Catholic commentator and founder of a pro-Catholic media organization has landed a deal to write a "full-scale" biography of Pope Francis.   Publisher Henry Holt...

Along with writing novels, stories, poems and essays, Alice Walker has been keeping a diary.   The author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Color Purple" has a deal with Simon...

Europeana, Europe’s digital museum, library, gallery and archive, together with its Maltese partner, AcrossLimits, invites the people of Malta to The National Book Fest from 12-16 November. We...

"Top Down: A Novel of the Kennedy Assassination" (Random House), by Jim Lehrer   "What if?" is a tried-and-true starting point for a novelist. In the case of "Top...

"The Circle" (Alfred A. Knopf/McSweeney's), by Dave Eggers   A tech giant with tentacles deep into the lives of its users is no longer an unusual thing to imagine, but Dave...

Calling all Jake Cassar’s fans! The wait is over.  Two new ‘book-episodes’ have just landed!   For all those who are eager to discover how Jake and Mel’s...