Two women, a small island and the journey to independence
Monday, 5 November 2012, 08:44
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Valletta-based writer Josephine Burden is celebrating the publication of her first book, Washing up in Malta. Washing up in Malta is about travel – but it is more than that....
Karin Grech’s murder basis of a new novel
Monday, 5 November 2012, 08:41
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
The brutal murder of young Karin Grech in 1977 was taken as the basis for a new novel that has just been published. The book, Island of Dreams by Aline Pnina Tayar, is...
Celebrating 300th birthday of De Soldanis
Monday, 5 November 2012, 08:32
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
More people than expected turned up at the Bibliotheca on Tuesday for a conference celebrating the 300th anniversary of the birth of the man we know as De Soldanis – Canon Giovanni Pietro...
Sword and Scimitar
Sunday, 4 November 2012, 09:53
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
International best-selling author Simon Scarrow will be in Malta on 17 November for a signing session for his new novel Sword and Scimitar, which brings the Great Siege of Malta vividly to...
In Gozo: Creative activities finding their voice
Tuesday, 30 October 2012, 15:37
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
“In Gozo”, the new publication that is aiming to communicate the plethora of arts and culture activities on the island of Gozo, this month celebrates its 1st anniversary. Under...
New book on Manuel Dimech
Sunday, 28 October 2012, 16:47
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
The recent death of Dom Mintoff has reignited debate about Malta’s colonial and post-colonial history. One figure who looms large in that part of our country’s development is the subject...
Book on Mintoff to be published next week
Saturday, 27 October 2012, 10:29
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Work on the printing of MINTOFF: il-bniedem u l-Istorja (MINTOFF: the man and history) has started at Gutenberg Press, Tarxien and next week the 608-page book will be available to the thousands who...
New book on De Soldanis
Thursday, 25 October 2012, 14:17
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Students of Maltese preparing for the CES examinations have a new book to study: Rosabelle Carabott’s De Soldanis: L-esploratur tal-Ilsien Malti. It is about the work of Canon Ġann Piet Franġisk...