Professor Oliver Friggieri was recently decorated with the Al Merito della Repubblica Italiana award in a ceremony held at the Italian Institute of Culture, Valletta. He received the award from...

Mario Azzopardi’s latest collection of poetry and prose-poems reminds us why we read his work.  He does not demand linear readers who rush headlong into the text; in fact the manner in...

The launch of a new book entitled From Colonialism to Mintoffianism: Malta’s transition from a British base to a commercial economy will take place on Thursday 6 December at the Workers’...

Five Star Printing and Design Ltd. Qormi   2012.  pp 180.  €9       Żiemel tal-Gwerra is an absorbing novel translated into Maltese by the well-known...

    "The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965" (Little, Brown and Co.), by William Manchester and Paul Reid   The long-awaited...

"Nature Wars: The Incredible Story of How Wildlife Comebacks Turned Backyards into Battlegrounds" (Crown), by Jim Sterba   The usual hot-button issues such as taxes and zoning are...

"Sweet Tooth" (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday), by Ian McEwan   Ian McEwan's latest novel, "Sweet Tooth," is a curious hybrid: part spy novel, part romance, it's really...

"This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously Dude, Don't Touch It" (Thomas Dunne Books), by David Wong   David Wong wakes up with a horrific spiderlike creature biting his leg that...

Another in a series of extremely strong offerings in a new wave of exciting Maltese literature is the debut novel of thirty-something lawyer Philip M. Magri: Il-Poeta, published by Merlin Publishers,...

The Presidential Palace, San Anton, was recently the prestigious venue that showcased the work of a prolific Maltese artist who passed away two years ago at the age of 85. ALDO MICALLEF-GRIMAUD...