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Saul Williams working on graphic novel 'Let There Be Dark'

Sunday, 24 July 2022, 09:52 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

The rapper, actor and poet is working with illustrator Paul Davey (otherwise known as "mattahan") on a graphic novel, "Let There Be Dark," which publisher First Second Books calls a "high wire dance"...

Book donation to the Malta Society of Arts

Saturday, 23 July 2022, 17:58 Last update: about 5 years ago

On Tuesday 19 July 2022, Profs. Joseph P. Cassar, recipient of the 2019 Malta Society of Arts' (MSA) prestigious Gold Medal, donated 15 signed copies of his seminal art history books to the Society....

Medical Maltese: two new books

Tuesday, 19 July 2022, 11:29 Last update: about 5 years ago

Charles Daniel Saliba has recently completed two new books, Maltese Grammar Essentials in Context for Healthcare Professionals and Speaking Medical Maltese from Zero, following his...

The plight of war

Tuesday, 19 July 2022, 11:27 Last update: about 5 years ago

When we speak of literature, novels are by far the most widely sought after and read genres both locally and abroad. We all know how stories have been known to grip children and grown-ups alike since...

A tainted inheritance

Tuesday, 19 July 2022, 11:25 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

When the Greek crisis erupted after the advent of the leftwing government, the world soon came to identify one unconventional man who came to represent Greek resistance to the perceived threat of...

The sacred and scandalous ambiguity of love

Sunday, 10 July 2022, 09:03 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

This is the eighth publication by the author, following Graffiti f'Gerduf (1993), Xewqat (2003), Tabilhaqqiet Varji u Taparsijiet Veri (2006) and Fil-Ahh u l-Bahh (2013), two long poems Il-Purgatorju...

New Oliver Jeffers book scheduled to come out Oct. 4

Monday, 4 July 2022, 13:25 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

A new book by the million-selling children's author and visual artist Oliver Jeffers is a blend of art and science and adventure. Jeffers' "Meanwhile Back on Earth" will be published Oct. 4,...

Alfred Sant’s take on the Knights of the Round Table

Sunday, 3 July 2022, 08:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

The limitations of online translation. I had read the whole book and still could not get a proper understanding of what "Fieres Safran" was meant to mean. I understood "fieres" meant a knight and...

'Mad Max' oral history revisits a furious road trip

Monday, 20 June 2022, 09:33 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

"Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of 'Mad Max: Fury Road'" by Kyle Buchanan (William Morrow): Leo Tolstoy's adage that "each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way" is...

Was the 7 Giugno a real revolution?

Sunday, 19 June 2022, 09:28 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

We Maltese have always celebrated the 7th day of June with a certain reverential air, even before we took to call it by its Italian name - Sette Giugno - and even before it became one of our national...

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