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...