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Il-Pirati and Il-Ħbieb tal-Annimali

Sunday, 19 June 2022, 08:38 Last update: about 5 years ago

Authors: Juliette Parachini-Deny and Oliver DupinIllustrations: Jérôme PélissierTranslated into Maltese by Mark VellaPublisher: Merlin Publishers Pirates and animals ......

Brexit and more

Wednesday, 8 June 2022, 20:31 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

The aim of this book is not just to outline the developments that led to the decision by the people of Great Britain to leave the European Union on 24 June 2016, the endless discussions on television...

Dolly Parton, James Patterson — in words and music

Wednesday, 8 June 2022, 10:40 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Sometimes even Dolly Parton has a hard time keeping up with the legend of Dolly Parton. "I often go into my museum in Dollywood, you know, because I'm in the mood to be there or we're in there...

Dinnertime storytelling makes kids voracious readers

Saturday, 4 June 2022, 09:36 Last update: about 5 years ago The Conversation

As a young child, I loved to imagine myself as a pioneer girl in Little House in the Big Woods, eating fresh snow drizzled with maple syrup. I even pestered my mother to make this treat with the dirty...

Cormac McCarthy has 2 novels coming out in autumn

Friday, 3 June 2022, 09:13 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Cormac McCarthy has two novels coming out this fall, his first fiction releases since the Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Road" in 2006. Publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced Tuesday that "The...

Whodunit in a Malta that is not Malta

Sunday, 29 May 2022, 09:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

The action in this thriller takes place in a country called Malita, except for an interlude in Sicily. The fact that there is a Gozo Channel boat with this same name gives the game away. Malita...

Paying back

Tuesday, 24 May 2022, 12:09 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

The author comes from Erice, Sicily. After working as a journalist for many years in France and in Milan, in 2019 she relocated to Malta. Here she works with Corriere di Malta and sends regular...

Chelsea Clinton to launch children's book series this fall

Sunday, 22 May 2022, 09:42 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Chelsea Clinton has a lot of publishing plans — for her own books, and for books by others.  The Penguin Young Readers imprint Philomel Books announced Friday that Clinton has a new picture...

Visually-impaired artist publishes book

Sunday, 15 May 2022, 13:35 Last update: about 5 years ago

Visually-impaired artist Maria Elich has launched the book The Art Beyond Light Project, through which blind artists have expressed their imagination through art. Featuring a collection of...

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