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Birdsong offers 3 powerful portraits of womanhood

Tuesday, 15 March 2022, 10:49 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

"Nobody's Magic" by Destiny O. Birdsong (Grand Central Publishing) Destiny O. Birdsong's "Nobody's Magic" tells three separate stories, each centering on a Black albino woman living in...

Kellyanne Conway memoir 'Here's the Deal' coming out May 24

Monday, 14 March 2022, 10:17 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

Former White House counselor Kellyanne Conway has a memoir out May 24: "Here's the Deal" is billed by her publisher as a look beyond the headlines of the Trump administration and her family life,...

Life in early 17th Century Malta

Sunday, 13 March 2022, 10:12 Last update: about 6 years ago Noel Grima

In 1632 Johann Friedrich Breithaupt published in Frankfurt am Main a book which was, up to then, the most detailed description of Malta. It was only 15 years later that Gio Francesco Abela...

Brian Cox hopes memoir doesn't put 'full stop' on his life

Thursday, 10 March 2022, 07:09 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

Finishing a book is usually cause for celebration. Not for actor Brian Cox. The book in question, "Putting the Rabbit in the Hat," out now, chronicles the actor's journey from humble beginnings...

Kampus Kotba 2022

Tuesday, 8 March 2022, 10:19 Last update: about 6 years ago

The National Book Council (NBC) is pleased to release the events' programme of Kampus Kotba - the 2022 Campus Book Festival, taking place between Wednesday 23 and Friday 25 March at the University of...

Tragedy hits Where’s Everybody clone

Tuesday, 8 March 2022, 10:04 Last update: about 6 years ago Noel Grima

I remember I had read the original in Maltese some years ago and maybe even reviewed it. This is now a translation in English and the fact that no name of the translator is included makes me think...

Two plays by an award-winning author

Sunday, 27 February 2022, 10:02 Last update: about 6 years ago Noel Grima

The author has given the Maltese public a series of drama and radio plays over the years many of which went on to collect awards. He is also the author of a number of books on the history of...

Diary by FRANCESCO GRECH: A young writer philosophises

Sunday, 27 February 2022, 07:00 Last update: about 6 years ago

"I think we tend to focus a lot on the negative of the pandemic, not because we want to, but because it was an experience that brought with it change in almost every aspect of our lives, and change is...

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