This is the striking title of J. W. Psaila's seventh publication in Maltese and the first with his plays. No newcomer to this genre he includes in this book three plays whose titles declare their...

Trevor Zahra and I were born on the same day, 16 December 1947; he in his Zejtun home and I in my family's temporary home in Hamrun. Today I live in Zejtun while he lives in Marsascala. Yet...

This remarkable novel is the fourth in the compelling Robinson sequence, which began with Gilead in 2004 and continued with Home (2008) and Lila (2014). Gilead won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction...

Our minds are shaped by the books we read, our character by the people we meet and our spirit by the love we give. I truly believe that culture is the solution to the world, including our islands of...

Charles Xuereb "The most interesting problems facing Maltese people are probably cultural and those related to identity." This succinct judgement by French migratory researcher, Claude Liauzu,...

At 82 years, Achille Mizzi must be the oldest, or one of the oldest, poets in Malta, a number sadly depleted by the recent death of Oliver Friggieri. He started writing poetry at a very early age...

Fewer surprises awaited me when I returned to Malta this time than just under a year before. Glad as I was to be back, it still did feel strange. Was I making a mistake in wanting to go on living...

Debbie Caruana Dingli in action is a sight worth seeing. I have observed Debbie's art for many years now. When the task fell to me to prepare a preface for this most recent publication that focused...

On Tuesday, 15 May 2018, cardinals from all parts of the world gathered in a hall inside the Vatican for a meeting of the Council of the Economy, the restricted committee, which helps the Pope manage...

A swift look at the lending rubber stamp dates on the inside of books in Maltese at the public library will tell you that prose in the way of novels will instantly catch the eyes of those who love...