A major new feature on contemporary Maltese poetry, edited by Maria Grech Ganado, has just been published by the US-based electronic literary magazine, The Drunken Boat (ISSN: 1530-7646) whose editor-in-chief is Rebecca Seiferle.

This special issue (Fall/Winter 2007 Vol.7 Issues III-IV) at www.thedrunkenboat.com, features short introductory articles by Maria Grech Ganado (Contemporary Writing Scene in Malta), Adrian Grima (Maltese Literature — The New Writing) and Bernard Micallef (Post-Independence Maltese Poetry — An Overview), and Selected Poetry by Norbert Bugeja, Lino Buhagiar, Antoine Cassar, Priscilla Cassar, Claudia Gauci, Sergio Grech, Maria Grech Ganado, Adrian Grima, Cali Grima, Simone Inguanez, Roderick Mallia, Immanuel Mifsud, and Abigail Zammit.

The poetry of most of the featured poets has been translated into English from the original in Maltese by Maria Grech Ganado.