The National Book Council (NBC) is pleased to announce that a record 49 exhibitors are participating in this edition of the Malta Book Festival, many of whom are also organising an array of book-related activities.
Most of these exhibitors are local publishers and booksellers, but comprised in this list are also a number of student organisations, NGOs and public agencies with ties to the book industry. The number of self-published authors having their own dedicated stand has increased as compared to last year, when for the first time ever they were invited to exhibit at the Festival.
The festival programme is packed with events catering for a diverse public and a wide range of interests. Besides the events organised by the NBC, the exhibitors will be organising loads of activities for readers of all ages across the five days of the festival, ranging from book launches and presentations, conferences, workshops, thematic discussions, seminars and entertaining activities for children and their families.
The NBC has collaborated with some of this year's exhibitors, in its bid to make this national event a strong platform for publishing professionals and also reach out to a wider audience. Partnering with Arts Council Malta, the Festival will, for the very first time, host the exhibition From Illustration to Book, featuring works from Maltese illustrators and foreign illustrators who published in Malta, which will be open to the public free of charge. The Festival will also have a quiet room, a space available for use by persons on the autism spectrum or where children can retreat to in order to deal with emotional dysregulation. This space will be managed by Inspire Foundation, who will also organise events for children. Furthermore, the Energy and Water Agency will have events aimed at children throughout the five days, ranging from experiments in the efficient use of energy to reading sessions.
The full programme of events for the 2022 Malta Book Festival, which will be held between 23 and 27 November, will be published in the coming weeks.
For the latest updates, please follow the NBC website and Facebook page and Malta Book Festival 2021 Facebook event page.
THE EXHIBITORS
Agenda Bookshop / Miller Distributors Ltd
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat
Alfred Sant (Quinque)
Arts Council Malta
BDL
Bookends (Miller)
Reliġjon u Ħajja (ĊAK)
Carl Thomas Tonna
Dar Camilleri
DEER Publications
Ede Books / Kixott
Energy and Water Agency (EWA)
Faraxa Publishing
Fabrizio Ellul (Filfla Studio)
Fondazzjoni Sagħtar
Friends of the National Archives of Malta
German-Maltese Circle / UOM - Department of German
Għaqda tal-Malti - Università / Inizjamed
Heritage Malta Publishing
Horizons
Infomediaworks Limited
Infinity Books Ltd.
Istituto Italiano di Cultura La Valletta
Joseph Grech
Joseph P. Smith Photographer
Kite Group
Kiwi Publications
Kotba Calleja
Librerija Preca
Malta Guide Dogs Foundation
Malta Libraries
Malta University Press
Meli Bookshop
Mellieha Local Council
MERLIN LIBRARY
Midsea Books / Klabb Kotba Maltin
Narcy and Peter Calamatta
National Literacy Agency
Nicola Kearns
Pandora Books
PaulJon Aquilina
Rachael Halloway
Ricky Caruana
Rita Antoinette Borg (Enchanted Grove Publishing)
Sandra Hili Vassallo
SKS Publishers
Wirt iż-Żejtun
Wikimedia Community Malta (WCM)
William Martin (Freckled Color)