Bank of Valletta, in collaboration with the National Literacy Agency, recently organised weekly Read with Me sessions for BOV employees and their young children. The 'Read with Me / Aqra...

Announcing the names of guest authors at the Malta Book Festival ought to be a straightforward affair. For a start we know for certain that Jon Courtenay Grimwood was born in Valletta, Maltese birth...

Patricia Heaton is having a recurring dream she describes as "half prosperity, half panic," in which she and her husband are remodeling a massive apartment in New York City with a squad of designers....

For a long time, Buku Abi ran away from pursuing music. Although she is the daughter of one of pop music's most popular and successful singer-songwriters, her father is also among the most...

It's hard to have huge expectations for a movie called "The Angry Birds Movie 2." After all, it's not even a movie based on a smartphone game. It's a SEQUEL to a movie based on a smartphone...

Erik Larson's next book tells a story he knows has been heard before. "The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz," which comes out next March, is set...

Danny "KP" Kirkpatrick has inked tattoos for Diddy, Nas, Taraji P. Henson and numerous other stars, but his latest venture aims to create a safe space in his hometown of Compton. Kirkpatrick...

Johnny Gill might be considered an old-school crooner these days, but age has only been a number for the R&B veteran who is still making his presence felt. Gill's "Soul of a Woman" topped...

"Be yourself" is a loaded idea for any 17-year-old, but especially for one Luce (pronounced "loose") Edgar, the title character of director Julius Onah's riveting adaptation of JC Lee's play "Luce...

"Cold Storage: a Novel" (Ecco), by David Koepp The story line in "Cold Storage" by David Koepp, the screenwriter for films including "Jurassic Park" and Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man," invokes classic...