Martha Wainwright working on memoir due in 2016
Tuesday, 8 April 2014, 13:39
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
A member of folk music royalty, singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright, is working on a memoir. Wainwright has a deal with Flatiron Books for "Stories I Might Regret Telling...
2 horns up for Dio tribute album
Monday, 7 April 2014, 15:22
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Various Artists, "Ronnie James Dio: This Is Your Life" (Rhino) One of the greatest heavy metal vocalists, Ronnie James Dio left an indelible mark on the genre through his work...
'Captain America' zippy but hollow
Monday, 7 April 2014, 14:09
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
For the latest Marvel release, "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," most fan boys might prefer a Consumer Reports-style product review. New character introductions:...
'Love & War': Unlikely story of love and politics
Monday, 7 April 2014, 13:28
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
"Love & War" (Blue Rider Press), by Mary Matalin and James Carville "Love & War" is the unlikely love story of one of America's best-known power couples and...
World class acts for Malta Jazz Festival 2014
Sunday, 6 April 2014, 13:07
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The Malta Jazz Festival has announced its full programme line-up today with world-class acts and rising jazz stars spread over three days in the unique setting of the Grand Harbour. Once again the...
Chatty reminiscences
Tuesday, 1 April 2014, 10:48
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
I Forgot! Author - Andre Zammit Publisher - BDL Publishing 2013 Extent - 224 pp This book is a sequel to a...
Malta’s evergreen gentleman
Monday, 31 March 2014, 12:46
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
At 74, Peter Calamatta can say he has enjoyed a full life with many ups and downs, from his well-known gardening and business adventures involving green-fingered television programmes and the...
George Abela, Qalb in-Nies: A determined man
Monday, 31 March 2014, 10:52
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Biographies, and autobiographies, are fashionable. This time it is the turn of President George Abela. At the very end of Abela’s presidency Andrew Azzopardi in this book traces the...
Veronica Roth: A YA novelist actually under 30
Sunday, 30 March 2014, 13:11
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
"Divergent," the latest young adult novel poised to become a blockbuster movie, meets all the criteria for the YA genre: The movie is adapted from a best-seller; the story is rooted in...