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Duende by Lizzie Eldridge

Thursday, 23 May 2013, 16:47 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Scottish writer, theatre actor and Malta resident LIZZIE ELDRIDGE speaks about her novel Duende which was published internationally last year.       What is your relationship...

Impressive debut by blues vet Gitlo Lee

Thursday, 23 May 2013, 13:37 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Gitlo Lee, "Comin' Out the Hole" (Chuckie Productions)   Gitlo Lee sings with glee, whether the subject is beer, large women, collard greens, silk sheets, the Okefenokee Swamp...

'Aftershock' fun but by-the-numbers horror

Thursday, 23 May 2013, 12:47 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Splat pack ringleader Eli Roth takes his gory roadshow south in "Aftershock," a lively but formulaic Chile-set chiller where a group of tourists finds themselves bloodied, bludgeoned and...

Fears drive satirical 'Odds Against Tomorrow'

Thursday, 23 May 2013, 12:35 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

"Odds Against Tomorrow" (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), by Nathaniel Rich   Mitchell Zukor is a disaster waiting to happen — and waiting for disasters to happen to himself and...

Iggy and Stooges still have raw power

Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 13:29 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Iggy and the Stooges, "Ready to Die" (Fat Possum Records)   Really, Iggy? Ready to die? Not possible. I always thought it would be you and cockroaches at the end of time,...

Clever 'Stories We Tell' explores memory

Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 12:45 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

"Stories We Tell" is a documentary about Sarah Polley's family: her father and mother, sister and brother and the sister and brother she has from her mother's first marriage....

Poitier debuts as a novelist with 'Montaro Caine'

Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 12:38 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

"Montaro Caine" (Spiegel & Grau), by Sidney Poitier   Oscar-winning actor Sidney Poitier's first novel, "Montaro Caine," is a corporate thriller that veers into...

Min's life explored in new memoir

Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 12:33 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

"The Cooked Seed: a Memoir" (Bloombury USA), by Anchee Min   In the dedication of her latest book, "A Cooked Seed," best-selling Chinese author Anchee Min thanks her...

'Golden' shows different side of Lady A

Tuesday, 21 May 2013, 17:04 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Lady Antebellum, "Golden" (EMI Nashville)   After pulling out the stops with the heavily orchestrated grandeur of 2011's platinum-selling album "Own The Night," Lady...

'VJ' tells of sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll at MTV

Tuesday, 21 May 2013, 16:30 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

"VJ: The Unplugged Adventures of MTV's First Wave" (Atria Books), by Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, and Martha Quinn with Gavin Edwards   Long before Snooki, there...

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