Reviews and write-up about books published in Malta.
A poignant collection of stories highlighting Malta’s construction plague Having read Lara Calleja’s debut novel, Lucy Min? – and thoroughly enjoyed it – I was curious as to what this second book, Kissirtu Kullimkien, might bring to Malta’s literary landscape…. Read moreBook Review: Kissirtu Kullimkien
Shadeena to produce National Book Council funded project In news that will make many of Alex Vella Gera’s followers happy, Sriep has been transformed into a screenplay by Teodor Reljic and is getting the movie treatment by Shadeena. The recently… Read moreUPDATED WITH COMMENTS: Vella Gera’s Is-Sriep Reġgħu Saru Velenużi To Get Movie Treatment
Amazing Maltese Women, written by Kristina Chetcuti and published by Merlin Publishers Amazing Maltese women – what comes to mind with the phrase? Well, not much. I mean, look at Malta’s written history, and the narratives that keep on being… Read moreThis Book Tells Us the Stories of Malta’s Most Amazing Women
Remember Loranne Vella’s dystopian tale of social media gone wrong and extremism galore? The year in which Magna Mater is set is NOW, and the writer’s prognosis was rather horrifyingly on point. Magna Mater , Merlin Publishers’ 2011 Young Adult… Read moreMagna Mater is now
Lupu Lupettu’s eagerly-awaited comeback There’s a reason why the Lupu Lupettu series is one of the most popular with children in Malta. It’s colourful, it’s fun, and it really puts paid to any ideas that reading may somehow be considered… Read moreTwo books that will definitely get the kiddos reading
Milied Imħawwad, by Ingelin Angerborn and Per Gustavsson. Translated by Ġorġ Mallia and Marie Louise Kold. A peek inside a traditional Swedish Christmas. What Rutan really really wanted for Christmas was her friend Elsa to move back to her city – but… Read moreThis book is a Christmas Advent Calendar with stories
Beltin: Stejjer Minn Nies Minsija is finally printed and will be available for sale from the Malta Book Festival and from bookstores.
And it was all to launch a fun, new book for young readers . L-Ispettaklu Stupend Żanżan Kelma, written by Deborah Abela, has just been released in its Maltese version under the Merlin Publishers label. The tension in the school… Read moreMalta Spelling Bee competition is finally a thing
365 – A Year of Everyday Cooking & Baking, is the new Meike Peters book. In 2016, Meike Peters scooped the James Beard Award from right under the nose of The Barefoot Contessa with her first book. Now, she is… Read moreMeike Peters recipe book has landed
We’ve already established I’m in love with our gorgeous capital. This week’s main write-up is also dedicated to saving the Valletta skyline.. Meet writer, sailor, woman-extraordinaire Clare Francis. She sailed the Atlantic single-handedly back in 1976. Her novel Night Sky… Read more‘You don’t want Malta to look like any other island’