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The power of poetry to inhabit other tongues
Carmen Camacho talks to Jean Paul Borg on the quiet yet radical act of listening to language ahead of an event at this month's Mediterranean Literature Festival
Take a book on a date? It’s a novel idea!
As 'read-dating' spreads like wildfire in the UK, and if meeting in a bookshop worked for Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts, is it time to lock eyes over the printed page here in Malta too?
Book review: ‘Fair – The Life-Art of Translation’ by Jen Calleja
The recently published 'Fair - The Life-Art of Translation' is a bonkers rollercoaster of a read which sheds a light on the secrets of literary translation, its wonders and woes
The George Cross: its untold story
A new book includes the story of documents recently discovered in The Royal Archives at Windsor Castle and the events that lay behind the award's bestowal
An ‘indescribable feeling’: the Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival
Leanne Ellul on the magic of storytelling, its colour and poetic nature, as she previews this year's exciting edition - the 20th Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival
Six and nine … and everything in between
Two new poetic e-books by Leanne Ellul and Keith Borg, part of a new series from Merlin Publishers, are available for the price of an espresso
Books to make you laugh out loud
Robert Pisani chooses four very funny books in a sea of depressing literature
Books: The Story of a Heart by Rachel Clarke
The Story of a Heart by Rachel Clarke is a powerful account of organ donation, and one child’s gift to another, says Leah McLaughlin
The building excitement around the Booker Prize 2025
"Ahead of the announcement of the longlist on July 29, part of the fun is guessing which 12 or 13 titles will be on the longlist"
‘Butter’: the foodie feminist bestseller skewering sexism in Japan
Translated into English last year, the tale of murder and misogyny has sold 610,000 copies overseas