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Books
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Malta’s best new books and those yet to come
On the newly announced long list for this year's National Book Prize, and the National Book Council's support for your own publishing project
April 4, 2025
‘A Death in Malta’ remembered in Oxford
Reflections on Daphne Caruana Galizia's family life from the Oxford Literary Festival
April 3, 2025
On the International Booker Prize 2025 longlist
Our columnist Bob's Books offers an early overview of the IBS longlist this year with mixed reviews
April 1, 2025
Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden on climate
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett was an early work of climate fiction says Davina Quinlivan
March 30, 2025
Books: five bite-sized reads
Robert Pisani, Malta's most voracious reader, picks five novellas for March to kick-start his new 'Bob's Books' column
March 26, 2025
Books: a reinvention of the Maltese pygmy elephant
The Maltese pygmy elephant is reinvented in a charming touch and feel adventure for toddlers
March 25, 2025
Pride and Prejudice reimagined for modern readers
Jane Austen's books become blushingly steamy 250 years after the famous author's birth
March 23, 2025
An exploration of Maltese culture through mythology
Mifsud's new book keeps alive old tales of demons and sorcerers, enigmatic white horses, a noble King of Fish and much more
March 17, 2025
Would ‘Great Expectations’ be better as a videogame?
Why Charles Dickens would have made 'Great Expectations' a videogame if he were writing today, by Lynda Clark, Lecturer in Creative Writing, Edinburgh
March 13, 2025
‘Death in Valletta’, an atmospheric murder mystery
In this Victorian-era novel, an Edinburgh police detective is summoned to the island of Malta
March 11, 2025