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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
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
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
Books: a reinvention of the Maltese pygmy elephant
The Maltese pygmy elephant is reinvented in a charming touch and feel adventure for toddlers
Pride and Prejudice reimagined for modern readers
Jane Austen's books become blushingly steamy 250 years after the famous author's birth
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
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
‘Death in Valletta’, an atmospheric murder mystery
In this Victorian-era novel, an Edinburgh police detective is summoned to the island of Malta
‘Amazing Maltese Women’ on International Women’s Day
Author Kristina Checuti explains why she felt compelled to showcase trailblazing Maltese women for the next generation
Book review: ‘Amazing Maltese Women’
A brilliant inspiring book for Maltese girls and boys everywhere