Books
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Insight into history of Manoel Theatre
A revised and enlarged second edition of Paul Xuereb’s book on the history of the Manoel Theatre has been published. The Manoel Theatre: a short history was originally published in 1996. The Manoel Theatre is the only theatre building still...
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Remarkable observations
The Gozo Observer, No. 25, December 2011, Gozo Campus, University of Malta. On Friday, January 9, 1693, at about 10 p.m., Malta was shaken by a mild earthquake. Two days later, another much more serious tremor shook the islands. Being the most...
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Christ has died, Christ has risen!
Il-Vari Tal-Ġimgħa Mqaddsa Fil-Gżejjer MaltinJoseph F. GrimaKullana Kulturali, 78,PIN Publications pp274 One of the most recent books issued by PIN in the popular series known as Kullana Kulturali is Joseph F. Grima’s masterly work entitled Il-Vari...
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Guido De Marco commemorated in special publication
Fondation de Malte recently launched the fifth volume of its successful Telos series with a special edition dedicated to the memory of the late President Guido de Marco. It recalled his involvement in the Independent World Commission on the Ocean...
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‘I dropped the phone − I just didn’t believe it’
A book by the father of murdered student Meredith Kercher about the killing that robbed him of his young daughter hits the shelves this month. Entitled Meredith: Our Daughter’s Murder And the Heartbreaking Quest For The Truth, John Kercher’s...
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The Last Lion roars again
The third and final volume of the late William Manchester’s beloved series on Winston Churchill is coming out this autumn, nearly 25 years since the previous book. In November, Little, Brown and Company will publish The Last Lion: Winston Spencer...
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Of verse and spiritual joy
Charles Mifsud: Il-Blata Tiegħi: a collection of poems, self-published, 2011, 192 pp. This is Charles Mifsud’s fifth collection of poems, and practically all of them are seeped with deep spiritual contemplation. The book is divided into two...
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Up close with the statues
Joseph Grima: Il-Vari tal-Ġimgħa Mqaddsa fil-Gżejjer Maltin, Sensiela Kullana Kulturali 78, PIN, 2012, 273 pp. The context surrounding the traditional Holy Week statues is explored in a book by Joseph Grima. In his foreword to Il-Vari tal-Ġimgħa...
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Poets association ignored
The Maltese Poets Association (Għaqda Poeti Maltin) is practically ignored where state financial help to artistic bodies is concerned, the association’s quarterly Versi laments. Alfred Massa, president of the association, pays a warm tribute to Fr...
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Translations from Maltese into Esperanto
Two translations from Maltese into Esperanto have been published by the Malta Esperanto society. The books are 200 Maltaj Proverboj kun paralela esperanta traduko/200 Qawl Malti, with a parallel translation into Esperanto by Carmel Mallia and Mi,...
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Imagining Maltese history
Robert Attard, Romina Azzopardi: Daily Life in 18th-Century Malta, Midsea Books, 2011, 175 pp. Written by Romina Azzopardi and Robert Attard (co-authors of Antique Collecting in Malta), Daily Life in Eighteenth-Century Malta offers a glimpse into...
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The Valletta of the poorer class
Vincent Vella: Slippery steps (A Maltese odyssey), Horizons, 407pp. A prolific author of theatre and fiction, Vincent Vella has come up with his longest, and surely most ambitious, work of fiction so far. In this novel he brings to life the...
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Common Sense – a better understanding of emotional well-being
A new book 'Common Sense – a better understanding of emotional well-being' is a collection of more than 60 articles written over the last five years by clinical psychologist and psychotherapist Edward Curmi. In his articles, Dr Curmi presents a...
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Bulletin published by the Entomological Society
The Entomological Society of Malta has published the fourth volume of the Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Malta edited by David Mifsud. This peer-reviewed scientific journal is published annually by the ESM. This issue contains 14...
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Of silence and the sea
Charles Bezzina: Raxx tas-Silenzju: a collection of poems, self-published, 2012, 199 pp. Charles Bezzina is one of Gozo’s best and foremost romantic poets, and a very prolific one. This is his seventh collection of poems, and the 25 years that have...
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Illustrating our heritage
Norbert Ellul Vincenti, Victor Fenech (Eds): Doris Micallef – Paintings of Malta and Gozo, 164 pp., 136 colour illustrations, hardbound, Dormax Press, 2011. (also available in paperback) It is a pleasure to leaf through this hardbound volume, which...
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A holy book for Passover
A priceless Jewish holy book dating back more than half a millennium is to go on display in New York after being preserved by British experts. The 14th century Haggadah, which means “retelling”, will be hand-delivered to the Metropolitan Museum of...
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Manuscripts, a watch, and other treasures
Treasures of Malta, No. 52, Vol. XVIII, No.1, Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti, Malta, € 8.75. The latest number of Treasures of Malta continues where the previous issues of the magazine left off, that is in drawing attention to aspects of Maltese...
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Every story needs its own monster
Simon Bartolo: Deformity, Merlin Publishers, 2011, 364 pp. In his novel Deformity, Simon Bartolo does what he does best. He unleashes the colourful fantastical world that lives fertile in his mind and merges it with hard reality. The fascinating...
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DNA and stem cells
A book in Maltese has been published about DNA and stem cells. Written by Renald Blundell and published by the Malta University Press, DNA, Celloli Staminali u Kura b’mod Naturali is is divided in four chapters. The first chapter is about DNA.
