Books
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Sunday, October 9, 2011
100 years from Manuel Dimech’s Xirka
A public conference will be held on October 21 to commemorate the centenary of the foundation of Manwel Dimech’s Ix-Xirka tal-Imdawlin (The Fellowship of the Enlightened). The fellowship was founded by Dimech and his colleagues on October 21,...
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011 by
Norbert Bugeja
Facing up to transition...
Island Faces: Four Novellas From Maltaby Lino Spiteri, translated by Joseph AgiusAllied Publications pp 238ISBN: 9789990931648 I leaf through Lino Spiteri’s new collection of novellas, Island Faces, translated by Joseph Agius, for the first time...
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Monday, October 3, 2011 by
Sam Reeves, AFP
British satirical magazine Private Eye in rude health at 50
After decades lampooning hapless politicians, Britain’s leading satirical magazine Private Eye turns 50 next month with its brand of irreverent humour as popular as ever. The Eye, as it is affectionately known, has defiantly retained its...
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Monday, October 3, 2011 by
Robert Dex, PA
Jamie Oliver odds-on to top best-seller books
Naked chef Jamie Oliver is odds-on favourite to top the best-seller books charts this Christmas. His new book, Jamie’s Great Britain, is tied in with a new Channel 4 series and that publicity combined with Oliver’s popularity guarantees healthy...
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Sunday, October 2, 2011
A prelude to his death
Prelude to my Death is the latest publication by writer of all things macabre Anton Grasso. The author’s 51st novel, Prelude To My Death is different from his previous publications. It is a personal and intimate voyage into the author’s world, with...
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Sunday, October 2, 2011
School’s back. So is Sagħtar
The school magazine Sagħtar is back for the new scholastic year. Aimed at primary and secondary school students, the magazine offers students supplementary reading in Maltese, general knowledge, and various competitions with prizes. Sagħtar is...
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Sunday, October 2, 2011
Cannibalistic, masochistic
Sergio Grasso’s first book Imrar (Bitterness), takes readers on a dark and macabre journey. The self-published book consists of short stories and poems. With cannibalistic, masochistic and sadistic themes, the story Imrar depicts the formation of a...
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Sunday, October 2, 2011
Maltese poetry study aid
Poeżija 3D by David Aloisio is a new publication by Merlin Publishers for students studying Maltese at intermediate and advanced level. It covers the three themes introduced by the Matsec board for the poetry component of the Maltese exam, covering...
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Sunday, September 25, 2011 by
Alfred Palma
Explore the other side of Judeo- Christian history
Anton Sammut: In-Naħa l-Oħra tal-Istorja Ġudeo-Kristjana: A historico-religious treatise on Judeo-Christianity, self-published, 2011, 397 pp. €12. In his first publication, Alte Vestiga, Anton Sammut made extensive use of his knowledge of both the...
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Sunday, September 25, 2011
Competition winner
The winner of the Clash of Empires book competition is Joseph-Stephen Bonanno. In the September 4 issue, readers were asked to suggest which period in history they would like to be turned into historical fiction. Our winner suggested the plot by the...
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Sunday, September 25, 2011 by
Simone Spiteri
Secrets up her sleeve
Trevor Zahra (Trans. Rose Marie Caruana): The Secret Life of Nanna Ġenoveffa, Merlin Publishers, 2011, 188 pp. It’s been more than three years since an unassuming slim book landed on local reading shelves. And almost the same amount of time since...
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Sunday, September 25, 2011
Letter to a Teacher translated into Spanish and Valencian
Carmel Borg, Mario Cardona and Sandro Caruana’s (2009) publication, Letter to a Teacher: Lorenzo Milani’s Contribution to Critical Citizenship, has been translated into Spanish and Valencian (a Catalan variety, used in the community of Valencia,...
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011 by
Lee-Ann Montanaro
The prince of thieves returns
King’s Manby Angus DonaldSphere pp448ISBN 13: 978-1847444912 Angus Donald’s series of books about the mediaeval legend Robin Hood has been gaining more and more popularity. His first two books, Outlaw (Sphere, 2009) and Holy Warrior (Sphere, 2010),...
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Sunday, September 11, 2011 by
Lee Ann Montanaro
Applying theory to the real world
Peter Singer: Practical Ethics, Cambridge University Press, 2011 (Third Edition), 411 pp. For over 30 years Peter Singer’s Practical Ethics has been the classic introduction to applied ethics. The book is packed with detailed social, medical, and...
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Sunday, September 11, 2011
Enforcing one’s rights under EU law
A new book published recently aims to increase public awareness and understanding of judicial remedies available to companies. Eugène Buttigieg, holder of the Jean Monnet Chair of EU Law at the University of Malta has published Enforcing One’s...
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Sunday, September 11, 2011 by
Paul Xuereb
Love gone astray
Lino Spiteri: Island faces: four novellas from Malta, translated from the Maltese by Joseph Agius. Allied Newspapers, 238pp. Lino Spiteri, who has published short fiction in Maltese since 1968, is skilful in his writing of short stories. Some of...
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Sunday, September 11, 2011
Learning through networks
A new book focuses on adult learning and how it should serve for the personal fulfilment, social inclusion and active citizenship and employability of individuals in a knowledge based society. Learning through Networks: Reflections on Creating...
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Sunday, September 4, 2011 by
Bertrand Borg
Swashbuckling action
William Napier: Clash of Empires, Orion Books, 2011, 398 pp. There’s something wickedly exciting about reading a book that’s set somewhere familiar to you. The lines between truth and fiction begin to blur, and you immediately immerse yourself in...
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Sunday, September 4, 2011 by
Peter Farrugia
Not with a bang
Joe Scicluna: Malta Surrendered, Allied Publications, 2011, 360 pp. Joseph Scicluna has made a valuable contribution to Melitensia with this intriguing translation of Pierre-Jean Doublet’s memoirs, Malta Surrendered. Presenting a detailed record of...
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Monday, August 29, 2011
Mystery at Edinburgh book festival
There has been another twist in the mystery of who has been leaving strange sculptures at locations across the city – after two more were anonymously left at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Puzzled staff were left scratching their heads...