The National Book Council is organising a two-day book festival in Victoria. The event will be packed with cultural activities as well as a book fair.

Today is dedicated to literature for youths. Activities include a panel discussion on the topic of youth and literature, which will touch upon various themes, among which youth literacy and the problems of addressing youth issues without being patronising.

Other events will focus on particular authors who have distinguished themselves in literature aimed at or concerned with youth and youth issues. Among the guests, both for the panel discussion and the author events, will be Leanne Ellul, Antoinette Borg, Matthew Schembri, Roberta Bajada and other winners of the Literary Contest – Novels for Youth, which is co-organised by the National Book Council and Aġenzija Żgħażagħ. Summer school students from Malta and Gozo are invited to attend the festival with their teachers and parents, as part of their summer school programme.

Poetry will be the focus of the activities tomorrow. The main event, in honour of the late Gozitan poet Ġorġ Pisani, will feature readings of excerpts of the poet’s work. A number of well-known local poets will also make an appearance, including Michael Zammit and Maria Grech Ganado.

The publishers/associations participating in the event are: Merlin, Glen Calleja and EDE books, Faraxa, MCA (Malta Classics Association), Horizons, SKS, Midsea.

The Summer Book Festival is being held today and tomorrow at Sir M.A. Refalo Sixth Form in Fortunato Mizzi Street, Victoria. Entrance is free. For more information, visit www.ktieb.org.mt.

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