Maltese writer Raymond Fenech, twice nominee for the literary Pushcart Prize by two different US-based literary publications, has been appointed associate editor of the bilingual Adelaide Literary Magazine of Lisbon and New York.

The author was nominated for the Pushcart Prize by Adelaide Literary Magazine for winning the first prize in the annual essay section with his story, The Mysterious Priest, in June, closely followed by another nomination for the same prize by the Los Angeles based online PoeticDiversity Literary Magazine for his poem, The Electric Storm in November.

Raymond Fenech

Adelaide Publishers had already nominated the author as a regular contributor of their literary publications.
Dr Fenech was awarded two book length publishing contracts by Adelaide Book Publishers.

The magazine is also listed in The Writers’ Handbook 2018.

The two books by the author, The Incident of the Mysterious Priest & Other Stories consists of a collection of short stories, memoirs and articles and is already available for sale on Amazon. The other book is a poetry collection, Growing with the Shadows, which will be launched together with the first book at the third largest International Book Fair, Expo America at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center‎ in Manhattan, New York, between May 31 – June 1.

The opening ceremony will be presided by US Senator Bernie Sanders a former university professor and lecturer very popular in literary circles.

Dr Fenech will be leaving Malta for New York on May 27.

During his stay, he will be meeting with his new colleagues and editor-in-chief at the Adelaide Publishing House’s new offices to discuss his new role in greater detail as well as strategies for the promotion of his two newly published books.