This year’s Book Festival on Campus takes place at the University of Malta quadrangle between tomorrow and Friday.

Organised by the National Book Council, the programme is packed with activities, featuring book launches and book presentations, interviews and talks with authors, artists and academics, all aimed at addressing issues that should be of great interest to University students and members of the public with a passion for literature and books.

The highlights of this year include a workshop and two talks with the special guest, Jasmin Frelih, a Slovenian writer and a winner of the European Union Prize for Literature (2016).

Author Immanuel Mifsud will engage Frelih on the topic of Jugoslavian literature, while Noel Tanti will interview the author on more general topics.

Frelih will also take part in an open mic session which will take place on the last day of the festival, on Friday.

All visitors to the festival are invited to participate in this event in which they are free to take the mic and read, sing, play, recite either something they have prepared for the occasion or to improvise freely.

For those with an interest in Maltese language and its history, a number of events have been set up by Għaqda tal-Malti, including a talk by Bernard Micallef on a 17th century Maltese intellectual, Giovan Francesco Bounamico, a talk by Michael Zammit on philosophy in Maltese, and guided visits to the Melitensia section of the University Library that is not normally open to the public.

The Book Festival on Campus, which is set up by the National Book Council in collaboration with Għaqda tal-Malti – Università, will be open tomorrow and Thursday from 9am to 4pm and on Friday from 9am till late.

For more information visit www.ktieb.org.mt.

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