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Celebrating Concetta Brincat: Malta’s First Woman Novelist
**A Celebration of Pioneering Literature: The Conference on Concetta Brincat, Malta’s First Woman Novelist** Malta has always been a melting pot of cultures, a place where history and modernity intertwine. This week, the island celebrated one of its most cherished literary figures, Concetta Brincat, with a special conference dedicated to her life and work. Brincat,…
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Jilly Cooper’s Bonkbusters: A Maltese Perspective on Britain’s Scandalous Literary Queen
**Jilly Cooper: Britain’s Queen of the ‘Bonkbuster’ Novel Through a Maltese Lens** Jilly Cooper, the renowned British author celebrated for her steamy and often scandalous novels, has left an indelible mark on the literary world. Known as the queen of the ‘bonkbuster’ genre, her works have captivated readers with their bold and unapologetic portrayal of…
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Isabel Allende’s Exile Story Finds Surprising Home in Malta’s Migration Conversation
**Watch: Isabel Allende – A Writer in Exile, A Beacon for Malta’s Own Stories of Displacement** Valletta’s historic streets have long echoed with tales of exile—from the Knights who sought refuge on these limestone shores to modern-day migrants crossing the Mediterranean. It’s against this backdrop that Isabel Allende’s documentary *A Writer in Exile* finds unexpected…
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How Hedymeles, a Dark Maltese Fairytale, Is Saving Bees and Memories
**Hedymeles: A Fairytale for Adults That’s Enchanting Malta’s Creative Scene** In a country where Baroque facades meet TikTok trends, a new hybrid creature has landed: *Hedymeles*, a limited-edition art-and-text volume that reads like a Brothers Grimm tale after three shots of local honey liquor. The project—half illuminated manuscript, half graphic novel—was quietly launched last month…
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Dan Brown’s New Thriller Puts Malta in the Global Spotlight—And the Island Is Loving Every Page
Midnight at Merkanti, and the queue outside Agenda bookshop snakes past the gelato stand and down the cobbled lane. It’s not a new iPhone dropping—it’s Dan Brown’s *Wild Symphony*, the thriller maestro’s first adult novel since 2017, and Valletta is treating it like a festa firework. By 00:01 the first 200 copies are gone, snapped…
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From Valletta to Għarb: How Audition and The Land in Winter Are Rewriting Malta’s Cultural Script
Between the honey-coloured bastions of Valletta and the salt-crusted fishing boats of Marsaxlokk, Malta’s readers have always turned to books as portable shelters from the midsummer glare or the January gale. Two recent releases—Michael Shurtleff’s evergreen Audition and Danish-American author Kirsten Klitgaard’s quietly devastating The Land in Winter—have slipped onto bedside tables across the islands…
