The National Book Council would like to announce that the tenth PLR (Public Lending Rights) payment is being distributed to authors, illustrators and photographers whose books were borrowed from Public Libraries in Malta and Gozo in the period covering the 1st of January, 2017 till the 31st March, 2017. The list of said authors, their books and total remuneration can be found below:
| Author/Illustrator/ Photographer | Number of borrowed books | Remuneration (€) |
| Abela Gloria | 17 | 3.09 |
| Agius Darren | 50 | 9.08 |
| Aloisio David | 31 | 5.63 |
| Attard Anton F. | 4 | 0.73 |
| Attard Edward | 245 | 44.50 |
| Attard Frans A. | 1296 | 235.42 |
| Attard Joe M. | 3 | 0.54 |
| Attard Josette | 6 | 1.09 |
| Attard Marisa | 733 | 133.15 |
| Attard Richard | 57 | 10.35 |
| Azzopardi Andreas | 4 | 0.73 |
| Azzopardi Carmel | 3 | 0.54 |
| Azzopardi Chris | 63 | 11.44 |
| Azzopardi Clare | 2864 | 520.25 |
| Azzopardi Joanna | 44 | 7.99 |
| Azzopardi Mario | 119 | 21.62 |
| Baldacchino Carmel | 23 | 4.18 |
| Bartolo Simon | 109 | 19.80 |
| Bezzina Charles | 7 | 1.27 |
| Bonello John A. | 139 | 25.25 |
| Bonnici Eman | 40 | 7.27 |
| Borg Carbott Greta | 159 | 28.88 |
| Borg Cardona Anna | 2 | 0.36 |
| Borg Antoinette | 56 | 10.17 |
| Borg Gerard James | 43 | 7.81 |
| Borg Paul P. | 117 | 21.25 |
| Borg Rita Antoinette | 167 | 30.34 |
| Borg Steve | 30 | 5.45 |
| Briffa Angela | 14 | 2.54 |
| Briffa Charles | 704 | 127.88 |
| Brockdorff Lina | 478 | 86.83 |
| Bugeja Ivan | 20 | 3.63 |
| Bugelli Martin | 48 | 8.72 |
| Buhagiar Anna Maria | 1 | 0.18 |
| Busuttil Amanda | 22 | 4.00 |
| Calleja Carmel | 42 | 7.63 |
| Calleja Miriam | 1 | 0.18 |
| Calleja Sharon | 110 | 19.98 |
| Camilleri Magro Sharon | 8 | 1.45 |
| Camilleri Joe | 19 | 3.45 |
| Camilleri Joseph C. | 8 | 1.45 |
| Camilleri Maria | 28 | 5.09 |
| Camilleri Mark | 55 | 9.99 |
| Camilleri Mark | 4 | 0.73 |
| Camilleri Ronald | 88 | 15.99 |
| Caruana Webster Sean | 2 | 0.36 |
| Casha Charles | 1187 | 215.62 |
| Cassar Joseph | 1 | 0.18 |
| Cassar Michael | 7 | 1.27 |
| Cassola Arnold | 10 | 1.82 |
| Cauchi Carmel G. | 832 | 151.14 |
| Cini Claudia | 9 | 1.63 |
| Cini George | 11 | 2.00 |
| Cini Michael | 214 | 38.87 |
| Cordina Anthony | 39 | 7.08 |
| Cutajar Mario | 2 | 0.36 |
| Cutajar Tony C. | 516 | 93.73 |
| De Battista Ivan | 212 | 38.51 |
| Debattista Borg Publius | 21 | 3.81 |
| Debono Sebastian | 153 | 27.79 |
| Dougall Anton B. | 69 | 12.53 |
| Farrugia Anthony | 118 | 21.44 |
| Farrugia Charles | 9 | 1.63 |
| Fenech Conrad | 4 | 0.73 |
| Fenech Victor | 557 | 101.18 |
| Flores Charles | 32 | 5.81 |
| Formosa Edgar | 50 | 9.08 |
| Frendo Henry | 18 | 3.27 |
| Friggieri Audrey | 270 | 49.05 |
| Friggieri Joe | 36 | 6.54 |
| Friggieri Oliver | 248 | 45.05 |
| Galea Charmaine V. | 88 | 15.99 |
| Galea Francis | 33 | 5.99 |
| Galea Lawrence | 52 | 9.45 |
| Gatt Monica | 61 | 11.08 |
| Gatt Naomi | 167 | 30.34 |
| Grasso Anton | 78 | 14.17 |
| Grech Jesmond | 172 | 31.24 |
| Grech Josef | 7 | 1.27 |
| Grech Joseph | 1 | 0.18 |
| Grech Rita | 749 | 136.06 |
| Grech Rose | 319 | 57.95 |
| Grech Sergio | 30 | 5.45 |
| Grima Adrian | 40 | 7.27 |
| Guilaumier Alfie | 98 | 17.80 |
| Hamilton Dunstan | 24 | 4.36 |
| Hili Vassallo Sandra | 107 | 19.44 |
| Holland Henry | 1 | 0.18 |
| Lanfranco Guido | 100 | 18.17 |
| Lombardi Gino | 308 | 55.95 |
| Mahoney Josephine | 5 | 0.91 |
| Mallia Carmel | 10 | 1.82 |
| Massa Alfred | 236 | 42.87 |
| Mejlak Pierre J. | 167 | 30.34 |
| Micallef St John Charles | 406 | 73.75 |
| Micallef Joanne | 40 | 7.27 |
| Mifsud Bonnici Maurice | 74 | 13.44 |
| Mifsud Immanuel | 140 | 25.43 |
| Mifsud Stephen D. | 5 | 0.91 |
| Mintoff Dijonisju | 19 | 3.45 |
| Mizzi Alex | 20 | 3.63 |
| Mizzi Jacqueline | 87 | 15.80 |
| Mizzi Laurence | 44 | 7.99 |
| Montebello Marija | 1 | 0.18 |
| Muscat Adrian | 8 | 1.45 |
| Muscat Lawrence | 125 | 22.71 |
| Nabhan Walid | 36 | 6.54 |
| Olivari D’Emanuele Carlo | 102 | 18.53 |
| Pace Joe | 31 | 5.63 |
| Pace Therese | 56 | 10.17 |
| Palma Alfred | 151 | 27.43 |
| Peresoo Ġorġ | 163 | 29.61 |
| Portelli Emmanuel | 525 | 95.37 |
| Portelli Natalie | 5679 | 1031.61 |
| Portelli Rachel | 718 | 130.43 |
| Pulis Victor | 95 | 17.26 |
| Refalo Michael | 5 | 0.91 |
| Reljic Teodor | 5 | 0.91 |
| Risiott Liliana | 115 | 20.89 |
| Said-Zammit George A. | 21 | 3.81 |
| Saliba Charles Daniel | 31 | 5.63 |
| Saliba Rita | 434 | 78.84 |
| Sammut Louise | 25 | 4.54 |
| Sammut Patrick | 74 | 13.44 |
| Sammut Salv | 146 | 26.52 |
| Sammut Saviour | 55 | 9.99 |
| Sciberras Keith | 1 | 0.18 |
| Sciberras Lillian | 1 | 0.18 |
| Scicluna Zahra Moira | 199 | 36.15 |
| Scicluna Carmel | 150 | 27.25 |
| Scicluna Mark | 642 | 116.62 |
| Spiteri Charles B. | 1267 | 230.15 |
| Stagno Ġuże’ | 35 | 6.36 |
| Sultana Joseph | 68 | 12.35 |
| Tabone Carmel | 4 | 0.73 |
| Turner Natasha | 19 | 3.45 |
| Vassallo Lorna | 40 | 7.27 |
| Vella Camilleri Doris | 15 | 2.72 |
| Vella Gera Alex | 21 | 3.81 |
| Vella Clifford | 12 | 2.18 |
| Vella Loranne | 320 | 58.13 |
| Vella Mark | 22 | 4.00 |
| Zahra Paul | 26 | 4.72 |
| Zammit Maempel George | 2 | 0.36 |
| Zammit Marmara Marcel | 4 | 0.73 |
| Zammit Antonio | 3 | 0.54 |
| Zammit William | 3 | 0.54 |
| Zarb Edmond | 271 | 49.23 |
| Zahra Trevor | 4908 | 891.55 |