The National Book Council would like to announce that the ninth 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 October 2016 till the 31st December, 2016. The list of said authors, their books and total remuneration can be found below:
| Author/Illustrator/ Photographer | Number of borrowed books | Remuneration (€) |
| Abela Gloria | 33 | 6.07 |
| Agius Darren | 28 | 5.15 |
| Aloisio David | 30 | 5.52 |
| Attard Anton F. | 6 | 1.10 |
| Attard Edward | 238 | 43.78 |
| Attard Frans A. | 1440 | 264.89 |
| Attard Joe M. | 4 | 0.74 |
| Attard Josette | 16 | 2.94 |
| Attard Marisa | 884 | 162.61 |
| Attard Richard | 60 | 11.04 |
| Azzopardi Andreas | 4 | 0.74 |
| Azzopardi Carmel | 6 | 1.10 |
| Azzopardi Chris | 75 | 13.80 |
| Azzopardi Clare | 2393 | 440.20 |
| Azzopardi Joanna | 32 | 5.89 |
| Azzopardi Mario | 91 | 16.74 |
| Baldacchino Carmel | 28 | 5.15 |
| Bartolo Simon | 124 | 22.81 |
| Bezzina Carmel | 1 | 0.18 |
| Bezzina Charles | 7 | 1.29 |
| Bonello John A. | 101 | 18.58 |
| Bonnici Eman | 43 | 7.91 |
| Borg Carbott Greta | 173 | 31.82 |
| Borg Cardona Anna | 2 | 0.37 |
| Borg Gerard James | 48 | 8.83 |
| Borg Paul P. | 93 | 17.11 |
| Borg Rita Antoinette | 177 | 32.56 |
| Borg Steve | 36 | 6.62 |
| Briffa Angela | 14 | 2.58 |
| Briffa Charles | 775 | 142.56 |
| Brockdorff Lina | 515 | 94.74 |
| Bugeja Ivan | 28 | 5.15 |
| Bugelli Martin | 24 | 4.41 |
| Buhagiar Anna Maria | 1 | 0.18 |
| Busuttil Amanda | 16 | 2.94 |
| Calleja Carmel | 48 | 8.83 |
| Calleja Miriam | 1 | 0.18 |
| Camilleri Joe | 18 | 3.31 |
| Camilleri Joseph C. | 13 | 2.39 |
| Camilleri Maria | 29 | 5.33 |
| Camilleri Mark | 41 | 7.54 |
| Camilleri Mark | 20 | 3.68 |
| Camilleri Ronald | 108 | 19.87 |
| Casha Charles | 933 | 171.63 |
| Cassar Joseph | 1 | 0.18 |
| Cassar Kenneth | 2 | 0.37 |
| Cassar Michael | 10 | 1.84 |
| Cassola Arnold | 4 | 0.74 |
| Cauchi Carmel G. | 863 | 158.75 |
| Ciancio Josephine | 1 | 0.18 |
| Cini Claudia | 9 | 1.66 |
| Cini George | 22 | 4.05 |
| Cini Michael | 123 | 22.63 |
| Cordina Anthony | 47 | 8.65 |
| Cutajar Mario | 6 | 1.10 |
| Cutajar Tony C. | 535 | 98.41 |
| Darmanin Denis A. | 1 | 0.18 |
| DeBattista Ivan | 232 | 42.68 |
| Debattista Borg Publius | 36 | 6.62 |
| Debono Sebastian | 131 | 24.10 |
| Dougall Anton B. | 103 | 18.95 |
| Farrugia Anthony | 112 | 20.60 |
| Farrugia Charles | 2 | 0.37 |
| Fenech Conrad | 3 | 0.55 |
| Fenech Victor | 620 | 114.05 |
| Flores Charles | 32 | 5.89 |
| Formosa Edgar | 49 | 9.01 |
| Frendo Henry | 14 | 2.58 |
| Friggieri Audrey | 162 | 29.80 |
| Friggieri Joe | 49 | 9.01 |
| Friggieri Oliver | 300 | 55.19 |
| Galea Charmaine V. | 105 | 19.32 |
| Galea Francis | 22 | 4.05 |
| Galea Lorraine | 56 | 10.30 |
| Gatt Naomi | 138 | 25.39 |
| Grasso Anton | 91 | 16.74 |
| Grech Jesmond | 227 | 41.76 |
| Grech Josef | 9 | 1.66 |
| Grech Joseph | 2 | 0.37 |
| Grech Rita | 734 | 135.02 |
| Grech Rose | 333 | 61.26 |
| Grech Sergio | 20 | 3.68 |
| Grima Adrian | 39 | 7.17 |
| Guillaumier Alfie | 93 | 17.11 |
| Hamilton Dunstan | 31 | 5.70 |
| Lanfranco Guido | 115 | 21.15 |
| Lombardi Gino | 345 | 63.46 |
| Mahoney Josephine | 6 | 1.10 |
| Mallia Carmel | 3 | 0.55 |
| Massa Alfred | 269 | 49.48 |
| Mejlak Pierre J. | 156 | 28.70 |
| Micallef St John Charles | 310 | 57.03 |
| Micallef Doris | 5 | 0.92 |
| Micallef Joanne | 31 | 5.70 |
| Mifsud Bonnici Maurice | 101 | 18.58 |
| Mifsud Immanuel | 149 | 27.41 |
| Mintoff Dijonisju | 24 | 4.41 |
| Mizzi Alex | 28 | 5.15 |
| Mizzi Jacqueline | 90 | 16.56 |
| Mizzi Laurence | 39 | 7.17 |
| Muscat Adrian | 4 | 0.74 |
| Muscat Lawrence | 116 | 21.34 |
| Nabhan Walid | 34 | 6.25 |
| Olivari Demanuele Carlo | 107 | 19.68 |
| Pace Joe | 8 | 1.47 |
| Pace Therese | 92 | 16.92 |
| Palma Alfred | 193 | 35.50 |
| Peresso Ġorġ | 163 | 29.98 |
| Portelli Emmanuel | 537 | 98.78 |
| Portelli Natalie | 5448 | 1002.18 |
| Portelli Rachel | 336 | 61.81 |
| Pulis Victor | 98 | 18.03 |
| Refalo Michael | 11 | 2.02 |
| Reljic Teodor | 4 | 0.74 |
| Risiott Lilian | 125 | 22.99 |
| Said-Zammit George A. | 31 | 5.70 |
| Saliba Charles Daniel | 44 | 8.09 |
| Saliba Rita | 445 | 81.86 |
| Sammut Louise | 31 | 5.70 |
| Sammut Patrick | 49 | 9.01 |
| Sammut Salv | 171 | 31.46 |
| Sammut Saviour | 57 | 10.49 |
| Sciberras Keith | 7 | 1.29 |
| Sciberras Lillian | 3 | 0.55 |
| Scicluna Zahra Moira | 62 | 11.41 |
| Scicluna Carmel | 223 | 41.02 |
| Scicluna Mark | 768 | 141.28 |
| Spiteri Charles B. | 1391 | 255.88 |
| Stagno Ġuże | 49 | 9.01 |
| Sultana Joseph | 59 | 10.85 |
| Tabone Carmel | 2 | 0.37 |
| Turner Natasha | 21 | 3.86 |
| Vassallo Lorna | 32 | 5.89 |
| Vella Camilleri Doris | 24 | 4.41 |
| Vella Gera Alex | 35 | 6.44 |
| Vella Clifford | 23 | 4.23 |
| Vella Loranne | 365 | 67.14 |
| Vella Mark | 38 | 6.99 |
| Zahra Paul | 27 | 4.97 |
| Zammit Maempel George | 6 | 1.10 |
| Zammit Marmara Marcel | 1 | 0.18 |
| Zammit Antonio | 2 | 0.37 |
| Zammit William | 3 | 0.55 |
| Zarb Edmond | 247 | 45.44 |
| Zahra Trevor | 5328 | 980.10 |