The National Book Council would like to announce that the eight 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 July 2016 till the 30th September, 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 | 48 | 7.25 |
| Agius Darren | 24 | 3.63 |
| Aloisio David | 25 | 3.78 |
| Attard Anton F. | 10 | 1.51 |
| Attard Edward | 292 | 44.13 |
| Attard Frans A. | 1569 | 237.15 |
| Attard Joe M. | 5 | 0.76 |
| Attard Josette | 21 | 3.17 |
| Attard Marisa | 991 | 149.78 |
| Attard Richard | 94 | 14.21 |
| Azzopardi Andreas | 11 | 1.66 |
| Azzopardi Carmel | 4 | 0.60 |
| Azzopardi Chris | 115 | 17.38 |
| Azzopardi Clare | 2523 | 381.34 |
| Azzopardi Joanna | 49 | 7.41 |
| Azzopardi Mario | 155 | 23.43 |
| Baldacchino Carmel | 27 | 4.08 |
| Bartolo Simon | 252 | 38.09 |
| Bezzina Charles | 17 | 2.57 |
| Bonello John A. | 149 | 22.52 |
| Bonnici Eman | 53 | 8.01 |
| Borg Carbott Greta | 196 | 29.62 |
| Borg Gerard James | 86 | 13.00 |
| Borg Paul P. | 138 | 20.86 |
| Borg Rita Antoinette | 218 | 32.95 |
| Borg Steve | 28 | 4.23 |
| Briffa Angela | 9 | 1.36 |
| Briffa Charles | 1002 | 151.45 |
| Brockdorff Lina | 678 | 102.48 |
| Bugeja Ivan | 31 | 4.69 |
| Bugelli Martin | 20 | 3.02 |
| Buhagiar Anna Maria | 1 | 0.15 |
| Busuttil Amanda | 35 | 5.29 |
| Calleja Carmel | 56 | 8.46 |
| Calleja Miriam | 1 | 0.15 |
| Camilleri Joseph | 42 | 6.35 |
| Camilleri Joseph C. | 8 | 1.21 |
| Camilleri Maria | 38 | 5.74 |
| Camilleri Mark | 50 | 7.56 |
| Camilleri Mark | 5 | 0.76 |
| Camilleri Ronald | 151 | 22.82 |
| Casha Charles | 1406 | 212.51 |
| Cassar Michael | 7 | 1.06 |
| Cassola Arnold | 3 | 0.45 |
| Cauchi Carmel G. | 1512 | 228.53 |
| Ciancio Josephine | 1 | 0.15 |
| Cini Claudia | 29 | 4.38 |
| Cini George | 18 | 2.72 |
| Cini Michael | 128 | 19.35 |
| Cordina Anthony | 77 | 11.64 |
| Cutajar Mario | 7 | 1.06 |
| Cutajar Tony C. | 821 | 124.09 |
| D’Emanuele Carlo O. | 160 | 24.18 |
| De Battista Ivan | 292 | 44.13 |
| Debattista Borg Publius | 35 | 5.29 |
| Debono Sebastian | 126 | 19.04 |
| Dougall Anton B. | 95 | 14.36 |
| Farrugia Anthony | 157 | 23.73 |
| Farrugia Charles | 1 | 0.15 |
| Farrugia Marisa | 1 | 0.15 |
| Fenech Conrad | 3 | 0.45 |
| Fenech Victor | 699 | 105.65 |
| Flores Charles | 44 | 6.65 |
| Formosa Edgar | 73 | 11.03 |
| Frendo Henry | 14 | 2.12 |
| Friggieri Audrey | 195 | 29.47 |
| Friggieri Joe | 40 | 6.05 |
| Friggieri Oliver | 373 | 56.38 |
| Galea Charmaine V. | 134 | 20.25 |
| Galea Francis | 46 | 6.95 |
| Galea Lorraine | 60 | 9.07 |
| Grasso Anton | 130 | 19.65 |
| Grech Jesmond | 239 | 36.12 |
| Grech Josef | 5 | 0.76 |
| Grech Joseph | 5 | 0.76 |
| Grech Rita | 1174 | 169.89 |
| Grech Rose | 413 | 62.42 |
| Grech Sergio | 50 | 7.56 |
| Grima Adrian | 51 | 7.71 |
| Guillaumier Alfie | 167 | 25.24 |
| Hamilton Dunstan | 46 | 6.95 |
| Lanfranco Guido G. | 130 | 19.65 |
| Lombardi Gino | 363 | 54.87 |
| Mahoney Josephine | 13 | 1.96 |
| Mallia Carmel | 21 | 3.17 |
| Massa Alfred | 365 | 55.17 |
| Mejlak Pierre J. | 221 | 33.40 |
| Micallef St John Charles | 276 | 41.72 |
| Micallef Doris | 2 | 0.30 |
| Micallef Joanne | 22 | 3.33 |
| Mifsud Bonnici Maurice | 94 | 14.21 |
| Mifsud Immanuel | 172 | 26.00 |
| Mintoff Dijonisju | 28 | 4.23 |
| Mizzi Alex | 21 | 3.17 |
| Mizzi Jacqueline | 136 | 20.56 |
| Mizzi Laurence | 54 | 8.16 |
| Montebello Marija | 1 | 0.15 |
| Muscat Adrian | 12 | 1.81 |
| Muscat Lawrence | 142 | 21.46 |
| Nabhan Walid | 41 | 6.20 |
| Pace Joe | 4 | 0.60 |
| Pace Therese | 76 | 11.49 |
| Palma Alfred | 262 | 39.60 |
| Peresso Ġorġ | 227 | 34.31 |
| Portelli Emmanuel | 659 | 99.60 |
| Portelli Natalie | 6139 | 927.88 |
| Portelli Rachel | 292 | 44.13 |
| Pulis Victor | 113 | 17.08 |
| Refalo Michael | 14 | 2.12 |
| Reljic Teodor | 6 | 0.91 |
| Risiott Liliana | 156 | 23.58 |
| Said Zammit George A. | 22 | 3.33 |
| Saliba Charles Daniel | 64 | 9.67 |
| Saliba Rita | 518 | 78.29 |
| Sammut Louise | 29 | 4.38 |
| Sammut Patrick | 55 | 8.31 |
| Sammut Salv | 161 | 24.33 |
| Sammut Saviour | 83 | 12.55 |
| Sciberras Keith | 5 | 0.76 |
| Sciberras Lillian | 10 | 1.51 |
| Scicluna Carmel | 239 | 36.12 |
| Scicluna Mark | 928 | 140.26 |
| Spiteri Charles B. | 1609 | 243.19 |
| Stagno’ Ġuże’ | 90 | 13.60 |
| Sultana Joseph | 117 | 17.68 |
| Tabone Carmel | 1 | 0.15 |
| Turner Natasha | 35 | 5.29 |
| Vassallo Lorna | 24 | 3.63 |
| Veen Veronica | 4 | 0.60 |
| Vella Camilleri Doris | 21 | 3.17 |
| Vella Gera Alex | 46 | 6.95 |
| Vella Clifford | 12 | 1.81 |
| Vella Loranne | 539 | 81.47 |
| Vella Mark | 33 | 4.99 |
| Zahra Paul | 36 | 5.44 |
| Zammit Maempel George | 1 | 0.15 |
| Zammit Marmara Marcel | 4 | 0.60 |
| Zammit Antonio | 1 | 0.15 |
| Zammit William | 2 | 0.30 |
| Zarb Edmond | 277 | 41.87 |
| Zahra Trevor | 6655 | 1005.87 |