Home / News / Specialised Workshop at the Malta Book Festival 2017 Back to News Specialised Workshop at the Malta Book Festival 2017 News 17th October, 2017 [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A workshop on literary journalism and book reviews, designed specially for the Malta Book Festival by top UK journalists and media professionals Rosie Goldsmith and Max Easterman, is a highlight event of this year’s Festival. The two-hour, intensive and specialist session, titled ‘A Riveting Workshop’, will take place at M.A. Grima Hall, MCC, on Thursday 9 November starting 17:30 hours. Attendance is free but places are limited and must be booked beforehand. The world of book promotion and reviewing is today highly competitive and highly digitised. The aim of the workshop is to enable journalists to hone their critical faculties – to learn how to assess a book’s impact and how to craft a strong personal response to a book. Participants will also learn about how PR works best in the world of books – how do you break through? How do you best use social media and websites to promote books? How do you write a strong promotional press release and compose a text that will help you sell your book or event or author? The workshop will address all these questions and will provide top tips, practical examples, short exercises and motivational advice to help professional and aspiring literary journalists, editors, publishers and booksellers write riveting book reviews and riveting PR and promotion for all media outlets. [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”4893″ img_size=”large”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Rosie Goldsmith and Max Easterman are established and well-known journalists. They run the UK’s European Literature Network and launched The Riveter literary magazine this year. They broadcast, write, review, translate, host events and conduct courses all over the UK and internationally. Rosie is also Chair of the judges of the EBRD Literature Prize and a well-known public champion of international literature and language-learning in the UK. The NBC strongly urges all those interested to apply now as there are only a few places left. [add_posts category=malta-book-festival show=100] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] SHARE POST Related Articles National Book Prize 2026 – Applications Are Open News 3rd February, 2026 Read More How To Connect With Small Presses: Free Zoom Session for Maltese Authors and Publishers from UK Literary Agent News 27th January, 2026 Read More Festival, Funds and Strategic Developments in 2026: Key Dates News 26th January, 2026 Read More Shining an international spotlight on the Maltese book sector at London Book Fair 2026 News 22nd January, 2026 Read More A book donation by the National Book Council to Malta Libraries Initiatives 16th January, 2026 Read More JOIN THE NBC AT THE LONDON BOOK FAIR 2026: GUEST PASSES FOR NBC STAKEHOLDERS FROM MALTA News 12th January, 2026 Read More The 44 PLR Payment Is Out Public Lending Rights 9th January, 2026 Read More The National Book Council pays tribute to the memory of Alfred Palma News 20th December, 2025 Read More Call for Reviewers for the Paġna Letterarja in 2026 Initiatives 19th December, 2025 Read More CALL FOR TRANSLATORS – Submit your details to the NBC Translators Database News 3rd December, 2025 Read More view all similar news
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