The 2025 Malta Book Festival

THE 2025 Malta Book FESTIVAL

The National Book Council is proud to launch the 2025 edition of the Malta Book Festival, taking place from 5–9 November at the MFCC, Ta’ Qali. This year’s Festival embraces a bold new vision, with a theme that captures the spirit of change and transformation — writing anew. The new logo and tagline reflect this direction, marking a refreshed chapter in Malta’s leading celebration of books and reading.

At its heart, writing anew speaks to the essence of literature as a transformative force — where life is shaped into words, stories are reimagined across forms, and every genre opens a door to discovery. Whether through gripping narratives, personal reflections, or poetic experimentation, all books are expressions of change of some kind. This year’s Festival honours that journey, inviting readers of all ages to explore the power of storytelling to renew, rethink, and re-enchant our world.

Attendance to the Festival and to all other events is free of charge.

€20 BOOK VOUCHERS FOR ALL STUDENTS!

5-9th November, 2025

MFCC, Ta' Qali

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At the 2025 Malta Book Festival, all primary and secondary school students are eligible for a €20 book voucher redeemable from all the booksellers at the Festival, during all our opening hours.
Unlock your child’s next great adventure – register for their free book voucher!

How do I register?

School groups and classes wishing to attend must book their visits in advance. We have already started reaching out to schools to invite them to book their visits online, starting this September. Students visiting as part of a school group will be automatically receiving their voucher at the Festival venue, and cannot register for their voucher independently.
All other students visiting independently or with their families and guardians (not with their class), are invited to register and retrieve their free book voucher online via our online portal. You can register for your voucher through the portal from Saturday 11 October 2025.

EVENTS

Programme

We're working behind the scenes to bring you a programme full of book launches and presentations, meetings with local and international guest authors, seminars, panel discussions, film screenings and events for children and students. Watch this space or follow us on social media for the latest announcements.

SPECIAL GUESTS

Jeff VanderMeer

Author

Jeff VanderMeer is the author of Hummingbird Salamander; the Borne novels (Borne, The Strange Bird, and Dead Astronauts); and the Southern Reach series (Annihilation, Authority, Acceptance and Absolution), the first volume of which won the Nebula Award and Shirley Jackson Award and was adapted into a movie by Paramount. Environmental nonfiction by VanderMeer has appeared in Time, The Nation, Current Affairs, and Esquire, among others. VanderMeer also co-edited (with wife Ann VanderMeer) ground-breaking anthologies such as Best American Fantasy 1 and 2, Steampunk 1 and 2, New Weird, The Weird, The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities, The Time Traveler’s Almanac, The Big Book of Science Fiction, The Big Book of Classic Fantasy, and The Big Book of Modern Fantasy.

More special guests will be announced in the coming weeks.

ACTIVITIES FOR FAMILIES & CHILDREN

The Malta Book Festival makes for a great family outing, and it’s no different this year. Throughout Festival week (Wednesday 5 – Sunday 9 November) we’re putting up events the whole family.