Book Festival on Campus 2016 – it’s a wrap!
Yesterday the 7th of April marked the end of the Book Festival on Campus 2016 โ three days […]
NBC at CRICKIDS Festival 2016
The National Book Council, together with Malta Libraries and the Central Public Library set up a Pop-Up library […]
Notice // Konkors taโ Kitba: Letteratura gฤงaลผ-ลปgฤงaลผagฤง 2016
Aฤกenzija ลปgฤงaลผagฤง together with the National Book Council annually organise this writing contest which selects, rewards and publishes […]
Notice // National Book Prize 2016 (Books 2015) submission period is open
The National Book Council would like to remind authors and publishers that the submission period for National Book […]
Book Festival on Campus // 5-6-7 April
The Gฤงaqda tal-Malti โ Universitร and the National Book Council are organising the third edition of the University […]
NBC in the โSalon du livre et des cultures du Luxembourgโ 2016
In the 16th edition of the Salon du livre et des cultures du Luxembourg and the 33rd of […]
Celebrating World Book Day UK
Tomorrow, the 3rd of March, the UK will be celebrating World Book Day. World Book Day as recognised […]
ISBN Users Manual in Maltese
The National Book Council would like to inform the general public that it has just published the Maltese […]
Winners of Konkors taโ Kitba Letteratura gฤงaลผ-ลปgฤงaลผagฤง 2015
Aฤกenzija ลปgฤงaลผagฤง and the National Book Council would like to announce that the winners of Konkors taโ Kitba […]
Applications are out for the NBC PBS Short Film Contest 2016
The National Book Council (NBC) together with the Public Broadcasting Services (PBS) would like to announce that the […]
Annual Report 2015
The National Book Council is happy to present its comprehensive Annual Report for 2015 โ a year of […]
PLR payment covering October-December 2015
The National Book Council would like to announce that the fifth PLR (Public Lending Rights) payment is being […]
Public Consultation on the drafting of the National Book Council Law 16/01/16
At the moment, the National Book Council (NBC) is consulting authors and publishers as part of a process […]
Christmas Book Donation to the Central Public Library
Annual Christmas Book Donation to Central Public Library including latest Maltese publications, National Book Prize Winning and Shortlisted […]
‘GRAMMA’ with Leanne Ellul @CPL
Reading and more from ‘GRAMMA’ by Leanne Ellul Winner of the ‘Konkors ta’ Kitba – Letteratura gฤงaลผ-ลปgฤงaลผagฤง 2014′ […]
Winners of the National Book Prize 2015
The National Book Council would like to announce the winners of the National Book Prize 2015: Books 2014. […]
Announcement: National Book Prize 2015 Ceremony
The National Book Council is proud to announce that the Prize giving Ceremony for the National Book Prize […]
InTranslation Conference
The Creative Europe Desk Malta (CED Malta) is proud to present this publication (click here: ย intranslation )ย focusing on […]
Winners of the Terramaxka Book Prize 2015
The National Book Council is proud to announce the winners of the Terramaxka Prize 2015 โ a national […]
Trailer of ‘Dar ir-Rummien’ is out
The trailer of ‘Dar ir-Rummien’ is out! ‘Dar ir-Rummien’ Trailer ‘Dar ir-Rummien’ is aย film adaptation by 2Doors Media […]
Changes in Malta Book Festival 2015 opening hours
The National Book Council would like to announce some changes to the opening hours of the Malta Book […]
Malta Book Festival 2015 – Programme of Events
The National Book Council is proud to announce the official Malta Book Festival Programme of Events 2015. MBF […]
Terramaxka Prize 2015 Contenders
TERRAMAXKA PRIZE 2015 is the Prize for books published throughout 2014 and aimed for children and adolescents. Winners […]
NBC issues PLR payments covering July-September 2015
The National Book Council would like to announce that PLR (Public Lending Rights) payment is being distributed to […]
‘X’Aฤงna Smart!’ by Stephen Lughermo at Central Public Library
โXโAฤงna Smart!โ โ an activity organised by the National Book Council in collaboration with Malta Libraries on Saturday […]
Presentation of “This Fair Land” in London
‘This Fair Land’ – Maltese in London/Il-Malti f’Londra is an event organised by the National Book Council in […]
National Book Prize 2015 Shortlist
The National Book Council wishes to announce that the National Book Prize finalists for 2015 have just been […]
The Malta Book Festival from the 4th-8th of November, 2015
The most important event for the Maltese book market is upon us: the event which gathers all local […]
Terramaxka Prize 2015: the National Prize for Children and Adolescentsโ Books
The National Book Council would like to announce that as of this year, the National Book Prize will […]
Malta Book Fund 2015 results are out
The National Book Council has just finalized the evaluation of Malta Book Fund applications and it is proud […]
PLR payments for 2nd quarter of 2015
The National Book Council would like to announce that the third PLR (Public Lending Rights) paymentย is being distributed […]
“Imeldina” – reading at the Central Public Library
“Min ma jฤงobbx iฤaflas? Tista’ ฤฤaflas fl-ilma tax-xita u tista’ ฤฤaflas fil-baฤงar, imma Imeldina ssib tarf iฤฤaflas kullimkien! […]
“Stedina gฤงal Sabrina” reading and drawing at the Central Public Library
On Saturday the 1st of August, 2015, the National Book Council, in collaboration with Malta Libraries, invited children […]
‘Spins and Spells’ – a MAF and NBC collaboration
The National Book Council was responsible for curating the literary section of the โSpins and Spellsโ Malta Arts […]
Malta Book Festival 2015 (4-8 NOV, MCC)
Just imagine .. all the latest books, their authors and publishers congregating under one roof; someone reads out […]
Provision and prices for the acquisition of ISMN for notated music
The National Book Council (NBC) would like to inform those interested in producing and publishing notated music that […]
List of participants for NATIONAL BOOK PRIZE 2015 and TERRAMAXKA PRIZE 2015
The National Book Council is proud to announce that the official list of books participating in the National […]
Winners of the NBC PBS Short-Film Contest 2015
The National Book Council would like to announce the winners of the NBC PBS Short-Film Contest 2015: Manuel […]
Malta Book Festival 2015: Application Form
The National Book Council would like to announce that prospective exhibitors of the Malta Book Festival 2015 may […]
Another Book Donation to Malta’s Libraries 10/06/2015
Today, the 10th of June, 2015, another substantial book donation from the National Book Council was presented to […]
Press Conference at the Madonna tal-ฤ ilju Band Club, Mqabba 10-06-2015
The Soฤjetร Muลผikali Madonna tal-ฤ ilju, Imqabba organized a Press Conference in order to launch a catalogue of articles […]
Launch of Malta Book Fund – 12/05/2015
The Hon. Evarist Bartolo, Minister for Education and Employment; Permanent Secretary, Mr. Joseph Caruana and Mr. Mark Camilleri, […]
Campus Book Festival – 5th-7th MAY 2015
The National Book Council and Gฤงaqda tal-Malti โ Universitร are organizing the second edition of the Campus Book […]
NBC collaborates with the National Literacy Agency – ‘Aqra kemm Tiflaฤง’
The National Book Council is proud to announce its collaboration with the National Literacy Agency which forms part […]
Applications are out for National Book Prize 2015
Every year, this press release is dedicated to the National Book Prize, but as of this year, the […]
World Book Day 2015 – Guy Bass visits St. Theresa College School
As part of the celebrations organized locally for World Book Day 2015, author Guy Bassย carried out animated readings […]
NBC at London Book Fair 2015
The National Book Council was in London for the London Book Fair 2015 in order to promote Maltese […]
Donation of National Book Prize Winning Books to CPL
The National Book Council has just presented the Central Public Library with its annual donation of National Book […]
ISBN Prices for Books in ebook format
In addition to the Govermnet Gazette notice dated 29th August, 2014 regarding the purchase of ISBNs for books […]
Second PLR payment
The National Book Council would like to announce that it will be issuing the second Public Lending Rights […]
NBC and PBS: Call for Interns to work on set of short-film
Public Broadcasting Services and the National Book Council are seeking 3 MCAST students from the MCAST institute of […]
Book Donation to the โCentre Franco-Maltaisโ – 20/03/15
The National Book Council has just donated a considerable amount of publications in French to the โCentre Franco-Maltaisโ. […]
Applications for the Literary Contest of Novels for Youth – 2015
The โKonkors taโ Kitba โ Letteratura gฤงaลผ-ลปgฤงaลผagฤงโ is an annual contest organised by Aฤกenzija ลปgฤงaลผagฤง and the National […]
World Book Day โ Donation to CPL 05/03/15
Come join us at the Central Public Library, Floriana! Today the National Book Council is celebrating World Book […]
Book Donation to Marsa Primary 23/02/2015
The National Book Council has just presented โฌ5,000 worth of books in an official book donation to Marsa […]
NBC and Horizons donate books to Corradino Correctional Facility Library
Today, Wednesday the 18th of February 2015, the National Book Council together with Horizons managing director David Bezzina, […]
Book Donation to Floriana Primary
The Floriana Primary School Headmaster Mr. Stephen Miceli together with teachers and staff from the school and San […]
PBS and NBC launch the Short Film Contest – 02/02/2015
In a press conference held on Monday, 2nd February, 2015 at the PBS headquarters in Gwardamangia, the Executive […]
Launch of PLR Scheme
The National Book Council (NBC) would like to announce that today, payments to Maltese authors according to the […]
NBC film: Laqgฤงa ma’ Mara Morbi
The National Book Council is now on Youtube… Click and Shareย our channel >>ย National Book Council MALTA As […]
Reading Activity with Charles Casha at CPL
The National Book Council in collaboration with the staff at the Central Public Library hosted a group of […]
Book Donation to Valletta Primary School
In the presence of the Headmaster Mr. Bernard Riolo, the San ฤ orฤก Preca College Principal Mr. James Camilleri […]
Book Donation to CPL on ‘Library Day 2014’
The National Book Council has just donated โฌ7,000 worth of books to the Central Public Library in Floriana […]
National Book Prize: Books 2013
The National Book Council would like to announce the winners of the National Book Prize: Books 2013. The […]
Expression of Interest – The Literary Contest of Novels for Youth
The National Book Council kindly invites publishers to submit an expression of interest regarding the winning manuscripts of […]
Expression of Interest – Anthologies
The National Book Council kindly invites publishers to submit an expression of interest in publishing two anthologies of […]
National Book Festival 2014
The 2014 edition of the National Book Festival was, once again, held at the Mediterranean Conference Centre, […]
The Literary Contest of Novels for Youth 2013-2014
The prize-giving ceremony for the Literary Contest ‘Novels for Youth’ 2013-2014, took place last Sunday, 16th of November, […]
The National Book Festival Programme of Events 2014
The National Book Council has just launched the Programme of Events for this year’s edition of the National […]
PLR (Public Lending Rights) Scheme introduced in Malta
The National Book Council would like to announce that, following a series of debates and a Public Consultation […]
Book Donation to St. Margaret’s College
The National Book Council has just donated a substantial amount of books to St. Margaret’s College in a […]
The National Book Festival 2014 – PR
The National Book Council (NBC) would like to announce that the 2014 edition of the […]
European Day of Languages 2014 – Malta
On Saturday, 27th September, the European Commission Representation in Malta celebrated the European Day of Languages at Bay […]
National Book Prize Finalists – 2013 Books
The National Book Council wishes to announce that the National Book Prize finalists have just been […]
The Literary Contest of Novels for Youth 2013
The National Book Council would like to announce that the deadline for submission of applications is over […]
National Book Festival 2014
Below is the application form for interested exhibitors: application form 2014 access print versions […]
Poetry Night at Raymond Caruana Gardens – Gudja
Following the positive reviews that emergent poets received following their participation in the Malta Arts Festival in mid-July, […]
Emerging Artists – Malta Arts Festival 2013
The โemerging artistsโ series of the Malta Arts Festival of 2013 presented an interdisciplinary showcase of music and […]
The National Book Prize: BOOKS 2013
The National Book Council wishes to notify that this year’s applicants were duly examined by a board of […]
Book Donation to Malta Libraries
On the 23rd of June, 2014, a substantial list of books ranging from classic novels to academic […]
‘The Digital Librarian’ Competition 2013
On Thursday the 22nd of May, 2014, during a small ceremony at the Central Public Library, the […]
Hani Shukrallah at the University Book Festival 2014
watch the whole interview here: Hani Shukrallah interviewed by Karl Schembri at the Book Festival on Campus. 30th […]
Book Festival on Campus 2014
The Gฤงaqda tal-Malti – Universitร in collaboration with the National Book Council have organized the first edition of […]
Celebrating World Book Day 2014
ย As part of our ‘World Book Day’ celebrations, on the 23rd of April, Mr. Mark Camilleri […]
Book Donation and Q&A session at Mosta Primary A
This morning, the National Book Council was invited to hold a talk and Q&A session about the importance […]
Book Donation and Reading Session at Gลผira Primary School
In yesterday’s charming ceremony organized by Gลผira Primary School, the National Book Council donated the same school a […]
Celebrating World Book Day 2014 – Book Donation to Zabbar B Primary School
In a bid to celebrate World Book Day – the National Book Council has donated a list of […]
PLR Public Consultation Meeting 2014
On Monday 6th January, 2014 the National Book Council organised a Public Consultation Meeting that was held at […]
Book Donation to Malta Libraries – December 2013
This considerable book donation to Malta Libraries was the first of its kind for the National Book Council. […]
Annual Report 2013
Please, click on the link below to access the National Book Council’s 2013 Annual Report: annual-report-ebook-engl
National Book Prize: Books 2012
Winners of the National Book Prize 2013 for books published in 2012: Fiction: 1) ALEX […]
National Book Festival 2013 – 13-17 Nov MCC
The National Book Council would like to bring to your attention this year’s edition of the national book […]
Literary Journal of the National Book Council 2013
please click on the link below: L – literary journal .
European Day of Languages – Malta 2013
The Gฤงaqda tal-Malti โ Universitร on behalf of the European Commission Representation in Malta thanks the National Book […]
The Literary Contest of Novels for Youth 2012
The National Book Council would like to announce that it has just published both winning novels in the […]
Bedtime Reading Project
On Thursday, 23rd January 2013, in a ceremony where both the Education and the Health Ministers were present, […]