Home / Programme / Launch of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in Malta with Constantia Soteriou – NBC & Commonwealth Foundation – Is-Sala tal-Kittieba Launch of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in Malta with Constantia Soteriou – NBC & Commonwealth Foundation – Is-Sala tal-Kittieba 21st October, 2023 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM The National Book Council will be announcing a new collaboration with the Commonwealth Foundation through which Maltese writers will have the opportunity to participate in the Commonwealth Short Story Prize competition with short stories written in both Maltese and English. To inaugurate this collaboration, we will be welcoming Constantia Soteriou, the Cypriot writer whose short story ‘Death Customs’ won the 2019 edition of the Prize. Constantia Soteriou is a writer and playwright born in Nicosia in 1975. Her first novel Aishe Goes on Vacation (Patakis, 2015) won the Athens Prize for Literature. She is also the author of Voices Made of Soil (Patakis, 2017), which was shortlisted for the Cyprus Literature awards, and Bitter Country (Patakis, 2020), which won the National Book Award of Cyprus and was shortlisted for the European Union Prize for Literature. On this occasion, Soteriou will be interviewed by Elena Cardona. SHARE POST Similar Posts Eħlisna mid-Deni: A taste of Karl Schembri’s explosive new novel – Merlin Publishers – Is-Sala tal-Qarrejja 🇲🇹 9th November, 2025 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Read More Editorial Notes: Noah Fabri – A conversation between the writer and the editors – Aphroconfuso – Stand 7 🇲🇹 9th November, 2025 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM Read More Children’s Literature in Maltese: What stories are reaching our young readers? – NBC – Is-Sala tal-Kittieba 🇲🇹 9th November, 2025 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Read More Editorial Notes: Kurt Borg – A conversation between the writer and the editors – Aphroconfuso – Stand 7 🇲🇹 9th November, 2025 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM Read More Editorial Notes: Nicole Borg– A conversation between the writer and the editors – Aphroconfuso – Stand 7 🇲🇹 9th November, 2025 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM Read More An Evening with Jeff VanderMeer: Interview and book signing – NBC – Is-Sala tal-Kittieba 🇬🇧 8th November, 2025 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Read More Meet the Author & Book Signing: Lorraine Galea – Pandora Books – Stand 33 🇲🇹 8th November, 2025 6:30 PM - 7:15 PM Read More Antoloġija 2: Book launch – Aphroconfuso – Is-Sala tal-Kittieba 🇲🇹 8th November, 2025 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Read More Perfect Your Pitch for the Rights Catalogue: A workshop by Simon Trewin – NBC – Is-Sala tal-Kittieba 🇬🇧 8th November, 2025 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Read More