The National Book Council is pleased to announce that the Independent Adjudication Board has selected and communicated the shortlisted finalists for the National Book Prize and the Terramaxka Prize 2016. As is customary, we are publishing the list for the benefit of the public: the titles that appear in the shortlist are guaranteed to be all works of quality and therefore of interest to members of the public who can purchase these books from all general bookstores and at the upcoming Malta Book Festival (9-13 November, MCC Valletta).

As a welcome surprise for this year, quite a large number of new authors appear in the shortlist, from which we can infer a heightened interest in the contest on the part of the local community of writers and publishers. We are very pleased with this as it reflects very postively on our work to intensify both readership and literary production in the local market.

Hereunder is the shortlist for the National Book Prize, divided into its seven categories, followed by the shortlist for the Terramaxka Prize with five categories.

 

NATIONAL BOOK PRIZE 2016

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Novels in Maltese and English

Vandalism by Lizzie Eldridge (Merlin Publishers)

Iลผ-ลผejt fโ€™qiegฤง l-ilma by Martin Bugelli (Kite Group)

Jien, bฤงalek. Differenti. by Lorraine Galea (Horizons)

Esklussiva Dotcom by Gabriel Schembri (Klabb Kotba Maltin)

Trojan by Alex Vella Gera (Klabb Kotba Maltin)

 

Short-Stories in Maltese and English

Vespri by Trevor Zahra (Merlin Publishers)

Mhux Bilfors Hekk … by Alex Mizzi (Klabb Kotba Maltin)

 

Poetry in Maltese and English

Bla qiegฤง: poeลผija mit-trab 2010-2013 by Joe P. Galea (Horizons)

Klin u kapriฤ‹ฤ‹i oฤงra by Adrian Grima (Klabb Kotba Maltin)

South of the Kasbah by Norbert Bugeja (Midsea Books Ltd.)

Barefoot in the Saltpans โ€“ Poetry Mediterranean by Daniel Massa (Allied Publications)

Kantuniera โ€˜l bogฤงod by Nadia Mifsud (Skarta)

 

Translation

L-Iljieli Gฤงarbin by Edmund Teuma (BDL)

Oscar u s-sinjura roลผa by Claudine Borg (Faraxa Publishing) –ย Translation of โ€˜Oscar et la dame roseโ€™ by ร‰ric-Emmanuel Schmitt

Sharon u l-kunjata โ€“ Djarji minn Ramallah by Jean Paul Borg (SKS) –ย Translation of โ€˜Sharon and My Mother-in-Law : Ramallah Diariesโ€™ by Suad Amiry

Il-Kappillan taโ€™ Tours by Paul Zahra (Paul Zahra) –ย Translation of โ€˜Le Curรฉ de Toursโ€™ by Honorรฉ de Balzac

Il-Pesta tal-1676 by Joseph F. Grima (BDL) –ย Translation of โ€˜The Plague of 1676 โ€“ 11,300 Deathsโ€™ by Joseph Micallef

 

Historiographic Research

Slavery โ€“ Malta at the Crossroads: Transhipment of Slaves in a British Colony during the Nineteenth Century ย by Michael Refalo (BDL)

Judge Robert Ganado: A history of the Government Departments from 1815 and lawyers from 1666 by Albert Ganado (BDL)

Caravaggio to Mattia Preti: Baroque Painting in Malta by Keith Sciberras (Midsea Books Ltd.)

The People of the North 1546-1610 by Paul Catania (Midsea Books Ltd.)

The Battle of Lepanto: 7 October 1571 – An Unpublished Hospitaller Account by Paul George Pisani (Salesians of Don Bosco)

Giuseppe Donati and Umberto Calosso: two Italian anti-fascist refugees in Malta by Giorgio Peresso (SKS)

History of Ornithology in Malta by Joe Sultana and John J. Borg (Birdlife Malta)

 

General Research

Wild Flowers of the Maltese Islands by Edwin Lanfranco and Guido Bonett (BDL)

Antonio Sciortino: the Lost Album by Gerald Bugeja (Kite Group)

Patroloฤกija: L-Ewwel Volum by Alessandru Bonnici and Salvinu Caruana (ฤŠAK)

Rivelazzjoni u Profetiลผmu fl-Islam by Edmund Teuma (ฤŠAK)

The Maltese Islands and the Sea by Timmy Gambin (ed.) (Midsea Books Ltd.)

Qiegฤงda fil-Ponta taโ€™ Lsieni: it-Tieni Ktiebย by ฤ uลผi Gatt (Klabb Kotba Maltin)

Population ageing in Malta: Multidisciplinary Perspectives by Marvin Formosa and Charles Scerri (Malta University Press)

Aspetti tat-Traduzzjoni Maltija: it-Transfer Kreattiv fit-Traduzzjoni bil-Malti by Charles Briffa (Horizons)

 

 

TERRAMAXKA BOOK PRIZE 2016

 

Original Works: Books for Children (Ages 0-7)

Mingu by Clare Azzopardi (Merlin Publishers)

ลปuลผa, iลผ-ลผebra l-kurjuลผa by Mark Zammit (Klabb Kotba Maltin)

In-Naffar li xtaq itir / The Scarecrow who wanted to fly by Rita Saliba (Horizons)

 

Original Works: Books for Children (Ages 8-12)

Irvin Vella โ€“ Investigatur Virtwali: Il-Kaลผ Manduca by John A. Bonello (Merlin Publishers)

Il-Professur Gฤงasfur by ฤ orฤก Mallia (Merlin Publishers)

L-Avventuri taโ€™ Tipi by Joan Alison Farrugia (BDL)

L-Gฤงorfa fโ€™tarf l-irdum by Victor Fenech (Horizons)

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Original Works: Books for Adolescents (Ages 13-16)

Wiฤ‹ฤ‹ imb wiฤ‹ฤ‹ mal-veritร  by Carmel G. Cauchi (BDL)

Djamantini by Kulleฤกฤก Santa Klara, Sekondarja Pembroke (Kulleฤกฤก Santa Klara, Sekondarja Pembroke)

Esperjenza Unika, Love by Jacqueline Mizzi (Horizons)

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Translation: Books for Children (Ages 0-7)

Xโ€™Qed Tara? by Rachel Portelli (Merlin Publishers)ย –ย Traduzzjoni taโ€™ โ€˜Cosa Stai Guardando?โ€™ by Marica Bersan (illustrated by Claudio Cerri)

Bertu l-bebbuxu supereroj by Clare Azzopardi (Merlin Publishers) –ย Translation of โ€˜Berlingot est un superhรฉrosโ€™ by Virginie Hanna (illustrated by Amandine Piu)

ฤ akki l-Pirata by Clare Azzopardi (Merlin Publishers) –ย Translation of โ€˜Zafo le petit pirate!โ€™ by Virginie Hanna (illustrated by Michel Boucher)

Kamilla tixtieq familja ฤกdida by Clare Azzopardi (Merlin Publishers) –ย Translation of โ€˜Camille veut une nouvelle familleโ€™ by Yann Walcker (illustrated by Mylรจne Rigaudie)

Lupu Lupettu ma jridx jimxi aktar by Clare Azzopardi (Merlin Publishers) –ย Translation of โ€˜Le loup qui ne voulait plus marcherโ€™ by Orianne Lallemand (illustrated by ร‰lรฉonore Thuillier)

Vjoletta by Loranne Vella (Merlin Publishers) –ย Translation of โ€˜Violetaโ€™ by Abril Calero (illustrated by Monsurรณs)

 

Translation: Books for Children (Ages 8-12)

Il-Leฤกฤกenda taโ€™ San ฤ orฤก u d-Dragun by Pierre J. Mejlak (Merlin Publishers) –ย Translation of โ€˜La llegenda de Sant Jordi i el Dracโ€™ by Laura Vaquรฉ (illustrated by Nรบria Aparicio)

 

 

 

 


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