Home / News / Presentation of “This Fair Land” in London Back to News Presentation of “This Fair Land” in London Initiatives • News 3rd October, 2015 ‘This Fair Land’ – Maltese in London/Il-Malti f’Londra is an event organised by the National Book Council in collaboration with Francis Boutle Publishers to celebrate and promote Maltese literature in London with readings from ‘This Fair Land: An Anthology of Maltese Literature’ edited by Charles Briffa with a foreword by Oliver Friggieri. Prof. Charles Briffa delivered a short presentation interspersed with reading of several excerpts from the book by Marta Vella (see essay here: this fair land_presentation). “This Fair Land is a comprehensive collection of around 200 texts in Maltese accompanied by new translations into English. From the orally transmitted sayings of past centuries and the few surviving remnants of early written Maltese (the first poem in Maltese was composed in mid-fifteenth century) to the experiments and struggles for survival of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and the achievements of writing in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.” . SHARE POST Related Articles Acclaimed US editor Ann VanderMeer to deliver workshop at the Malta Book Festival ‘25 Festivals 8th July, 2025 Read More Jeff VanderMeer is the special guest at the Malta Book Festival ’25 Malta Book Festival 24th June, 2025 Read More Launching the Malta Book Festival ’25 Poster! Festivals 16th June, 2025 Read More Open Call for Installation Proposals: Centrepiece of the From Illustration to Book Exhibition at the Malta Book Festival 2025 News 26th May, 2025 Read More Know Your Rights! Literary Agent Simon Trewin offers free Zoom session to stakeholders News 26th May, 2025 Read More CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: POSITION OF DIRECTOR (EXECUTIVE) WITH THE NATIONAL BOOK COUNCIL News 16th May, 2025 Read More The Malta Book Festival 2025 Will Be Writing Anew! News 14th May, 2025 Read More The 2025 Doreen Micallef National Poetry Contest is Now Open for Entries News 12th May, 2025 Read More Call for Short Stories About Valletta for Comma Press’ Reading the City Series News 28th April, 2025 Read More Have Your Say: The National Book Council 2025-2030 Strategy Up for Public Consultation News 28th April, 2025 Read More view all similar news
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