Home / National Book Prize / Poetry Maps Poeżiji Poetry Maps Poetry Maps (2025) is Matthew Schembri’s contribution to the Two Moons and Two Suns project by Fictive Archive Investigations. It showcases several map outlines of island countries created from poems printed in black ink on white sheets. Each poem was written by a living poet from a habitable island nation who agreed to participate either through an open call or by personal invitation. The theme of the open call was intentionally broad, though contributors were encouraged to share poems connected — directly or indirectly — to their island country. A recurring motif emerged on its own: the presence of liquid-sweat, tears, blood, rain — and, above all, the sea. Ixtri l-ktieb Awtoppubblikat / Self-published Poeżiji 2026 Matthew Schembri (ed.) Matthew Schembri huwa artist, kittieb u poeta bbażat Malta. Schembri rebaħ Divergent Thinkers (2015), Shifting Contexts (2019), u fl-2017 ingħata l-premju għall-ewwel Artist Żagħżugħ tas-Sena mill-Kunsill Malti għall-Arti. Ir-rumanz debutt tiegħu, Stessi (2018), rebaħ Il-Konkors ta’ Kitba – Letteratura għaż-Żgħażagħ 2016, u l-ewwel ġabra ta’ poeżiji tiegħu, Ħassartek (2021), wasslitu biex jirbaħ il-premju għall-Aħjar Awtur Emerġenti, mogħti mill-Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb ta’ Malta fl-2022. NEED ANY HELP? GET IN TOUCH contact us