
Il-Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb bi pjaċir iħabbar li ħarġet il-lista uffiċċjali tal-kotba li ser jipparteċipaw fil-Premju Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb 2015 kif wkoll fil-Premju Terramaxka 2015. Djar ta’ pubblikazjoni u l-awturi tagħhom wieġbu bi ħġarhom is-sejħa għall-applikazzjonijiet għall-kotba ppubblikati tul l-2014. Hawn taħt hawn imniżżla l-lista tal-153 pubblikazzjoniji fil-kategoriji rispettivi kif ġew approvati mill-bord tal-aġġudikazzjoni appuntat. Din hija l-ewwel sena tal-Premju Terramaxka 2015 u fih jiġbor l-kategoriji kollha tal-Premju għall-xogħlijiet oriġinali kif wkoll traduzzjonijiet ta’ xogħolijiet letterarji immirati lejn it-tfal u adolexxenti. Il-proċess ta’ aġġudikazzjoni diġa beda u aktar tard din is-sena toħroġ pubblika l-lista ta’ kotba li jgħaddu għall-fażi finali.
Premju Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb 2015
RUMANZI
TITLU | AWTUR/EDITUR | PUBBLIKATUR |
L-Iskjav ta’ Isabel | Audrey Friggieri | Horizons |
L-istorja tiegħi | Darren Agius | Horizons |
Id-Djarju ta’ Darba f’Sena | Lorraine Galea | Horizons |
Jutta Heim | Immanuel Mifsud | Klabb Kotba Maltin |
Taħt il-Ħarruba | Alfred Massa | DOM Comm. LTD |
Meta d-Dmugħ ma Jinxifx | Anthony Farrugia | DOM Comm. LTD |
Ħajja Ġdida għal Maria | Rita Grech | DOM Comm. LTD |
Glorjana | Dott. Karmenu Mallia | DOM Comm. LTD |
Mill-Fond tal-Art | Antoine Barbara | DOM Comm. LTD |
Fi Nżul ix-Xemx Sabiħ | Pupull Debattista Borg | DOM Comm. LTD |
Sal-Mewt | Pupull Debattista Borg | DOM Comm. LTD |
Għajn Klieb | Pupull Debattista Borg | DOM Comm. LTD |
Bajjuni Ngurmati | John C. Betts | Klabb Kotba Maltin |
Il-Polz li Baqa’ Jħabbat | Bertram Portelli | Pubblikazzjoni Preca |
Ix-Xitan iz-Zopp | Tony C. Cutajar | Horizons |
X’Seta Ġralu lil Kevin Cacciattolo? | Mark Vella | Merlin Publishers |
TWO | Teodor Reljic | Merlin Publishers |
Dijaspori | Salv Sammut | Horizons |
L-Anġlu tal-Lament | Carlo O. D’Emanuele | Horizons |
Iż-Żeffiena tal-Kerubini | Carlo O. D’Emanuele | Horizons |
Preżenza | Michael Cini | Horizons |
Bla Ħtija | Gino Lombardi | Self-Published |
L-Eroj li ma Kienx – Il-Ġrajja ta’ Suldat Malti fil-Gwerra l-Kbira | Joseph Vella | Self-Published |
Il-Furban Malti, El Sakr, u l-Assedju tal-1551 | Sebastian Debono | Horizons |
L-Għoġol tad-Deheb | Tony C. Cutajar | Horizons |
Għall-Magħmul m’Hemmx Kunsill | Liliana Risiott | Book Distributors Limited |
NOVELLI
TITLU | AWTUR/EDITUR | PUBBLIKATUR |
Kullana Mżewqa | Carmel Bianchi | DOM Comm. LTD |
Feruti | Carmel Scicluna | Horizons |
L-Aħħar Każi ta’ G. J. | Pupull Debattista Borg | DOM Comm. LTD |
Mill-Praspar ta’ Fra Pietru | Fr. Reno Muscat | DOM Comm. LTD |
Kulħadd ħalla isem warajh | Clare Azzopardi | Merlin Publishers |
INSANIAM | Edgar Formosa | Horizons |
Satin | Rita Saliba | Horizons |
Il-Kummidjanti tal-Parlament | Carmel Scicluna | Horizons |
POEŻIJA
TITLU | AWTUR/EDITUR | PUBBLIKATUR |
Epistoli Mid-Deżert: Poeżiji u Poesaġġi | Mario Azzopardi | Horizons |
Fi Triqti Lejha | Walid Nabhan | Klabb Kotba Maltin |
Taħt il-Kpiepel t’Għajnejja | Maria Grech Ganado | Klabb Kotba Maltin |
Temenos – Il-Ħaġar Għadu Ħabib tal-Imnajdra | Charles Briffa | Horizons |
In Her Element | Therese Pace | Faraxa Publishing |
Il-Purgatorju 360° | Joseph W. Psaila | Self-Published |
Trifoċju ta’ Lwien | Patrick Sammut, Mario Attard, Frank Zammit | Self-Published |
Riflessi | Charles Casha | Self-Published |
Malta Poema Viżiva | Victor Fenech | Horizons |
Klessidra: Versi taż-Żmien Maħrub | Lilian Sciberras | Horizons |
Il-Fgura 50 Sena Parroċċa | Paul Mifsud | Self-Published |
A Land in the Storytelling Sea: A North American in Malta | Sheryl Loeffler | Faraxa Publishing |
POE | Dott. Karmenu Mallia | DOM Comm. LTD |
Mirja | Philip Sciberras | Sciberras Associates Publishing |
DRAMA
TITLU | AWTUR/EDITUR | PUBBLIKATUR |
Jum il-Ħaqq | Doris Vella Camilleri | Self-Published |
Il-Mara ta’ Dlielha Twil | Gorg Peresso | Horizons |
TRADUZZJONI
TITLU | AWTUR/EDITUR | PUBBLIKATUR |
Nimirħu maż-Żmien | Marlene Saliba | Faraxa Publishing |
Ittra lil Tarbija li Qatt ma Twieldet | Christine Bajada | Faraxa Publishing |
Ostaġġ tat-Tielet Reich | Tony C. Cutajar | Horizons |
Neżlin bħax-Xita | Toni Aquilina | Fondation de Malte |
Is-Sur Ibrahim u l-Fjuri fil-Koran | Toni Aquilina | Faraxa Publishing |
Boonds in the Mirror of Time | Antoinette Pace | Faraxa Publishing |
Nimbuttaw ‘l quddiem bħal ħmar | Eman Bonnici | Horizons |
Salammbȏ | Paul Zahra | Self-Published |
RIĊERKA TA’ NATURA ĠENERALI
TITLU | AWTUR/EDITUR | PUBBLIKATUR |
Plurali Maltin | George Ebejer | DOM Comm. LTD |
L-Istorja tat-Tazza tad-Dinja | Ramon Zammit | Horizons |
Dizzjunarju tal-Malti għall-Iskejjel | Carmel Tabone | Klabb Kotba Maltin |
Minn Fomm il-Kittieb Vol. 1 | Patrick Sammut | Horizons |
Bormla: A Struggling Community | Josann Cutajar | Faraxa Publishing |
Winning Without Fighting | Claudette Portelli | Malta University Publishing |
In-Nisġa tal-Ħsieb – Vol. 3: mill-Idealiżmu sal-Postmoderniżmu | Joe Friggieri | Malta University Publishing |
Il-Vatikan – Misteri – Storja – Kurżitajiet | Fr. Reno Muscat | DOM Comm. LTD |
Translation Studies from Malta | Charles Briffa | Malta University Publishing |
The Maltese Bestiary | Stephan D. Mifsud | Merlin Publishers |
Musical Instruments of the Maltese Islands | Anna Borg Cardona | Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti |
Evoluzzjoni jew Ħolqien Soċjali | George Ebejer | DOM Comm. LTD |
JUAN: Il-Ħalliel tal-Qlub | Fr. Eric Cachia SAB | Horizons |
… maqful fil-ħabs ta’ ġbini … | Paul P. Borg | Horizons |
Profili | Kav. Joe M. Attard | Klabb Kotba Maltin |
Ġabra ta’ Kliem: Malti Mhux Safi – Malti Safi | Pupull Debattista Borg | DOM Comm. LTD |
Shostakovich, Britten, Stravinsky and the Painters in Between: 1936 | Giuseppe Schembri Bonaci | Horizons |
A Grammar of the Real Maltese Language | Pupull Debattista Borg | DOM Comm. LTD |
Does it matter who speaks? | Kenneth Wain | Malta University Press |
Il-Prostituzzjoni f’Malta | Edward Attard | Book Distributors Limited |
The Maltese 19th Century Notary and his Archives | Michael Refalo | Book Distributors Limited |
RIĊERKA TA’ NATURA STORJOGRAFIKA
TITLU | AWTUR/EDITUR | PUBBLIKATUR |
The Social and Religious History of a Maltese Parish: St. Mary’s Qrendi in the 18th cent. | Frans Ciappara | Malta University Press |
Essays on the Cantilena | Dr. Bernard Micallef | Midsea Books LTD |
M.A. Vassalli 1764-1829, An Enlightened Maltese Reformer | Prof. Frans Ciappara | Midsea Books LTD |
The Amazing Story of Manuel Dimech | Mark Montebello | DOM Comm. LTD |
Ġorġ Borg Olivier: 50 Sena Malta Indipendenti | Josef Grech | DOM Comm. LTD |
Duminku Mintoff u Mons. Mikiel Gonzi | Josef Grech | DOM Comm. LTD |
Isle Landers | Darrin Zammit Lupi | Self-Published |
Two Generations of Maltese Artistic Families VOL 1 | Dr. Aloysius Lagana | APS Bank LTD |
France in the Maltese Collective Memory, Perceptions, Perspectives, Identities after Bonaparte in British Malta | Charles Xuereb | Midsea Books LTD |
Ilkoll Aħwa fi Kristu: Ġużeppi Mercieca, Memorji | Charles Buttiġieġ | Klabb Kotba Maltin |
Mattia Preti: Saints and Heroes for the Knights of Malta | Cynthia de Giorgio | Midsea Books LTD |
Pawlu VI – Papa li qadef fil-Maltemp | Fr. Reno Muscat | DOM Comm. LTD |
Qrendi – its people and their heritage | Dr. George Cassar | Kunsill Lokali Qrendi |
L-Imqabba – Bejn Storja u Folklor | Carmen Lia | Self-Published |
Essays on the Archaeology and Ancient History of the Maltese Islands | Prof. Mario Buhagiar | Midsea Books LTD |
St. Geroge’s Basilica and its Ħaġar Museum | Pawlu Mizzi | Heritage Books |
Minn Fomm Vassalli | David Agius Muscat & Olvin Vella | Klabb Kotba Maltin |
Il-Prefazju Storiku ta’ l-Mylsen Feniċju-Puniku | Prof. Horatio Ceasar Roger Vella | Klabb Kotba Maltin |
Marie Louise Coleiro Preca – Il-Mara tas-Soċjaliżmu | Josef Grech | DOM Comm. LTD |
Dimech’s Lost Prison Poems | Prof. Henry Frendo | Midsea Books LTD |
An Amateur’s View of the Origin of the Indo-European Languages and Peoples | Pupull Debattista Borg | DOM Comm. LTD |
Dom Mintoff u l-Ħelsien | Josef Grech | DOM Comm. LTD |
Mit-Tieqa tal-Għorfa | Dott. Karmenu Mallia | DOM Comm. LTD |
L-Avukat Giuseppe Elia Pace 1742-1820: Ħabib ta’ M.A. Vassalli f’Ruma | Karmenu Bonavia | Klabb Kotba Maltin |
Richard Ellis: Malta, Portrait of an Era | Ian Ellis | Book Distributors Limited |
The Salter Album: Encounters in Malta’s Prisoner of War Camps, 1914-1920 | Charles Farrugia | National Archives of Malta |
Premju Terramaxka 2015
XOGĦLIJIET ORIĠINALI: Kotba għat-Tfal (0-7 snin)
TITLU | AWTUR/EDITUR | PUBBLIKATUR |
Jisimni Mariah | Doris Schembri | Faraxa Publishing |
L-Ewwel Ktieb tal-Kuluri | Terence Portelli | Klabb Kotba Maltin |
L-Ewwel Ktieb tan-Numri | Terence Portelli | Klabb Kotba Maltin |
L-Ewwel Ktieb tal-Alfabett | Terence Portelli | Klabb Kotba Maltin |
Kliem minn kullimkien | Terence Portelli | Klabb Kotba Maltin |
XOGĦLIJIET ORIĠINALI: Kotba għat-Tfal (8-12-il sena)
TITLU | AWTUR/EDITUR | PUBBLIKATUR |
What? Another Book of Stories? | Roberta Bajada | M.U.T. Publications |
Jake Cassar irid isalva ir-renji kollha waħdu | Clare Azzopardi | Merlin Publishers |
Ir-Re tal-Ġungla u s-Skiet Misterjuż | Therese Pace | Faraxa Publishing |
Fis-Sena Sittin | Emanuel Curmi | Publikazzjonijiet Preca |
San Pawl li Beka | Pawlu Mizzi | Klabb Kotba Maltin |
Bieb il-Għarreqin | Pawlu Mizzi | Klabb Kotba Maltin |
Il-Ġebla tal-Ħalfa | Pawlu Mizzi | Klabb Kotba Maltin |
Il-Wegħda tal-Ktajjen | Pawlu Mizzi | Klabb Kotba Maltin |
Valuri biz-Zokkor | Charles Magro | M.U. T. Publications |
Save Samyo City | Sherise Bugeja | Merlin Publishers |
Stampakelma | Trevor Zahra | Merlin Publishers |
Il-Gżira ta’ Wanyama | Claudia Cini | M.U.T. Publications |
Dizzjunarju bil-Malti għat-Tfal | Christopher J. Micallef | Book Distributors Limited |
XOGĦLIJIET ORIĠINALI: Kotba għall-Adolexxenti (13-16-il sena)
TITLU | AWTUR/EDITUR | PUBBLIKATUR |
Only in Ħal Biżarr | David Aloisio | Klabb Kotba Maltin |
Strange Tales | Charles Raymond Coyne | Faraxa Publishing |
The Legend of Amanda Robins | Corrine Annette Zahra | Faraxa Publishing |
Il-Misteru tal-Ġgantija | Ivan De Battista | Book Distributors Limited |
Il-Baħri | Charles Casha | Klabb Kotba Maltin |
TRADUZZJONI: Kotba maqlubin għall-Malti (0-7 snin)
TITLU | AWTUR/EDITUR | PUBBLIKATUR |
Aċċu! | Trevor Zahra | Merlin Publishers |
X’qed ifittex fid-dar tiegħu Gallett? | Terence Portelli | Klabb Kotba Maltin |
Busy Farm / Razzett Mimli Tħabrik | Toni Aquilina | Faraxa Publishing |
Nora, hemm x’ilbist? | Clare Azzopardi | Merlin Publishers |
Nora ma tiflaħx | Clare Azzopardi | Merlin Publishers |
Il-Fabbrika tal-Kliem | Clare Azzopardi | Merlin Publishers |
Serafin il-Prinċep Denfil | Clare Azzopardi | Merlin Publishers |
Rosetta Banana, tinten jew tfuħ? | Clare Azzopardi | Merlin Publishers |
Kukku l-Kukkudrill Kantant | Clare Azzopardi | Merlin Publishers |
Lupu Lupettu Kull Kulur | Clare Azzopardi | Merlin Publishers |
Ġimgħa ma’ Gallett | Terence Portelli | Klabb Kotba Maltin |
Ġurnata ma’ Gallett | Terence Portelli | Klabb Kotba Maltin |
Milly, Molly u ż-Żerriegħa tal-Qar’aħmar | Frans A. Attard | Uptrend Publishing |
Milly u Molly bil-Mutur | Frans A. Attard | Uptrend Publishing |
Milly, Molly u d-Dwejra ta’ Bob | Frans A. Attard | Uptrend Publishing |
Milly u Molly Jgħallmu lil Makk jaqra | Frans A. Attard | Uptrend Publishing |
TRADUZZJONI: Kotba maqlubin għall-Malti (8-12-il sena)
TITLU | AWTUR/EDITUR | PUBBLIKATUR |
Il-Misteru tal-Labirint | Rita Saliba | Merlin Publishers |
Il-Misteru tad-Dniefel tal-Ġebel | Rita Saliba | Merlin Publishers |
Par Widnejn Kbar | Loranne Vella | Merlin Publishers |
Kosmos Express: il-Wikkiel tal-Pjaneti | Loranne Vella | Merlin Publishers |
Merħba fir-Rifuġju ta’ Kobikisa! | Loranne Vella | Merlin Publishers |
L-Investigazzjonijiet ta’ Arkimeda Lapsi: Din iċ-Ċajta min Għamilha? | Loranne Vella | Merlin Publishers |
It-Tifel Dragun: l-Ewwel Fjamma | Loranne Vella | Merlin Publishers |
Se Jkolli Ħijja Żgħir? Le Grazzi! | Loranne Vella | Merlin Publishers |
TRADUZZJONI: Kotba maqlubin għall-Malti (13-16-il sena)
TITLU | AWTUR/EDITUR | PUBBLIKATUR |
Kważi Kważi lil Tamara Nżommuha | Simon Bartolo | Merlin Publishers |