Home / News / Book Festival on Campus 2014 Back to News Book Festival on Campus 2014 Campus Book Festival • Festivals • Initiatives • News 28th April, 2014 The Għaqda tal-Malti – Università in collaboration with the National Book Council have organized the first edition of the Book Festival on Campus. The Festival, held between the 28th and 30th of April kicked off daily at 9:00, till 15:00. Some of the activities were also held after 19.00. Some of Malta’s leading publishers and distributors also set up a book stand for the occasion: Sierra Book Distributors, Horizons, Faraxa Books, Sensiela Kotba Soċjalisti, Bronk Productions, and Agius and Agius. Books by other publishers were also available. A number of related activities were also held in different parts of the Quadrangle, some of which involving established writers, distinct critics and students, namely: − Sexuality in the Maltese Literature: a discussion between Trevor Zahra, Immanuel Mifsud, Sean Buhagiar and Aleks Farrugia, amongst others. − ‘Fight Club’: a film with Maltese subtitles, translated by Simon Cassar, with the help of Prof. Toni Aquilina. − Aqrali, qaltli: another public reading by Immanuel Mifsud; this time Mifsud will be reading ‘Fl-Isem tal-Missier (u tal-Iben).’ − Transessjoni: a public reading and discussion between the participants of the creative writing programme TAĦŻIŻ2 − …ħsieb il-ktieb: a talk on how to organize and take care of your own private library. − Musical adaptations by Danjeli to some of the literary pieces found in ‘Leħen il-Malti’ (32). following are some photos from the three-day festival: SHARE POST Related Articles The 43rd PLR Payment Is Out Public Lending Rights 8th October, 2025 Read More Meet the Exhibitors at the Malta Book Festival! News 8th October, 2025 Read More Writing Anew with Fresh Tools in Our Arsenal! Delve into Workshops and Masterclasses at the Malta Book Festival ’25 Malta Book Festival 2nd October, 2025 Read More Winners of the 2025 National Book Prize Announced at Verdala Castle News 26th September, 2025 Read More Everyone will be Writing Anew: The Full Programme for The Malta Book Festival Is Now Out! News 23rd September, 2025 Read More The National Book Council Launches the Malta Book Festival Trailer! News 16th September, 2025 Read More Make a mark abroad! Literary agent Simon Trewin offers practical networking tips during a free Zoom session News 12th September, 2025 Read More Bringing children’s literature to dynamic life on stage at the Malta Book Festival Festivals 10th September, 2025 Read More The National Book Council welcomes new board members News 10th September, 2025 Read More POSITION OF MANAGER WITH THE NATIONAL BOOK COUNCIL: JOBSPLUS PERMIT NUMBER 881/2025 News 9th September, 2025 Read More view all similar news
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