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 Booker Prize winner Samantha Harvey heads to Malta Book Festival News 2nd September, 2025 Read More The Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2026 Opens for Submissions in Maltese and English News 1st September, 2025 Read More Shortlist For The 2025 National Book Prize Announced News 26th August, 2025 Read More What Makes a Great Short Story? News 18th August, 2025 Read More ANNOUNCING THE NBC’S SHORT STORY WORKSHOP TOUR (AUG-OCT 2025) News 5th August, 2025 Read More The National Book Council launches Five-Year Strategy 2025–2030 News 5th August, 2025 Read More Sandra Hili Vassallo Appointed Executive Director of the National Book Council News 22nd July, 2025 Read More The results of the Malta Book Fund 2025 are out News 15th July, 2025 Read More The 42nd PLR Payment Is Out Public Lending Rights 9th July, 2025 Read More Acclaimed US editor Ann VanderMeer to deliver workshop at the Malta Book Festival ‘25 Festivals 8th July, 2025 Read More view all similar news
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