Home / News / ‘Il-Kotba Jieħdu l-Ħajja’ (Books Come to Life) at the Malta Book Festival 2019 Back to News ‘Il-Kotba Jieħdu l-Ħajja’ (Books Come to Life) at the Malta Book Festival 2019 Festivals • News 26th August, 2019 The popular comedy duo Danusan and the National Book Council have teamed up once again to present a show aimed at celebrating books and reading. Excellent for families with children, the one hour and thirty minute shows ‘Il-Kotba Jieħdu l-Ħajja’ (Books Come to Life) are not to be missed, and you can expect entertainment and laughter. DANUSAN will be showing the importance of reading in their own hilarious way and will be staging performances inspired by the works that will have just been awarded the 2019 Terramaxka Prize for children. These will be announced during the Malta Book Festival’s opening ceremony on 5 November. ‘Il-Kotba Jieħdu l-Ħajja’ will be held at Republic Hall, MCC. The tickets for the three shows (Friday 8 November at 8pm, Saturday 9 November at 7pm and Sunday 10 November at 3pm) are now available for sale on the MCC’s website and showshappening.com. The starting price is 5€. With the purchase of a ticket for the Danusan show and upon presentation of the ticket during the show, you can get a 3€ book voucher to be spent at any outlet exhibiting at the Malta Book Festival 2019. Buy your ticket here. Visit the NBC Facebook page and the MBF event page to know more about this and other events. The opening times of the Malta Book Festival 2019 are: Wednesday 6 November: 09:00 – 13:00, 17:30 – 21:30 Thursday 7 November: 09:00 – 13:00, 17:30 – 21:30 Friday 8 November: 09:00 – 13:00, 17:30 – 22:00 Saturday 9 November: 09:30 – 22:30 Sunday 10 November: 08:30 – 20:00 Mediterranean Conference Centre (MCC), Triq l-Isptar, Valletta, VLT 1645. [add_posts category=malta-book-festival show=100] SHARE POST Related Articles 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 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 view all similar news
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