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 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 Jeff VanderMeer is the special guest at the Malta Book Festival ’25 Malta Book Festival 24th June, 2025 Read More Launching the Malta Book Festival ’25 Poster! Festivals 16th June, 2025 Read More Open Call for Installation Proposals: Centrepiece of the From Illustration to Book Exhibition at the Malta Book Festival 2025 News 26th May, 2025 Read More Know Your Rights! Literary Agent Simon Trewin offers free Zoom session to stakeholders News 26th May, 2025 Read More view all similar news
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