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 Shining an international spotlight on the Maltese book sector at London Book Fair 2026 News 22nd January, 2026 Read More A book donation by the National Book Council to Malta Libraries Initiatives 16th January, 2026 Read More JOIN THE NBC AT THE LONDON BOOK FAIR 2026: GUEST PASSES FOR NBC STAKEHOLDERS FROM MALTA News 12th January, 2026 Read More The 44 PLR Payment Is Out Public Lending Rights 9th January, 2026 Read More The National Book Council pays tribute to the memory of Alfred Palma News 20th December, 2025 Read More Call for Reviewers for the Paġna Letterarja in 2026 Initiatives 19th December, 2025 Read More CALL FOR TRANSLATORS – Submit your details to the NBC Translators Database News 3rd December, 2025 Read More Book donation by the NBC to Komunità ta’ Santa Marija News 3rd December, 2025 Read More Call For Illustrator Submissions: Feature Your Artwork At The NBC Stand, London Book Fair 2026 (10–12 March) Literary Exports 1st December, 2025 Read More The Literary Export Initiative For Publishers And Authors From Malta (Including London Book Fair, 10–12 March 2026) News 1st December, 2025 Read More view all similar news
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