List of participants for NATIONAL BOOK PRIZE 2015 and TERRAMAXKA PRIZE 2015

The National Book Council is proud to announce that the official list of books participating in the National Book Prize 2015 as well as the Terramaxka Prize 2015 is out. Local publishing houses and their authors have responded to the NBC’s call for applications for books published throughout 2014 and the response has been astounding. Below please find listed all 153 participating publications in their respective categories as approved by the appointed adjudication board. Please note that the Terramaxka Prize 2015 is in its first year and gathers together the Prize categories for original works and translations of children and adolescents’ literature. The adjudication process is already underway and a shortlist will be issued officially later on this year.

National Book Prize 2015

 NOVELS

TITLE	AUTHOREDITOR	PUBLISHER
L-Iskjav ta’ Isabel	Audrey Friggieri	Horizons
L-istorja tiegħi	Darren Agius	Horizons
Id-Djarju ta’ Darba f’Sena	Lorraine Galea	Horizons
Jutta Heim	Immanuel Mifsud	Klabb Kotba Maltin
Taħt il-Ħarruba	Alfred Massa	DOM Comm. LTD
Meta d-Dmugħ ma Jinxifx	Anthony Farrugia	DOM Comm. LTD
Ħajja Ġdida għal Maria	Rita Grech	DOM Comm. LTD
Glorjana	Dott. Karmenu Mallia	DOM Comm. LTD
Mill-Fond tal-Art	Antoine Barbara	DOM Comm. LTD
Fi Nżul ix-Xemx Sabiħ	Pupull Debattista Borg	DOM Comm. LTD
Sal-Mewt	Pupull Debattista Borg	DOM Comm. LTD
Għajn Klieb	Pupull Debattista Borg	DOM Comm. LTD
Bajjuni Ngurmati	John C. Betts	Klabb Kotba Maltin
Il-Polz li Baqa’ Jħabbat	Bertram Portelli	Pubblikazzjoni Preca
Ix-Xitan iz-Zopp	Tony C. Cutajar	Horizons
X’Seta Ġralu lil Kevin Cacciattolo?	Mark Vella	Merlin Publishers
TWO	Teodor Reljic	Merlin Publishers
Dijaspori	Salv Sammut	Horizons
L-Anġlu tal-Lament	Carlo O. D’Emanuele	Horizons
Iż-Żeffiena tal-Kerubini	Carlo O. D’Emanuele	Horizons
Preżenza	Michael Cini	Horizons
Bla Ħtija	Gino Lombardi	Self-Published
L-Eroj li ma Kienx – Il-Ġrajja ta’ Suldat Malti fil-Gwerra l-Kbira	Joseph Vella	Self-Published
Il-Furban Malti, El Sakr, u l-Assedju tal-1551	Sebastian Debono	Horizons
L-Għoġol tad-Deheb	Tony C. Cutajar	Horizons
Għall-Magħmul m’Hemmx Kunsill	Liliana Risiott	Book Distributors Limited

SHORT STORIES

TITLE	AUTHOREDITOR	PUBLISHER
Kullana Mżewqa	Carmel Bianchi	DOM Comm. LTD
Feruti	Carmel Scicluna	Horizons
L-Aħħar Każi ta’ G. J.	Pupull Debattista Borg	DOM Comm. LTD
Mill-Praspar ta’ Fra Pietru	Fr. Reno Muscat	DOM Comm. LTD
Kulħadd ħalla isem warajh	Clare Azzopardi	Merlin Publishers
INSANIAM	Edgar Formosa	Horizons
Satin	Rita Saliba	Horizons
Il-Kummidjanti tal-Parlament	Carmel Scicluna	Horizons

POETRY

TITLE	AUTHOREDITOR	PUBLISHER
Epistoli Mid-Deżert: Poeżiji u Poesaġġi	Mario Azzopardi	Horizons
Fi Triqti Lejha	Walid Nabhan	Klabb Kotba Maltin
Taħt il-Kpiepel t’Għajnejja	Maria Grech Ganado	Klabb Kotba Maltin
Temenos – Il-Ħaġar Għadu Ħabib tal-Imnajdra	Charles Briffa	Horizons
In Her Element	Therese Pace	Faraxa Publishing
Il-Purgatorju 360°	Joseph W. Psaila	Self-Published
Trifoċju ta’ Lwien	Patrick Sammut, Mario Attard, Frank Zammit	Self-Published
Riflessi	Charles Casha	Self-Published
Malta Poema Viżiva	Victor Fenech	Horizons
Klessidra: Versi taż-Żmien Maħrub	Lilian Sciberras	Horizons
Il-Fgura 50 Sena Parroċċa	Paul Mifsud	Self-Published
A Land in the Storytelling Sea: A North American in Malta	Sheryl Loeffler	Faraxa Publishing
POE	Dott. Karmenu Mallia	DOM Comm. LTD
Mirja	Philip Sciberras	Sciberras Associates Publishing

DRAMA

TITLE	AUTHOREDITOR	PUBLISHER
Jum il-Ħaqq	Doris Vella Camilleri	Self-Published
Il-Mara ta’ Dlielha Twil	Gorg Peresso	Horizons

TRANSLATION

GENERAL RESEARCH

HISTORIOGRAPHIC RESEARCH

Terramaxka Prize 2015 

ORIGINAL WORKS: Children’s Books (0-7 yrs)

ORIGINAL WORKS: Children’s Books (8-12 years)

ORIGINAL WORKS: Adolescents’ Books (13-16 yrs) 

TRANSLATION: Books translated into Maltese (0-7 yrs)

TRANSLATION: Books translated into Maltese (8-12 yrs)

TRANSLATION: Books translated into Maltese (13-16 yrs)

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