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

National Book Prize • News

16th June, 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

TITLE	AUTHOR/EDITOR	PUBLISHER
Nimirħu maż-Żmien	Marlene Saliba	Faraxa Publishing
Ittra lil Tarbija li Qatt ma Twieldet	Christine Bajada	Faraxa Publishing
Ostaġġ tat-Tielet Reich	Tony C. Cutajar	Horizons
Neżlin bħax-Xita	Toni Aquilina	Fondation de Malte
Is-Sur Ibrahim u l-Fjuri fil-Koran	Toni Aquilina	Faraxa Publishing
Boonds in the Mirror of Time	Antoinette Pace	Faraxa Publishing
Nimbuttaw ‘l quddiem bħal ħmar	Eman Bonnici	Horizons
Salammbȏ	Paul Zahra	Self-Published

GENERAL RESEARCH

TITLE	AUTHOR/EDITOR	PUBLISHER
Plurali Maltin	George Ebejer	DOM Comm. LTD
L-Istorja tat-Tazza tad-Dinja	Ramon Zammit	Horizons
Dizzjunarju tal-Malti għall-Iskejjel	Carmel Tabone	Klabb Kotba Maltin
Minn Fomm il-Kittieb Vol. 1	Patrick Sammut	Horizons
Bormla: A Struggling Community	Josann Cutajar	Faraxa Publishing
Winning Without Fighting	Claudette Portelli	Malta University Publishing
In-Nisġa tal-Ħsieb – Vol. 3: mill-Idealiżmu sal-Postmoderniżmu	Joe Friggieri	Malta University Publishing
Il-Vatikan – Misteri – Storja – Kurżitajiet	Fr. Reno Muscat	DOM Comm. LTD
Translation Studies from Malta	Charles Briffa	Malta University Publishing
The Maltese Bestiary	Stephan D. Mifsud	Merlin Publishers
Musical Instruments of the Maltese Islands	Anna Borg Cardona	Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti
Evoluzzjoni jew Ħolqien Soċjali	George Ebejer	DOM Comm. LTD
JUAN: Il-Ħalliel tal-Qlub	Fr. Eric Cachia SAB	Horizons
… maqful fil-ħabs ta’ ġbini …	Paul P. Borg	Horizons
Profili	Kav. Joe M. Attard	Klabb Kotba Maltin
Ġabra ta’ Kliem: Malti Mhux Safi – Malti Safi	Pupull Debattista Borg	DOM Comm. LTD
Shostakovich, Britten, Stravinsky and the Painters in Between: 1936	Giuseppe Schembri Bonaci	Horizons
A Grammar of the Real Maltese Language	Pupull Debattista Borg	DOM Comm. LTD
Does it matter who speaks?	Kenneth Wain	Malta University Press
Il-Prostituzzjoni f’Malta	Edward Attard	Book Distributors Limited
The Maltese 19th Century Notary and his Archives	Michael Refalo	Book Distributors Limited

HISTORIOGRAPHIC RESEARCH

TITLE	AUTHOR/EDITOR	PUBLISHER
The Social and Religious History of a Maltese Parish: St. Mary’s Qrendi in the 18th cent.	Frans Ciappara	Malta University Press
Essays on the Cantilena	Dr. Bernard Micallef	Midsea Books LTD
M.A. Vassalli 1764-1829, An Enlightened Maltese Reformer	Prof. Frans Ciappara	Midsea Books LTD
The Amazing Story of Manuel Dimech	Mark Montebello	DOM Comm. LTD
Ġorġ Borg Olivier: 50 Sena Malta Indipendenti	Josef Grech	DOM Comm. LTD
Duminku Mintoff u Mons. Mikiel Gonzi	Josef Grech	DOM Comm. LTD
Isle Landers	Darrin Zammit Lupi	Self-Published
Two Generations of Maltese Artistic Families VOL 1	Dr. Aloysius Lagana	APS Bank LTD
France in the Maltese Collective Memory, Perceptions, Perspectives, Identities after Bonaparte in British Malta	Charles Xuereb	Midsea Books LTD
Ilkoll Aħwa fi Kristu: Ġużeppi Mercieca, Memorji	Charles Buttiġieġ	Klabb Kotba Maltin
Mattia Preti: Saints and Heroes for the Knights of Malta	Cynthia de Giorgio	Midsea Books LTD
Pawlu VI – Papa li qadef fil-Maltemp	Fr. Reno Muscat	DOM Comm. LTD
Qrendi – its people and their heritage	Dr. George Cassar	Kunsill Lokali Qrendi
L-Imqabba – Bejn Storja u Folklor	Carmen Lia	Self-Published
Essays on the Archaeology and Ancient History of the Maltese Islands	Prof. Mario Buhagiar	Midsea Books LTD
St. Geroge’s Basilica and its Ħaġar Museum	Pawlu Mizzi	Heritage Books
Minn Fomm Vassalli	David Agius Muscat & Olvin Vella	Klabb Kotba Maltin
Il-Prefazju Storiku ta’ l-Mylsen Feniċju-Puniku	Prof. Horatio Ceasar Roger Vella	Klabb Kotba Maltin
Marie Louise Coleiro Preca – Il-Mara tas-Soċjaliżmu	Josef Grech	DOM Comm. LTD
Dimech’s Lost Prison Poems	Prof. Henry Frendo	Midsea Books LTD
An Amateur’s View of the Origin of the Indo-European Languages and Peoples	Pupull Debattista Borg	DOM Comm. LTD
Dom Mintoff u l-Ħelsien	Josef Grech	DOM Comm. LTD
Mit-Tieqa tal-Għorfa	Dott. Karmenu Mallia	DOM Comm. LTD
L-Avukat Giuseppe Elia Pace 1742-1820: Ħabib ta’ M.A. Vassalli f’Ruma	Karmenu Bonavia	Klabb Kotba Maltin
Richard Ellis: Malta, Portrait of an Era	Ian Ellis	Book Distributors Limited
The Salter Album: Encounters in Malta’s Prisoner of War Camps, 1914-1920	Charles Farrugia	National Archives of Malta

Terramaxka Prize 2015

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

TITLE	AUTHOR/EDITOR	PUBLISHER
Jisimni Mariah	Doris Schembri	Faraxa Publishing
L-Ewwel Ktieb tal-Kuluri	Terence Portelli	Klabb Kotba Maltin
L-Ewwel Ktieb tan-Numri	Terence Portelli	Klabb Kotba Maltin
L-Ewwel Ktieb tal-Alfabett	Terence Portelli	Klabb Kotba Maltin
Kliem minn kullimkien	Terence Portelli	Klabb Kotba Maltin

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

TITLE	AUTHOR/EDITOR	PUBLISHER
What? Another Book of Stories?	Roberta Bajada	M.U.T. Publications
Jake Cassar irid isalva ir-renji kollha waħdu	Clare Azzopardi	Merlin Publishers
Ir-Re tal-Ġungla u s-Skiet Misterjuż	Therese Pace	Faraxa Publishing
Fis-Sena Sittin	Emanuel Curmi	Publikazzjonijiet Preca
San Pawl li Beka	Pawlu Mizzi	Klabb Kotba Maltin
Bieb il-Għarreqin	Pawlu Mizzi	Klabb Kotba Maltin
Il-Ġebla tal-Ħalfa	Pawlu Mizzi	Klabb Kotba Maltin
Il-Wegħda tal-Ktajjen	Pawlu Mizzi	Klabb Kotba Maltin
Valuri biz-Zokkor	Charles Magro	M.U. T. Publications
Save Samyo City	Sherise Bugeja	Merlin Publishers
Stampakelma	Trevor Zahra	Merlin Publishers
Il-Gżira ta’ Wanyama	Claudia Cini	M.U.T. Publications
Dizzjunarju bil-Malti għat-Tfal	Christopher J. Micallef	Book Distributors Limited

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

TITLE	AUTHOR/EDITOR	PUBLISHER
Only in Ħal Biżarr	David Aloisio	Klabb Kotba Maltin
Strange Tales	Charles Raymond Coyne	Faraxa Publishing
The Legend of Amanda Robins	Corrine Annette Zahra	Faraxa Publishing
Il-Misteru tal-Ġgantija	Ivan De Battista	Book Distributors Limited
Il-Baħri	Charles Casha	Klabb Kotba Maltin

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

TITLE	AUTHOR/EDITOR	PUBLISHER
Aċċu!	Trevor Zahra	Merlin Publishers
X’qed ifittex fid-dar tiegħu Gallett?	Terence Portelli	Klabb Kotba Maltin
Busy Farm / Razzett Mimli Tħabrik	Toni Aquilina	Faraxa Publishing
Nora, hemm x’ilbist?	Clare Azzopardi	Merlin Publishers
Nora ma tiflaħx	Clare Azzopardi	Merlin Publishers
Il-Fabbrika tal-Kliem	Clare Azzopardi	Merlin Publishers
Serafin il-Prinċep Denfil	Clare Azzopardi	Merlin Publishers
Rosetta Banana, tinten jew tfuħ?	Clare Azzopardi	Merlin Publishers
Kukku l-Kukkudrill Kantant	Clare Azzopardi	Merlin Publishers
Lupu Lupettu Kull Kulur	Clare Azzopardi	Merlin Publishers
Ġimgħa ma’ Gallett	Terence Portelli	Klabb Kotba Maltin
Ġurnata ma’ Gallett	Terence Portelli	Klabb Kotba Maltin
Milly, Molly u ż-Żerriegħa tal-Qar’aħmar	Frans A. Attard	Uptrend Publishing
Milly u Molly bil-Mutur	Frans A. Attard	Uptrend Publishing
Milly, Molly u d-Dwejra ta’ Bob	Frans A. Attard	Uptrend Publishing
Milly u Molly Jgħallmu lil Makk jaqra	Frans A. Attard	Uptrend Publishing

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

TITLE	AUTHOR/EDITOR	PUBLISHER
Il-Misteru tal-Labirint	Rita Saliba	Merlin Publishers
Il-Misteru tad-Dniefel tal-Ġebel	Rita Saliba	Merlin Publishers
Par Widnejn Kbar	Loranne Vella	Merlin Publishers
Kosmos Express: il-Wikkiel tal-Pjaneti	Loranne Vella	Merlin Publishers
Merħba fir-Rifuġju ta’ Kobikisa!	Loranne Vella	Merlin Publishers
L-Investigazzjonijiet ta’ Arkimeda Lapsi: Din iċ-Ċajta min Għamilha?	Loranne Vella	Merlin Publishers
It-Tifel Dragun: l-Ewwel Fjamma	Loranne Vella	Merlin Publishers
Se Jkolli Ħijja Żgħir? Le Grazzi!	Loranne Vella	Merlin Publishers