Home / News / Markapaġna E04 – Matthew Schembri back to news Markapaġna E04 – Matthew Schembri Audiovisual • Markapaġna • News 4th October, 2022 Rita Saliba’s poetry from her first collection Minn wara l-Ħġieġ (Klabb Kotba Maltin, 2022) are discussed in depth in this exchange between Luke Galea and the visual artist and writer Matthew Schembri, in which they reflect, among other things, on the appreciation and threats to our surroundings. Matthew Schembri earned a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Digital Arts in 2017 and a Diploma in Maltese Literature in 2020. In 2016 he was invited as an artist-resident at the Virginia Centre for the Creative Arts (VCCA). In addition to Malta, some of his artworks were showcased in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria and the United States. His debut novel, Stessi, won the Literary Contest of Novels for Youth and was published in 2018. In 2021 he published Ħassartek, an exercise in erasure poetry based on his first novel. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv3WKDgt1Bk[/embedyt] Books discussed in this episode: Rita Saliba, Minn wara l-Ħġieġ (Klabb Kotba Maltin, 2022) Matthew Schembri, Ħassartek (2021) Music Michael Azzopardi, ‘Skrejjen’ https://michaelazzopardi.xyz/ Markapaġna is produced by the National Book Council and aired in collaboration with MaltaToday. Follow us on Facebook, YouTube or listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. For more information visit https://ktieb.org.mt/. SHARE POST Related Articles Malta Book Fund Goes Fully Online with an Increased Budget for 2025 Malta Book Fund 17th March, 2025 Read More The National Book Council has rebranded! News 5th March, 2025 Read More Call for Delegates: Malta Named Focus Country for the 2025 Mediterranea Publishing Fellowship Initiatives 28th February, 2025 Read More The National Book Council at the 2025 London Book Fair News 25th February, 2025 Read More NBC and Wikimedia Malta announce Wikimedians in Residence for National Book Prize Project News 20th February, 2025 Read More National Book Prize 2025 – Applications Are Open National Book Prize 17th February, 2025 Read More NBC empowers local stakeholders at the London Book Fair 2025 Literary Exports 11th February, 2025 Read More The NBC’s Annual Report For 2024 News 4th February, 2025 Read More Festivals, Funds And Initiatives In 2025: Key Dates Festivals 29th January, 2025 Read More Join the NBC at the London Book Fair 2025: Guest Passes for NBC stakeholders from Malta Literary Exports 13th January, 2025 Read More view all similar news
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