Home / News / Markapaġna S02E07 – Loranne Vella Back to News Markapaġna S02E07 – Loranne Vella Audiovisual • Markapaġna • News 14th March, 2023 Rachel Baldacchino discusses with Loranne Vella the novel Dal-Lejl Ġie Alla (Buġelli, 1984), the three generations mentioned, the old Maltese used that gave Vella the language to tackle issues that interest her, and the relationship between humankind and animals. Loranne Vella lives in Brussels, is a Maltese writer, translator and performer. Between 2007 and 2009 she co-wrote the three volumes of It-Triloġija tal-Fiddien with Simon Bartolo. Each won the National Book Prize. Rokit (Merlin Publishers, 2017) was her first novel for adults and won the National Book Prize. Vella has also translated several books for children, two of which won the Terramaxka National Children’s Books Prize in 2015 and 2016. She then issued a collection of short stories, mill-bieb ’il ġewwa (Ede Books, 2019) that was translated to English under the title what will it take for me to leave’(Praspar Press, 2021). Vella translated various children’s books, two of which won the Terramaxka National Children’s Books Prize in 2015 and 2016. Her latest work is the novel Marta Marta (Ede Books, 2022). [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IsLWZeFjTY[/embedyt] Books discussed in this episode: Paul P. Borg, Dal-Lejl Ġie Alla (Buġelli, 1984) 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 The National Book Council Launches the Malta Book Festival Trailer! News 16th September, 2025 Read More Make a mark abroad! Literary agent Simon Trewin offers practical networking tips during a free Zoom session News 12th September, 2025 Read More Bringing children’s literature to dynamic life on stage at the Malta Book Festival Festivals 10th September, 2025 Read More The National Book Council welcomes new board members News 10th September, 2025 Read More POSITION OF MANAGER WITH THE NATIONAL BOOK COUNCIL: JOBSPLUS PERMIT NUMBER 881/2025 News 9th September, 2025 Read More Booker Prize winner Samantha Harvey heads to Malta Book Festival News 2nd September, 2025 Read More The Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2026 Opens for Submissions in Maltese and English News 1st September, 2025 Read More Shortlist For The 2025 National Book Prize Announced News 26th August, 2025 Read More What Makes a Great Short Story? News 18th August, 2025 Read More ANNOUNCING THE NBC’S SHORT STORY WORKSHOP TOUR (AUG-OCT 2025) News 5th August, 2025 Read More view all similar news
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