Home / News / National Book Festival 2014 Back to News National Book Festival 2014 Festivals • News 25th August, 2014 The 2014 edition of the National Book Festival was, once again, held at the Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta between the 12th and the 16th of November with the busiest programme of events and the most numerous attendance yet. The NBC proudly welcomed, for the second time running, ‘La Boccherie’ bookshop courtesy of the French Embassy to this edition of the Festival and was also very happy to host a contingent of Sicilian authors and publishers with the help of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura. As a result of such collaboration, the National Book Festival 2014 boasted event highlights such as an in-depth interview with Pierre Assouline, a major French novelist, journalist, essayist and biographer (by Prof. Anthony Aquilina) and a series of book presentations by the Sicilians publishers present. Subsidizing events and small publishing houses proved a success for it ensured a busy and wholly cultural experience for visitors of all ages. Weekday mornings, as per tradition, were devoted to visiting school children who received a €2 voucher each to redeem against a book of their choosing during their visit. Students were also able to participate in a number of book-related events organized by the Drama Unit, Education Department. Other firsts were the National Book Council’s collaboration with the National Agency for Literacy and the Department of Curriculum on the award ceremony ‘Reading Champions’ which awarded Form 2 students from around Malta for their competence and dedication to improving their reading and NBC’s collaboration with ONE on the film adaptation of Immanuel Mifsud’s short story ‘Laqgħa ma’ Mara Morbi’ by Martin Bonnici (Shadeena). The last day of the festival also hosted the prize giving ceremony of the Literary Contest of Novels for Youth 2013 – an NBC and Aġenzija Żgħażagħ collaboration. Thanks go to APS Bank for sponsoring this year’s edition of the National Book Festival with a generous sum of €3,500. Participants of the National Book Festival for 2014 were as follows: AĠENZIJA ŻGĦAŻAGĦ/KLABB KAFE AHMADIJA MUSLIM JAMAAT MALTA BOOK DISTRIBUTORS LTD (BDL) BOOKENDS BOOKMARK BRONK PRODUCTIONS NATIONS FOR CHRIST CLIOBOOKS DEER PUBLICATIONS DOM COMMUNICATIONS LTD FARAXA PUBLISHING FRANNY JO/VERSAGĦTINI FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES GĦAQDA POETI MALTIN GĦAQDA TAL-MALTI UNIVERSITÁ HERITAGE MALTA HORIZONS IREAD COMPANY ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI CULTURA KITE GROUP LTD KOTBA ARGO FRENCH EMBASSY/‘LA BOCCHERIE’ BOOKSHOP MALTA EVANGELICAL LIBRARY MALTA UNION OF TEACHERS MELI BOOKSHOP MELLIEĦA LOCAL COUNCIL MERLIN LIBRARY MERLIN PUBLISHERS LTD PAULINE BOOKS AND MEDIA SENSIELA KOTBA SOĊJALISTI (SKS) SIERRA BOOK DISTRIBUTORS THE MALTA COMMUNITY CHEST FUND UPTREND PUBLISHING WISE OWL PUBLICATIONS WISE OWL BOOKSHOP/BARGAIN BOX Sicilian Publishers AULINO EDITORE BONFIRARRO EDITORE CAVALLOTTO LIBRERIE EDIZIONI EPSIL LIBRIDINE EDIZIONI LUSSOGRAFICA LOMBARDI EDITORI GIUSEPPE MAIMONE EDITORE MORRONE EDITORE EMMANUELE ROMEO EDITORE VERBAVOLANT EDIZIONI . 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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