Home / News / National Book Prize 2015 Shortlist Back to News National Book Prize 2015 Shortlist National Book Prize • News 30th September, 2015 The National Book Council wishes to announce that the National Book Prize finalists for 2015 have just been shortlisted. The shortlist composed by the Independent Adjudication Board of the National Book Prize serves as a sample of the best books published locally in the previous year. These books are available for purchase from all general bookstores or at the upcoming Malta Book Festival, November 4th – 8th, Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta. Literary Work: The Novel L-Iskjav ta’ Isabel by Audrey Friggieri (Horizons) Jutta Heim by Immanuel Mifsud (Klabb Kotba Maltin) Fi Nżul ix-Xemx Sabiħ by Pupull Debattista Borg (Dom Communications Ltd.) Bajjuni Nġurmati by John Charles Betts (Klabb Kotba Maltin) Two by Teodor Reljić (Merlin Publishers) Iż-Żeffiena tal-Kerubini by Carlo O. D’Emanuele (Horizons) Literary Work: The Short Story Feruti by Carmel Scicluna (Horizons) Kulħadd ħalla isem warajh by Clare Azzopardi (Merlin Publishers) INSANIAM by Edgar Formosa (Horizons) Satin by Rita Saliba (Horizons) Literary Work: Poetry Epistoli mid-deżert – Poeżiji u Poesaġġi by Mario Azzopardi (Horizons) Fi Triqti Lejha by Walid Nabhan (Klabb Kotba Maltin) taħt il-kpiepel t’għajnejja by Maria Grech Ganado (Klabb Kotba Maltin) Klessidra: Versi taż-Żmien Maħrub by Lilian Sciberras (Horizons) Mirja – Ħamsin Sena ta’ Poeżija 1963-2013 by Philip Sciberras (Sciberras Associates Publishing) Literary Work: Drama Jum il-Ħaqq by Doris Vella Camilleri (Self Published) General Research Bormla: A Struggling Community by Josann Cutajar (Faraxa Publishing) Translation Studies from Malta ed. by Charles Briffa (Malta University Publishing) Musical Instruments of the Maltese Islands: History, Folkways and Traditions by Anna Borg Cardona (Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti) Shostakovich, Britten, Stravinsky and the Painters in Between: 1936 by Giuseppe Schembri Bonaci (Horizons) Does it matter who speaks? Postmodern Papers on Politics, Ethics and Education by Kenneth Wain (Malta University Press) The Maltese Nineteenth-Century Notary and his Archives by Michael Refalo (Book Distributors Limited) Historiographic Research The Social and Religious History of a Maltese Parish: St. Mary’s Qrendi in the Eighteenth Century by Frans Ciappara (Malta University Press) Journal of Maltese Studies 28: Essays on the Cantilena ed. by Dr. Bernard Micallef (Midsea Books Limited) M.A. Vassalli 1764-1829 – An Enlightened Maltese Reformer by Frans Ciappara (Midsea Books Limited) France in the Maltese Collective Memory – Perceptions, Perspectives, Identities after Bonaparte in British Malta by Charles Xuereb (Malta University Press) Mattia Preti – Saints and Heroes for the Knights of Malta by Cynthia de Giorgio (Midsea Books Limited) Qrendi – its people and their heritage by George Cassar (Kunsill Lokali Qrendi) Il-Prefazju Storiku ta’ L-Mylsen Feniċju-Puniku jew Il-Grammatika tal-Malti ta’ Mikiel Anton Vassalli by Prof. Horatio Ceasar Roger Vella (Klabb Kotba Maltin) L-Avukat Giuseppe Elia Pace 1742-1820: Ħabib ta’ M.A. Vassalli f’Ruma by Karmenu Bonavia (Klabb Kotba Maltin) The Salter Album – Encounters in Malta’s Prisoner of War Camps, 1914-1920 by Charles Farrugia (National Archives of Malta) Translation Nimirħu maż-Żmien by Marlene Saliba (Faraxa Publishing) Neżlin bħax-Xita by Toni Aquilina (Fondation de Malte) Is-Sur Ibrahim u l-Fjuri fil-Koran by Toni Aquilina (Faraxa Publishing) Salammbȏ by Paul Zahra (Self Published) . SHARE POST Related Articles The 43rd PLR Payment Is Out Public Lending Rights 8th October, 2025 Read More Meet the Exhibitors at the Malta Book Festival! News 8th October, 2025 Read More Writing Anew with Fresh Tools in Our Arsenal! Delve into Workshops and Masterclasses at the Malta Book Festival ’25 Malta Book Festival 2nd October, 2025 Read More Winners of the 2025 National Book Prize Announced at Verdala Castle News 26th September, 2025 Read More Everyone will be Writing Anew: The Full Programme for The Malta Book Festival Is Now Out! News 23rd September, 2025 Read More 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 view all similar news
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