Home / News / Specialised Workshop at the Malta Book Festival 2017 Back to News Specialised Workshop at the Malta Book Festival 2017 News 17th October, 2017 [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A workshop on literary journalism and book reviews, designed specially for the Malta Book Festival by top UK journalists and media professionals Rosie Goldsmith and Max Easterman, is a highlight event of this year’s Festival. The two-hour, intensive and specialist session, titled ‘A Riveting Workshop’, will take place at M.A. Grima Hall, MCC, on Thursday 9 November starting 17:30 hours. Attendance is free but places are limited and must be booked beforehand. The world of book promotion and reviewing is today highly competitive and highly digitised. The aim of the workshop is to enable journalists to hone their critical faculties – to learn how to assess a book’s impact and how to craft a strong personal response to a book. Participants will also learn about how PR works best in the world of books – how do you break through? How do you best use social media and websites to promote books? How do you write a strong promotional press release and compose a text that will help you sell your book or event or author? The workshop will address all these questions and will provide top tips, practical examples, short exercises and motivational advice to help professional and aspiring literary journalists, editors, publishers and booksellers write riveting book reviews and riveting PR and promotion for all media outlets. [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”4893″ img_size=”large”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Rosie Goldsmith and Max Easterman are established and well-known journalists. They run the UK’s European Literature Network and launched The Riveter literary magazine this year. They broadcast, write, review, translate, host events and conduct courses all over the UK and internationally. Rosie is also Chair of the judges of the EBRD Literature Prize and a well-known public champion of international literature and language-learning in the UK. The NBC strongly urges all those interested to apply now as there are only a few places left. [add_posts category=malta-book-festival show=100] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] SHARE POST Related Articles National Book Council Publishes its Annual Report for 2025 News 17th April, 2026 Read More Commonwealth Short Story Prize welcomes the first ever Maltese author onto its regional shortlist News 15th April, 2026 Read More Exhibitors and Event Organisers – Apply Now To Participate At The 2026 Malta Book Festival! News 14th April, 2026 Read More Apply Now for a Free Online Course for Aspiring Book Editors News 13th April, 2026 Read More The 45 PLR Payment Is Out Public Lending Rights 9th April, 2026 Read More Call for Theatrical Adaptations of Maltese Books at the Malta Book Festival News 8th April, 2026 Read More The National Book Council Welcomes a New Manager News 7th April, 2026 Read More Subsidy Scheme for Printed Books is Now Launched News 1st April, 2026 Read More The National Book Prize 2026 List of Eligible Submissions is Now Out News 30th March, 2026 Read More Full Programme for the Annual Book Conference: Varied Group of Speakers Explore the Economic Realities of the Publishing Industry News 20th March, 2026 Read More view all similar news
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