Home / News / Summer Book Festival in Gozo 2018: Programme of events Back to News Summer Book Festival in Gozo 2018: Programme of events Festivals • Initiatives • News 8th June, 2018 [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] This is the cultural programme of events for the Summer Book Festival in Gozo 2018 (mobile version). Two full days of activities for the public have been prepared as part of the festival, which will take place at Exhibition Hall, Ministry for Gozo, St. Francis Square, Victoria on 22 and 23 June 2018 from 10:00 am till 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm till 7:00 pm on both days. The festival will include Open Mic sessions, readings of local works of literature, literacy and literary activities, and a guided tour through Rabat visiting the houses of Gozitan poets. The various activities are being run in collaboration with publishers Horizons, Faraxa and Pjattaforma, local NGO Inizjamed, and a number of Maltese and Gozitan writers and artists. The participating publishers in this event are Midsea Books, Faraxa, Merlin, Pjattaforma, Heritage Malta, Horizons, Uptrend, SKS, and Agius and Agius. Local publications will be put on display and available for purchase by the public. Updates on the festival can be followed on our event page on Facebook and on our website. PROGRAMME OF EVENTS Friday 22 June 9:45 am: The Hon. Minister for Gozo, Dr Justyne Caruana, and the executive director of the National Book Council, Mark Camilleri, open the Festival. 10:00 am: Open Mic with students and reading by Leanne Ellul 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm: BREAK 4:30 pm: Michael Zammit reads excerpts from Il-Metamorfosi ta’ Ovidju (with Pjattaforma) 5:30 pm: Talk by Prof. Joseph M. Pirotta about the final years of the British rule in Malta Saturday 23 June 10:00 am: Story-telling as a learning tool (with Faraxa) 11:00 am: Guided tour of Rabat through the houses of Gozitan poets of the past 12:00 noon: Poetry from Gozo (with readings by Charles Bezzina and Joe Camilleri 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm: BREAK 4:00 pm: From visual art to writing with Maxine Attard 5:00 pm: Open Mic Session (in collaboration with Inizjamed) [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”6564″ img_size=”large”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”6591″ img_size=”large”][/vc_column][/vc_row] SHARE POST Related Articles 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 The National Book Council launches Five-Year Strategy 2025–2030 News 5th August, 2025 Read More Sandra Hili Vassallo Appointed Executive Director of the National Book Council News 22nd July, 2025 Read More view all similar news
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