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L-ewwel ktieb ta’ fantasija u x-Xwejjaħ għaref (it-tieni parti)

Ftit jiem ilu, Ġorġ Mallia beda jirrakkontalna - fl-ewwel parti ta’ din il-bloggata - kif nibet “Ktieb ix-Xwejjaħ” fl-imbiegħed 1987. Ħallejnieh fir-rakkont meta l-ktieb spiċċa out of print u għal ħafna snin ma kinux jinstabu kopji tiegħu. Hawn, Ġorġ Mallia se jkompli r-rakkont ta’ kif dal-ktieb wasal għat-“tieni twelida” tiegħu … Wara ħafna snin … [...]

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L-ewwel ktieb ta’ fantasija u x-Xwejjaħ għaref (l-ewwel parti)

F’dal-jiem ħareġ, f’edizzjoni ġdida, il-klassiku fantasy ta’ Ġorġ Mallia, “Ktieb ix-Xwejjaħ”. It-twelid ta’ dan il-ktieb għandu storja li hi bix-xieraq parti intrinsika mill-istorja tal-ktieb Malti, u għalhekk huwa pjaċir u unur li l-Prof. Mallia aċċetta li jirrakkuntalna fi ftit dettall x’seħħ u kif. Din l-ewwel minn żewġ bloggati dwar din l-istorja li wasslet għal “Ktieb [...]

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What to do with the kids on weekends and holidays?!

The just-published “STEPS: walks in central Malta” is a very different book to our usual. So we asked the authors directly about this intriguing project of theirs. Here’s what authors Clinton Cassar and Amanda Zahra had to tell us: If we had to carry out a survey with parents asking them what their worst nightmare [...]

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Our biggest online sale is here … don’t miss out!

November is traditionally the time to stock up on Maltese books … whether you’re an early planner who likes to get their Christmas shopping done nice and early, whether you’re after a good bargain (and in these trying times, who isn’t?!), or whether you just love Maltese books and want to get more bang for [...]

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The pleasures of geeking out

Did anyone say “geeking out”? Blogger Paul Grech did! Read on … The Malta Comic Con will be back this year. For those who, like me, enjoy graphic novels or the wider fantasy / science fiction genre and who have terribly missed this event that was cancelled twice due to the pandemic, this is fantastic [...]

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The Art of the Series

Paul Grech talks series, and meets two of Malta’s foremost series-writing authors to chat about what challenges and thrills the format gives them: Angering fans by taking exceedingly long to finish books has become something of a hallmark for George R.R. Martin. Winds of Winter, the latest book in his A Song of Ice and Fire [...]

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Here’s what helps me read

Paul Grech shares his tips on where he goes - online and off - to scour for his next read: What should I read next? I don’t know about you but that is a question I often find myself asking. When that happens I find myself going through a number of tools to help me come [...]

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Learning from a pro

Regular Merlin blogger Paul Grech has been following a recent record-breaking crowdfunding success. Let’s learn more: A couple of weeks back, author Brandon Sanderson announced that he was going to kickstart four novels he had written whilst stuck at home during COVID lockdowns. Plenty of authors have tried crowdfunding to get their projects off the [...]

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Mill-ħġieġa ’l barra

Weblinks, Teacher’s Book: Unit 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wY_t7zVIXY Unit 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25bwiSikRsI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZJoyUHMmQQ Unit 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmciuKsBOi0 Unit 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0yxXmE6w_4 Unit 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UcvJi8klz8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsPdEgC0wdk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4Lzo_EXXOQ Unit 9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni31QkTi7Sg Weblinks, Workbook 1: Unit 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGwz4lpTAJ0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wY_t7zVIXY

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Dawk il-ħsejjes li ġejjin minn isfel

Kitba ta’ Noel Tanti Ritratt tal-paġna ta’ Matt Stroud It-tokki tal-arloġġ idoqqu l-ħdax ta’ billejl stħajjilhom xi ħadd qed iħabbatlu mal-bieb tal-kamra tas-sodda biex ma jħallihx jorqod. BUMM! BUMM! BUMM! Imma ma kinux it-tokki li ma ħallewhx jagħlaq għajn m’għajn. Stiefnu kien inkwetat. Ħafna. Moħħu kien għaddej iberren qisu rota bla brejkijiet għan-niżla. Xi dwejjaq. Apparti minn hekk ried iqum fit-tlieta ta’ [...]

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Ħafna ħafna Tikka

Is-sensiela Tikka ġiet maħsuba u maħduma apposta biex toffri lill-istudenti u ’l-għalliema tal-klassijiet tal-primarja programm sħiħ fl-erba' ħiliet tal-lingwa — il-kitba, il-qari, is-smigħ u t-taħdit — kif ukoll fil-grammatika u l-kultura Maltija. Is-sensiela hija mfassla fil-kuntest tal-Qafas tal-Kisbiet mit-Tagħlim (LOF) u timxi pass pass mal-Kurrikulu Nazzjonali. Hija wkoll l-ewwel sensiela bil-Malti li permezz tagħha l-qari [...]

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Arlekkin Isfar

test ta’ Roberta Bajada Qrajt, jew qed taqra, ir-rumanz Arlekkin Isfar, u tixtieq tkun taf aktar dwar din il-pittura, dwar Pablo Picasso u dwar serqa ta’ pitturi imprezzabbli li seħħet tassew f’Rotterdam l-Olanda? Kompli aqra hawn taħt: Pablo Picasso – Harlequin Head (1971) Fil-ġrajja tal-arloġġ, dan ir-ritratt tpitter fl-1921, imma fil-verità tlesta ħafna aktar tard mill-pittur Picasso, […]

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Read an extract from “Innuendo”

Anthony Portelli, Antoinette Borg Innuendo (2019) Sparali jekk jogħġbok 1990. Mejju. Għal James, l-isbaħ xahar tas-sena. Is-sema bellezza u t-temperatura diġà bdiet tixxabbat ’il fuq bil-mod il-mod. Għandu l-gazzetta f’idejh, tazza te ħdejh, u qiegħed imxaħxaħ fuq id-deckchair li rama fil-ġnien, għall-kwiet u biż-żiffa friska tmellislu wiċċu. Xi jrid iktar? Ta’ tmienja u sittin, James […]

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The philosophical underpinnings of Audrey Friggieri’s stories for children

The philosophical underpinnings of Audrey Friggieri’s stories for children: Avventuri mill-Klassi ta’ Miss Ambrożja Pulis Kiftaranipenġini and Stejjer ma Jitwemmnux mill-Klassi ta’ Miss Ambrożja Pulis Kiftaranipenġini (Merlin Publishers). Now that the third book in the series has just been published – Qabża f’Dinja Oħra mill-Klassi ta’ Miss Ambrożja Pulis Kiftaranipenġini - I got to think [...]

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Read a story from “365”

Trevor Żahra Il-ħares ta’ ommi (6 ta’ Mejju) Ommi kienet waħħlet f’rasha li fid-dar kellna l-ħares. Ħadd qatt ma ra jew sema’ xejn, imma skont ommi, dan il-ħares kien imqabbad magħha. Dejjem jaħbilha l-affarijiet. Kellna xalata biha, għax wara li tkun għamlet ġimgħa trodd is- slaleb u tgerger li ma tistax issib l-imsielet tal-ġawhra … […]

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Jien u Arturo

Test ta’ Irene Chias, addattat għall-Malti minn Mark Vella, b’introduzzjoni ta’ Vella Kevin Cacciattolo għeb fl-1984, waqt il-kwistjoni tal-iskejjel, x’aktarx fil-lejl wara episodju ċelebri tal-cartoon Georgie, Il Segreto Svelato, li l-għada kien xegħel l-iskejjel Maltin u t-tfal ta’ dik l-età, wara li Georgie dehret għarwiena b’dak li kienet taħsbu ħuha jitla’ mnezza’ fuqha biex isaħħanha. [...]

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Read an extract from “Irvin Vella: Il-Każ tal-Gżejjer tat-Teżor”

John A. Bonello Daħla Lejlet l-ewwel tas-sena Ħareġ ftit wara li daqqu l-erbgħa ta’ waranofsinhar, f’dak l-aħħar jum ta’ sena li bidlitlu ħajtu ta’ taħt fuq. Mexa mit-toroq siekta lejn l-istess post li kien żar dakinhar stess filgħodu. Il-kamera tar-ritratti, miżmuma madwar għonqu b’ċinga rqiqa sewda, ixxenglet ’l hemm u ’l hawn mal-moviment. Kull tant […]

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