The 11th edition of the Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival kicks off tomorrow, August 24 at Fort St Elmo, Valletta, at 8pm.
Twelve writers from eight countries are reading in the festival, which also features Maltese and foreign poetry, films, two Maltese jazz bands, a book stall, a book binding stand, and drinks and food by Ġugar. Entrance to all events is free.
The authors participating in this year’s event are Samantha Barendson (France), Roja Chamankar (Iran), the Cuban-born Rodolfo Häsler who lives in Barcelona, Elias Khoury (Lebanon), Ciwanmerd Kulek (Kurdistan/Turkey), Marc Nair (Singapore), Abderrahim Sail (Morocco), and Joe P. Galea, Daniel Massa, Rita Saliba, Mark Vella, and Abigail Ardelle Zammit from Malta.
Readings will be mostly in Maltese and English, but some works will also be read in their original language. The writers will be in Malta throughout the week of the festival to take part in the Malta LAF Literary Translation Workshop led by Keith Borg and Nadia Mifsud. They will be translating each other’s works and reading some of these translations during the festival.
Some of the literature read during the festival will be suited for solely an adult...
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