Date: 8th November 2017- 12th November 2017
Time: All day
Location: Mediterranean Conference Centre (MCC) – Valletta
The Malta Book Festival will take place at the Mediterranean Conference Centre (MCC) in Valletta from 8 till 12 November and will be open to the public morning and evenings, including all day on both Saturday and Sunday. As always the Malta Book Festival's programme will feature conferences on themes of literary and sociopolitical importance, book and author presentations, book launches, fun activities for children, readings and much more. Over these five days, members of the public will be invited to visit the grand hall of the historic hospital of the Knights of St John to be treated to the biggest and most popular book event in the cultural calendar of the island. There they will find numerous stands representing both local and foreign publishers, bookshops, distributors and NGOs. Most of these participants have also been preparing events with literary themes, including presentations of new publications and their authors, dramatic performances and discussions.
The Festival will be inaugurated on Tuesday 7 with the Terramaxka National Book Prize for Children’s Books. During all the event there will be many conference and special guests and, as usual, the festival will also include a thematic exhibition.
Students will be attending the Festival in weekday mornings, that is on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and activities such as dramatic performances based on the winning titles of this year’s Terramaxka Book Prize will be prepared for them. In addition, there will be actors dressed up as well-known literary figures who will interact with the young visitors as they guide them through the stands and different features of the festival. A 3-euro voucher will be given to every student to encourage them to buy a book for themselves.
When attending this event, kindly say that you saw it mentioned in www.maltababyandkids.com