Fleeting memoirs
In his small collection of fleeting memoirs, Charles Flores spotlights the post-war generation that left its mark on the modern history pages of most European countries, not least Malta, with an accent on the epoch-making events of the 1960s. It all started at village and town levels, in the author’s case the tranquil locality of Kalkara that sits serenely in the shadow of the Three Cities. In Kalkara moments – in the shadow of the Three Cities, the author presents a series of written water-colour vignettes featuring personal stories and anecdotes related to the story of his home village, the nearby Three Cities and Malta.
The children’s witch
Young author Almikaya Aquilina’s book The Legend of the Witch is not only meant to tell a story to other children and entertain them but also to help them develop their imagination and creativity and understand the world around them. It is a fantasy and adventurous story, based on what happens during a school trip when Alexia, a normal and energetic student, makes an astonishing discovery and enters into a world of wonders.
‘Temples’ built by farmers
Former Fleet Street reporter and long-time Gozo resident Revel Barker is fully aware that there are a good number of good academic works about archaeology in Malta and Gozo. So when he wrote his book The first Gozitans (and Ġgantija) he preferred to have the temples in the background and, instead, focus on the agricultural community that erected them, how they lived and also what they had built earlier. The book is an edited, revised and extended version of an earlier work that was entitled Għajnsielem, first and last that only dealt with.
Volunteers’ ‘palace’
Il-Bini ta’ Palazz Marija Assunta fir-Raħal tal-Qrendi, written by Martin Formosa with the collaboration of Innocent Centorrino, records the 12-year feat by a dedicated group of volunteers who built an academic edifice in the village core of Qrendi during their spare time. The ‘palace’, which houses the St Mary’s Band Club, was inaugurated on August 3, 2008.
Mdina Glass history
Legacy: 50 years of Mdina Glass recounts the colourful history, spread over five decades, of the island’s perhaps best-known glassmaker and the origins of decorative glassware production on the Maltese islands.
The 260 pages also include nearly 300 images, from printed material, glass-making photos and wonderful glassware.
Author Mark Warner said the book took three years to produce and included research, interviews, photo shoots, both in Malta and the UK.