Tag: Malta Book Festival
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Concealing the wreckage at the National Book Council
It seems that my legacy at the National Book Council is being dismantled at a much faster rate than I thought and with consequences much graver for the book industry. However, the Book Council is trying to conceal the wreckage by, yet, the same type of fraudulent Labour propaganda. The Book Council is promoting the…
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The toxic behaviour of my successor at the National Book Council
Some things are better said to prevent them from happening again in the future. I’m not happy I’m in this position, but I’m filled with disgust at the toxic behaviour of my successor at the National Book Council. This week the National Book Council announced its special guests at the Malta Book Festival. They will…
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Salman Rushdie and my last Malta Book Festival
I am not shocked by the attack on Salman Rushdie, although I am deeply sorry for him and I hope he gets well soon. Salman was as old enough to be very close as to have lived a life without suffering any violent attacks, but it was not to be. The Islamists finally got him.…
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The National Book Council: from a beacon of free speech to “Proset Ministru”
The first thing that happened as soon as I had to give up the reigns of the National Book Council, the Public Broadcaster called the Council and told its executive that its radio programme which had been going on uninterrupted for three years was to stop being aired. Then, the government appointed a headmaster with…
