Tag: National Book Council
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Inizjamed calls for the National Book Council to be investigated
Inizjamed have never been great fans of mine, and in fact, they have always had some kind of aversion towards me for various reasons. They were mentioned in this website because their founder Adrian Grima called for the abrogation of Israel on the 7th of October following the brutal attacks of Hamas. Their literary festival…
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Too heavy-handed for a PEN organisation
PEN Malta is being too heavy-handed with a National Book Council employee and focusing its efforts on the people who least deserve it. The National Book Council should by default safeguard the interests of authors, so such comments by an employee are unexpected, but they should also be taken seriously. As the previous executive chairman…
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Yes, they ruined a public entity just to spite me – they are that bad
The press is finally, covering the mess that the government has made at the entity that I led and built for eight years of my life. The government’s motivations and interests with regard to the National Book Council are driven out of spite, and this is why my successor who has no experience in the…
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Up to five people have resigned from the National Book Council over the past two years
When discussing the srtory of the Maltese Language Council, one may also make reference to the fact that in the past two years, most of the members of the National Book Council have resigned. The National Book Council is currently composed of just two members apart from the chairman and the secretary: Maria Brown (a…
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This is how they ruined our culture industries
They have ruined our culture industries by issuing hundreds of millions of Euros in subsidies to foreign artists and for foreign concerts and shows, added with the public contracts to corrupt Labour fixers to organise these events. The Malta Tourism Authority has spent hundreds of millions of Euros in entertainment for our criminal leaders while…
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Museum of Literature
I’m not giving away any credit to this government, of course. So, I’m happy to say that the “Museum of Literature” that The Times wrote about today was actually one of my projects when I was Executive Chairman of the National Book Council and all the works you can see in the photos of the…
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Some people really have the nerve
Aleks Farrugia, director of Lifelong Learning and a freemason with Simon Cusens club, has penned an article in the Times of Malta, complaining that the Maltese have become more “capitalist than Wall Street”. I don’t know what that means, but it’s only because Aleks isn’t capable of comprehending complex concepts despite his intellectual pretensions. So…
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John Portelli resigns from the National Book Council
I am informed that yesterday evening, John Portelli has resigned from the National Book Council. John Portelli is a Maltese-Canadian author and a professor of education at the University of Toronto. His academic work is mostly inspired by the critical pedagogies of Peter McLaren and Portelli has also been a long-time consultant of the Ministry…
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Dar Camilleri: Position in response to National Book Council’s statement on Malta Book Festival 2023
Dar Camilleri: Position in response to National Book Council’s statement on Malta Book Festival 2023 Dar Camilleri is a new publishing imprint that started in 2021. It is a small business in the book industry, an industry that has been struggling in the past years and that also saw numerous participants fold their operations.…
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The Maltese government abroad acting like Russia
The Maltese government is organising a stand at the London Book Fair, right now, a practice which I started for Malta in 2015. Today, my books in Malta dominate the best-selling list most of the time, and I also have a major Maltese author published in London whom I am promoting. We are not featured…
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A personal note
It’s good to see the National Book Council still helps publishers export Maltese literature. Eight years ago, I began Malta’s participation at the London Book Fair and executed an international export campaign where I exported and brokered the publication of dozens of Maltese books in translation across the world. Nowadays, I am continuing my international…
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I did not start a war against the Labour Party
One of the traits of a psychopath that is also applied by authoritarian regimes is to blame the victim for the aggression inflicted upon them. Jeremy Camilleri, a previous trade unionist with the General Workers’ Union and currently a public official on the government’s payroll went on Jon Mallia’s podcast and alleged numerous lies to…
