Meet this year’s Malta Book Festival exhibitors

The National Book Council (NBC) is pleased to announce that a record 37 exhibitors are participating in this edition of the Malta Book Festival, many of whom are also organis-ing an array of book-related activities. Among them are book launches, presentations of special interest books, readings and activities targeted to all ages.

This year the Festival will be held at the Malta Fairs and Convention Centre (MFCC), Ta’ Qali. Moving to Malta’s largest international conference and exhibition venue was an informed decision made at a time when organising public events poses challenges because of the restrictions that may be in place in autumn. Additionally, the decision re-sponds to logistical concerns raised in previous years by stakeholders and visitors to the Festival. The MFCC will offer greater organisational flexibility for our growing national event and bigger open spaces and it ensures that visiting patrons, as well as exhibitors, have the peace of mind of parking stress-free and visiting the stands safely. With over 8,000 square metres of indoor available space, stands will be allocated a larger space and footage, all corridors will be wider, full accessibility ensured. The activity areas are more spacious and separate from the bookshops area.

The list of exhibitors participating in this year’s Festival is comprised of local and inter-national publishers, booksellers, student organisations, NGOs and public agencies with ties to the book industry. New to this edition, selfpublished authors will also be able to promote and sell their books at a predesignated area during the Festival.

The festival programme is packed with events catering for a diverse public and a wide range of interests. Besides the events organised by the National Book Council, the exhibitors will be organising tens of activities for readers of all ages across the five days of the festival, ranging from book launches and presentations, conferences, workshops, thematic discussions, seminars and entertaining activities for children and their families.

The full programme of events for the Festival, which will be held between 3 and 7 No-vember, will be published in the coming weeks.

While preparations for this year’s Malta Book Festival are well underway, the NBC will be adhering to the national health authorities’ directives on public gatherings to ensure the safest possible experience.

Meet the exhibitors

Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat

BDL

Bookends (Miller)

Creative Europe Desk Malta

Carmen Schembri

Daniel Schembri (Ir-Rumanz Nyctophilia) Dar tal-Pubblikazzjoni Qum

Deer Publications

Dunstan Hamilton

Ede Books / Kixott

Faraxa Publishing

Fondazzjoni Sagħtar

French Embassy

German-Maltese Circle / UOM – Department of German Għaqda tal-Malti – Università

Heritage Malta Publishing

Horizons

Inizjamed

Istituto Italiano di Cultura La Valletta

Kite

Kiwi Publications

Klabb Kotba Maltin/Midsea

Librerija Preca

Malta Libraries

Malta University Press

Marvellous Malta

Matthew Schembri

Mellieha Local Council

Merlin Library

Merlin Publishers

Miller/Agenda

Octavo

Paul Fenech Gonzi

Reliġjon u Ħajja (ĊAK)

SKS Publishers

The Friends of the National Archives of Malta

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