The 2022 Summer Programme of Events organised by Malta Libraries for its younger audiences, came to a close with two award ceremonies in Gozo and Malta. Overall, the reading campaign attracted just under 2000 participants on the Maltese Islands.

Lara Cassar, Mireya Rose Buttigieg and Luisa Cassar were celebrated on Wednesday, at the Gozo Central Public Library by Minister for Gozo Clint Camilleri, the Permanent Secretary Ms. Joyce Dimech and the Deputy Librarian for Public Libraries, Ms. Margaret Bugeja.Over the summer months, the Library Champion Campaign – a reading campaign for 0 to 17 year olds to encourage said readers to not stop reading once the scholastic year comes to a close, was happening across the Public Libraries’ Network.

In a ceremony organised earlier in the week at the Central Public Library – Malta in Floriana, Cara Piscopo, Cristina Pandolfino and Catherine Cole were celebrated for classifying as the readers with the most borrows from their local library throughout the summer months in the following categories: 0-4, 5-9 and 10+.

This reading campaign together with the summer programme of events, were two initiatives by Malta Libraries with which the entity managed to bring young readers closer to the physical public library following the restrictions imposed by the pandemic.

It also encouraged them to build a direct rapport with the local librarian so as to make sure that via suggestions and discussion they will grow up to always find their favourite reading material on the shelves, Malta Libraries said.

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