Sunday is the final day of what has been a very busy and succesful ‘Gozo Live Book Fair,’ which is taking place at the Exhibition Hall within the Ministry for Gozo in St Francis Square.

An exciting programme is lined up for Sunday, which includes the prize giving ceremony for the children’s writing competion, launched to coincide with the Fair. Several entries were received in the different categories.

The organisers said that judges for both the English and Maltese categories have been hard at work assessing the entries and will shortly complete their work.

All students who entered the competition plus their families and friends are invited to attend this prize giving as well as the general public. “Come along to meet the writers of the future.”

There will also be readings in the morning and visitors to the exhibition will be able to meet authors, chat to them and have books signed from time to time during the day.

Entrance is free of charge. The Fair will be open on Sunday between 9.00am and 1.00pm and then again from 5.00pm onwards.

The performance/reading programme for Saturday, the 2nd of November is as as follows:

From 10.00am

Prof Tony Aquilina

Christabelle Attard – kids’ books

7.00pm to 8.30pm

Children’s Writing Competition: Prize Giving by the Mayor of Victoria, Dr Samuel Azzopardi

Short story – Charles Coyne

Back in Time – Corrine Zahra

Rupert Grech – Talk & Book signing – Stories My parents Told Me; Tales of growing up in wartime Malta

Meinrad Calleja – Talk on 2 books. ‘The Philosophy of Desert Metaphors in Ibrahim al-Koni : The Bleeding of the Stone’ & ‘The Battle Roar of Silence; Foucault & the Carceral System

Poetry – Giom Grech

The organisers said bring the children to listen to stories in the morning and join them yourselves. Readings, performances and stories to suit all ages in the evenings.

“Programme may be subject to change without prior notice.”

There will be a great selection of books on sale from children’s stories to novels to non-fiction books, in both English and Maltese. These publications are added to by the exhibitors who will be providing a wide range of interesting reading material guaranteed to suit all tastes.

For more information please contact gozolive2018@gmail.com.

Photographs by Alain Salvary

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