The Gozo Live 3-day annual Book Fair, opens tomorrow, Thursday, the 16th of October and closes on Saturday, the 18th.

The Fair is being held in collaboration with Gozo College and will be held in the Girls Secondary School, situated next to Arkadia in Victoria.

There will be readings in the mornings and visitors will also find a 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.

Entrance is free of charge and the Fair will be open on Thursday and Friday, between 9.30am and 2.00pm and then again from 4.00pm until 7.00pm. On Saturday the fair will be open between 8.30am and 4.00pm.

The Programme of events for Thursday, the opening day is as follows:

10.00am – 10.30am

Pre-publication: Ir-Re tal-Gungla u s-Skiet Misterjuz by Therese Pace, written to address fear in children.

Reading by 9-year-old Mariah from Jisimni Mariah by Doris Schembri.

10.30am – 11.00am

Reading by IREAD

11.00am – 11.30am

Reading from Tommy u s-Sabih tal-Qari by Patrick Sammut.

12.00pm – 12.30pm

Reading from The Legend of Amanda Robins by Corinne Annette Zahra.

1.00pm – 1.30pm

Reading from Meaulnes it-Twil by Paul Zahra.

1.30pm – 1.50pm

Reading from Stories my Parents Told Me written by Rupert C. Grech.

5.00pm – 7.00pm

Readings by students entering writing participation and award of achievement certificates.

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