THE WINNERS
The best books published locally in 2024 were selected by the independent
adjudication board of the National Book Prize 2025 and are available from all
bookstores and each publisher's online shop. These books will also be available
at the Malta Book Festival from Wednesday 5 to Sunday 9 November at the MFCC.
Novels
It-Togħma Morra taċ-Ċiċri
by Noah Fabri (Merlin Publishers)
Poetry
SOMNVM
by Glen Calleja (Il-Fondazzjoni tal-Knisja tal-Ġiżwiti)
Drama
It-Teatru tal-Miskin
by Luke Saydon (Saydon Studio)
Prose Fiction in Translation
Il-Kelb tat-Terrakotta (Andrea Camilleri)
translated by Antoinette Borg (Merlin Publishers)
Research
"So We Can Do Our Best.":
Care in Children's Relationships with Teachers
by Mary Darmanin (Malta University Press)
Historiographic Research
Bread & Bakers in Eighteenth-Century Malta
by Noel Buttigieg (Midsea Books)
Best Book Production
Midsea Books for VÀH
ta' Immanuel Mifsud
Lifetime Achievement Award
Anton Grasso
ktieb.org.mt
Picture Books for Children (Ages 0–7)
Glenda u l-Magna tal-Granita
by Claudia Aloisio,
illustrated by Nathalie Micallef (Klabb Kotba Maltin)
Children's Literature (Ages 8–12)
Ulied il-Wied
by Ben Agius, illustrated by Luca Azzopardi
(Horizons)
Young Adult Literature
Shadow Woods
by Roberta Bajada (Merlin Publishers)
Best Book Production
Merlin Publishers for Jekk Taqbad id-Dawl
by Clare Azzopardi, illustrated by Matt Stroud
Illustration Recognition Prize
(National Book Council in collaboration
with Arts Council Malta)
Naomi Gatt
GVERN TA' MALTA
MINISTERU GHALL-EDUKAZZJONI,
L-ISPORT, IŻ-ŻGĦAŻAGĦ,
IR-RIĊERKA U L-INNOVAZZJONI
maltatoday
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2025
