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42 Events maltatoday, SUNDAY, 19 MARCH 2017 The programme of events for the Campus Festival 2017 is out PROGRAMME 4 April 10.00 Il- Ġgant id- Dħuli // Faraxa Book s Il-Ġgant id-Dħuli by Gladys Masters, translated by Toni Aquilina. Readings by primar y school students and other re- lated activities. 11.00 Grappling with story telling structure // Teodor Reljic Teodor Reljic, author of TWO and the upcoming space opera comic book series MIBDUL, will speak about learning stor y- telling during both projects. Te- odor will speak candidly about the only way he learned to write fiction – by actually doing it. This of course implies a degree of trial and error, as was made evident to Teodor towards the end of the writing process for TWO. 12.00 Authentic language and convincing dialogue // Caroline Smailes The workshop focuses on how dialogue and place connect, and the restraints that these cause for both writer and reader. How do different languages come in- to play in Like Bees to Honey? How did Caroline Smailes in- clude Maltese in the novel? Was it a need to preser ve heritage and language? 13.00 Il-Malti u l-barranin // Il- Kunsill Nazzjonali tal- Ilsien Malti During this discussion we will be meeting people from differ- ent spheres of life who learned Maltese for several reasons. What attracted them to such a language? Why Maltese? And it is true that Maltese is a difficult language to learn? 14.00 Naqra, Nann // L- Għaqda tal-Malti, Malta Libraries, San Vinċenz de Paul During this session Dianne Giordmaina will lead a reading session for the elderly. Ever yone is welcome to join in! 17.00 TAĦŻIŻ5 // L-Aġenzija Żgħażagħ u l- Għaqda tal- Malti The general public is invited to join this year's participants of TAĦŻIŻ5 for a creative writing workshop. 18.30 Who look s at the sun anymore // Horizons Horizons will launch a poet- r y collection by Prof. Kenneth Wain entitled Who looks at the sun anymore. 20.00 Marmalja Marmalja have been around since 2010, and were previously part of No Bling Show. Their style is unique to the local scene, with authentic sounds created by Drinu and the art of writing lyrics in the local hip hop scene. The themes they tap into are so- ciopolitical and of a controversial nature. Their first album, Demm Ġdid, was launched in 2015. 5 April 10.00 Hubertus von Amelunxen on Photography as Representation // Students' Philosophy Society Prof. Hubertus von Amelunxen will be giving a talk on photog- raphy as representation. The talk will make use of Roland Barthes and Walter Benjamin in order to deal with some of the concepts broached in Prof. Amelunxen's seminar on Photography – Im- age of the Becoming. There will be a panel discussion, with the participation of Professor Vince Briffa and of Dr Clive Zammit. 12.00 Engaging with words // Miriam Calleja This workshop is suitable for creative writers of all levels and backgrounds. Throughout this session, you will be able to hone into your own "f low of work" through the means of exercises and games, prompts, and guided play, as well as tips on writing more efficiently. You are welcome to write in any language! This will be followed by a reading of poetry in Maltese and English by Miriam Calleja. 13.00 Conjuring characters // Caroline Smailes This workshop will focus on the need of convincing and consist- ent characters in narratives us- ing a set of questions. The writers will leave having created a char- acter they can then use in their own writing. It would also touch on dialogue/tense choices. 14.00 Is-sengħa tal- legatorija // Glen Calleja What does it take to make a book by hand? What book struc- tures do we know of, and what makes a structure different to another? This demonstration by Glen Calleja focuses on the art of traditional legature, and how this can be used to create books. A short explanation of the tools will be followed by the methods applied to design a book, from the initial idea to the final product. 17.00 Il-lingwa tal-kċina // Sinteżi (l-Għaqda tal-Malti) During this session we'll dis- cuss the Maltese language and the kitchen … the language of the kitchen. In the old days, they used to say that Maltese was the kitchen language. But what hap- pens when we look into the words we use in the kitchen? Clifford Jo Żahra will be moderating the dis- cussion with students who have worked on the topic. 18.00 Fużjoni: poeżija u films // Inizjamed This activity, curated by Noel Tanti, will focus on films and poetry. Three students from the Maltese Language Department at the University of Malta will choose three poems and combine them with three films chosen by students from the Film Studies. During the Festival the poems are read with the films in the background and a discussion will follow. 19.00 Fight Club Screening of Fight Club with Maltese subtitles done by Si- mon Cassar. Fight Club is a 1999 American film based on the car- rying the same name by Chuck Palahniuk. 6 April 10.30 Place // Caroline Smailes How did Malta became a char- acter in Smailes's writing? How do senses conjure place? How does one remain faithful to the location and the problems this might cause? This workshop would also look at the present tense and why Smailes chose to put her characters, in the now, in a location that was different from where she wrote. 11.30 Is-sengħa tal- legatorija // Glen Calleja What does it take to make a book by hand? What book struc- tures do we know of, and what makes a structure different to another? This demonstration by Glen Calleja focuses on the art of traditional legature, and how this can be used to create books. A short explanation of the tools will be followed by the methods applied to design a book, from the initial idea to the final product. 12.00 X'naqbad ngħid? Il-varjazzjoni lingwistika fil- Malti // Michael Spagnol During this hour we'll look at a number of linguistic variations whilst we try to answer these questions: (a) what is linguistic variation?, (b) why do we find it in language? and (c) where does it come from? 13.00 Films qosra // KNK In previous years, the National Book Council organised the con- test for short films based on short stories, namely "Laqgħa ma' mara morbi" (Immanuel Mifsud) and "Dar ir-Rummien" (Pierre J. Mejlak). These two films will be shown again during this event. 14.00 Il-preservazzjoni tal- karta // HoASA During this hour long talk, we'll discuss paper preservation, book restoration and the archives. 17.00 Min hu nies? // Jean Paul Borg Elena Cardona will interview Jean Paul Borg who last November launched the collection of short stories Mhux Nies (Klabb Kotba Maltin). Both Elena and Jean Paul will read excerpts from the book. The audience is invited to ask questions too. 18.00 Qari ta' poeżiji // Faraxa Poetry readings in Maltese and English by Marlene Saliba, Therese Pace, Dion P. P. Pizzuto, and Sarah Springham on various subjects and in a relaxed atmosphere. 19.30 Caroline Smailes: Meet the author This year's special guest, Caro- line Smailes, is the author of the acclaimed debut novel, In Search of Adam (2007,The Friday Pro- ject/HarperCollins. The Big Issue North declared the book "an en- grossing and touching read from a new talent." Since then Caroline has written other books such as Black Boxes, international best- seller Like Bees to Honey, 99 rea- sons why, and The drowning of Arthur Braxton. The film of The Drowning of Arthur Braxton is in post-production, with an expected spring 2017 release. During this event Caroline will read from her work and will be interviewed by John Bonello. The National Book Council is publishing the programme of events for the Book Festival on Campus 2017, which will take place at University on 4, 5 and 6 April, starting at 10:00am and continuing till late. The purpose of the Festival is to promote literature as a whole, while at the same time giving publishers and book distributors a space in which they can promote their material with a mature audience, such as university students. 5 – 6 – 7 APRIL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY A library tour with a difference. The public is invited to visit the closed stacks at the Melitensia, where no access is usually granted to the general public. A presentation of books and valuable manuscripts. Horizons – Faraxa Books – Sensiela Kotba Socjalisti (Sks) – Students Philosophical Society – EDE Books– Kotba Calleja – BDL.

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