Ġorġ Mallia

Author, cartoonist, and instructional technologist

 

 

National Book Prize (2010 Books)

The National Book Prize chaired by Ġorġ Mallia organised the 40th edition of the National Book Prize at the Auberge de Castille, under the auspices of the Prime Minister of Malta, Dr Laurence Gonzi, on the 3rd November, 2011.

[November 3, 2011]

 

A photo a day (August 2011)

A photo a day of a habitual trip to Southern Sweden (with forays up to Western Sweden and to all parts of Denmark) was published 'as it happened' on Facebook in August 2011. A collation of the photos and the brief blogs that accompanied them can be downloaded as a pdf HERE. A visual diary and some insightful thoughts.

[September 1, 2011]

 

The Novels for Adolescents Prize

On Friday, April 9, 2011 the Parliamentary Secretary for Youth and Sport, the Hon. Clyde Puli, and Dr Ġorġ Mallia, chairman of the National Book Council, presented the prizes to the winners of the second Novels for Adolescents Prize, co-organised by the Youth Agency and the National Book Council. The two winning books will be co-published by the two entities and a leading publisher.

[April 9, 2011]

 

Presentation of Survey on Reading in Malta

On April 5, 2011, the Hon Minister of Education, Employment and Family, Dolores Cristina, with Dr Ġorġ Mallia, Chairman of the National Book Council, and Mr Sergio Grech, Executive Director, presented the findings of the national survey on book reading in Malta run by MISCO Ltd. on behalf of the Council, in which it was found that 86% of Maltese fit the profile of a reader. A list of some of the main findings of the survey can be found on www.ktieb.org.mt, Aġġornamenti.

[April 5, 2011]

 

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Book Donation by the National Book Council

It has become an annual tradition that the National Book Council donates books to the National Library for use of its many borrowers. This year, close to €5000 worth of books were handed over by the chairman of the Council, Dr Ġorġ Mallia, to Ms Joanne Sciberras, Officer in Charge of the National Library. The ceremony was held at the Exelscior Hotel in Floriana, and it also doubled as an occasion in which gratitude was shown to the judges of the National Book Prize, many of whom attended. Also in the photo are Mr Sergio Grech (Executive Director) and Mr Joe Debattista (Secretary).

[April 2, 2011]

 

The National Book Prize at Castille

The National Book Prize ceremony, this time for books published in 2009, was once again held in prestigious surroundings at the Auberge de Castille, under the auspices of the Prime Minister of Malta, the Hon. Lawrence Gonzi. The ceremony was held on January 20, 2011. In this photo the National Book Council is seen in the Prime Minister's office. Dr Ġorġ Mallia, chairman of the Council, is standing in between the Hon. Minister of Education, Employment and Family, Dolores Cristina, and the Hon. Prime Minister, Dr Gonzi. Other members of the council are, from left to right, Mr Victor Fenech, Mr Trevor Żahra, Mr Henry Cachia, Ms Joanne Sciberras, Mr Sergio Grech, Mr Joe Debattista, Mr Charles Casha, Ms Victoria Galea, Ms Priscilla Camilleri and Ms Martes Paris.

[January 20, 2011]

 

The Malta Book Fair 2010

Another roaring success for the National Book Council. The Malta Book Fair, held at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta, drew its habitual c. 16,000 visitors. This year the book fair was held between the 10th and 14th November. The launch was on the 9th. The photo is from that. From left to right, Victoria Galea, Martes Paris, Victor Fenech, the Hon. Dolores Cristina, Minister of Education, Employment and Family, Dr Ġorġ Mallia, chairman of the National Book Council, Joanne Sciberras, officer in charge of the National Library of Malta, Sergio Grech, Executive Director of the National Book Council, Charles Casha, Joe Debattista, Secretary of the National Book Council, Trevor Żahra, and Priscilla Camilleri.

[November 15, 2010]

 

The Swedish Comics Academy

For the eighth year, Dr Ġorġ Mallia has addressed the first year students at the Swedish Comics School, newly situated at the Kulturhus Mazetti. This wonderful school for budding young comic artists, run so ably by Fredrik Strömberg and Gunnar Krantz, is helping Malmö become the Swedish centre for comics excellence. It is an honour to be associated with it.

[September 19, 2010]

 
 

The Scream 2010

For the sixteenth year, the students doing the Printing Processes unit at the Centre for Communication Technology, at the University of Malta, have published The Scream: a labour of love (and much argument) that they have now completely distributed and are justifiably proud of. As I am, as their course tutor. The magazine was launched at a party at Chequers Club (in Paceville) on April 28.  The Scream website is also up and running, and can be found here.

[May 10, 2010]

 

The new National Book Council's first public event

The new National Book Council was set up in March 2010. Dr Ġorġ Mallia was confirmed as chairman. The council is also made up of Joe Debattista (Secretary), Sergio Grech (Executive Director), Marisa Attard, Henry Cachia, Priscilla Camilleri, Charles Casha,  Victor Fenech, Victoria Galea, Martes Paris, Joanne Sciberras, Trevor Żahra, Dr William Zammit (Members). The Council's first public event was the donation of 4, 700 Euros worth of books to the Libraries Department. The occasion also served to honour those who sat on the adjudicating panels of the National Book Prize for books published in 2008. In the photo can be seen, from left to right, Dr Josette Attard, Fr Norbert Ellul Vincenti, Mr Joe Debattista, Mr Sergio Grech, Ms Joanne Sciberras, Dr Ġorġ Mallia, H.E. President Emeritus Edward Fenech Adami, Mr Charles Coleiro, Ms Maria Pace, Dr Charles Pace, Mr Guido Lanfranco, Mr Charles Galea Scannura, Dr Joe Grima, and Mr Horace Portelli. These were among those who attended the book donation ceremony.

[May 8, 2010]

 

PULLU takes a bow

After a five-year hiatus, the last of the PULLU books for young children has been published, in time for this year's Book Fair. Pullu u d-Dinja Nadifa (Pullu and the Clean World) has an ecological undercurrent, and it also brings to an end the series of books (six in all) that have proved so popular with Maltese children.

[November 12, 2009]

 

The 25th edition of the Malta Book Fair

The Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta becomes a mecca for book lovers in Malta between the 11th and the 15th November as the 25th edition of the Malta Book Fair goes into overdrive. Twenty participants have filled the great hall to the end, and many thousands of books are the main exhibits. In the first photo, Minister for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, the Hon. Dolores Cristina, is seen giving her speech as she opens the fair on November 10, with members of the National Book Council standing behind her. From left to right, Dr Ġorġ Mallia (chairman), Mr Philip Borg, Mr Joe Debattista (secretary), Mr Charles Casha, Mr Trevor Żahra, Mr Sergio Grech (Executive Director), Ms Victoria Galea, and Ms Marisa Attard. In the second photo, taken on November 11, the Prime Minister of Malta, the Hon. Dr Lawrence Gonzi, admires a book in the presence of the Council chairman.

[November 11, 2009]

 

The National Book Council in full swing

The latest incarnation of the National Book Council (Il-Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb), chaired by Ġorġ Mallia, is working simulataneously in a number of areas, preparing a law about the Maltese book, in the initial stages of a nation wide research on reading, organising a writing contest to promote literature for young adults, just out of the Maltese Book Fair at the Auberge d'Italie, constantly updating its books-in-print register, about to issue the call for submissions for the National Book Prize, in the preparation stages for a national radio programme, in touch with Malta's ambassadors abroad to help diffuse information about Maltese books, writers and publishers abroad ... and generally working in all areas that help promote books. And the National Book Council even has its FACEBOOK page (click here to enter). The present incarnation of the council is made up of (from left to right) Charles Casha, Philip Borg, Joe Debattista (Secretary), Dr William Zammit, Charles Caruana Carabez, Victoria Galea, Dr Ġorġ Mallia (Chairman), Marisa Attard, Martes Paris, Priscilla Camilleri, Sergio Grech (Executive Director), and Trevor Żahra.

[June 25, 2009]

 

Maltese cartoonists at the Hellenic Parliament

Maltese cartoonists Ġorġ Mallia and Maurice Tanti Burlò were among cartoonists from all the countries in the European Union participating in the prestigious exhibition at the Greek Parliament in Athens, entitled: “Political Cartoons in Europe of 27”. The exhibition was organised by the Hellenic Parliament, in cooperation with the Greek Cartoonists Association and was officially opened on Monday, October 13, 2008. The exhibition runs till October 25. It was held to celebrate cartoon art and its journalistic impact on society throughout the European Union. The participating cartoonists were hosted by the Parliament itself during celebrations held in honour of the popular art. Dr Mallia and Mr Tanti Burò were invited personally by the Hellenic Parliament to submit three published representative cartoons. Allied newspapers cartoonist Maurice Tanti Burlò exhibited cartoons published locally, and Ġorġ Mallia has shown cartoons from The Economic Update and a One Family comic strip from The Sunday Times.

[October 13, 2008]

 

Workshop in Corfu, Greece

Ġorġ Mallia gave a workshop on New Technology induced Social and Cognitive change and implications for the Tertiary Classroom during the ICICTE conference held on Corfu, Greece. The workshop was well-attended, and an active and dynamic discussion ensued, providing some useful suggestions regarding how to adapt the University classroom to the changes in learners who are active new media and social software users.

[July 24, 2008]

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