The National Book Council has complained that it cannot fully use the Mediterranean Conference Centre for its forthcoming book fair … because it is to be used by a state-sponsored circus. “Only in Malta, it seems, does one find a government which takes the bizarre and absurd decision of prioritising a foreign artistic group over the local cultural
The National Book Council (NBC) appealed to the government and to the Prime Minister to ensure “unencumbered and full access” to the Mediterranean Conference Centre in order to be able to hold the Malta Book Festival on the 10 th to the 14 th of November, 2021. This comes after the NBC was informed that it won’t be able to make use of Republic Hall,
The National Book Council has appealed directly to the Government and to the Prime Minister to ensure that the National Book Council and the book industry have full access to the Mediterranean Conference Centre to hold the annual Malta Book Festival on the 10-14 November 2021, as well as the years to come. The Council in a statement, said that it has
Malta’s National Book Council has called out the state’s “bizarre and absurd” decision to restrict its use of the Mediterranean Conference Centre for its annual book festival, in order hold a Cirque Du Soleil show. “After suffering its greatest economic slump ever, the book industry in Malta needs all the support it can get,” the council stressed,