PEN Malta issellem il-memorja ta' Arthur Gruppetta (1944-2025), figura li kellha sehem kbir fl-istorja letterarja ta' Malta. Grupetta stabilixxa Merlin Publishers, minn ħanut żgħir tal-kotba għal pubblikatur ewlieni ta' tant kittieba f'Malta. Kondoljanzi lill-familja tiegħu.

My book, Eħlisna mid-Deni, is ready! My publisher, Merlin, has just sent me a video clip of the book, and I can't wait for you all to see it and get a glimpse of what's inside. Book reading and presentation on 9 November at the Malta Book Festival at 6pm, Readers' Hall.

Here's the cover of my new novel in Maltese, Eħlisna mid-Deni (Deliver Us From Evil), to be published on 9 November with Merlin Publishers! Brilliantly designed by Pierre Portelli. Book reading and Q&A on 9 November, 6pm at the Malta Book Festival, Readers' Hall #coverreveal

#China: Today, on the 10-year anniversary of the kidnapping of poet, bookseller and PEN member, Gui Minhai, 65 PEN Centres around the world renew our demand for his immediate and unconditional release. Read our joint statement ⬇️ www.pen-international.org/news/china-p... #FreeGuiMinhai

Today marks eight years since #DaphneCaruanaGalizia was attacked for speaking truth to power. She challenged corruption at the highest levels and paid with her life. Her courage and legacy endure. We continue to support her family in their pursuit of justice and accountability.

Eight years ago, we were shaken by a tragedy that had no precedent in Malta. Eight years ago, someone decided to carry out an assassination on a person who chose, instead of living a comfortable life, to risk her own safety in order to expose facts in the public interest

I’ll be reading from my upcoming novel Eħlisna mid-Deni (Deliver Us from Evil) on Wed 8 Oct, 6 pm at Pembroke Public Library, Malta, weeks before its November release by Merlin Publishers Join me: www.facebook.com/events/77695...

The latest targeted assassination of Palestinian journalists by Israel in Gaza is horrifying confirmation of a long-standing, genocidal policy aimed at wiping out Palestinian life and culture. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...

To the cartoonist who drew this, well done.

We joined civil society in marking the Palestinian Nakba and in urging our government and the EU to stop Israel's genocoide of Palestinians www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/nationa...

Check out PEN Malta's May newsletter – find out more about the Open Mic on Manoel Island, standing up to unchecked development, and how you can raise your voice. Manoel Island should be for everyone, not for the greedy trying to grab our country with enabling politicians.

Zainab fled the war with a broken hand and four children. Khaled walked 17 days with his 3-year-old. Mariam lost five children in one night. This is what life looks like for many people in #Sudan right now. www.nrc.no/feature/2025...

We are human rights lawyers. Our new report is clear: Israel perpetrates apartheid | Sandra L Babock, Susan M Akram, Thomas Becker and James Cavallaro

Ingħaqad magħna għall-Palk Ħieles f'lejla li tiċċelebra l-libertà tal-espressjoni, il-komunità u l-kreattività fl-arja miftuħa. Organizzat minn PEN Malta mal-kampanja "Manoel Island: Post Għalina". - 22 ta’ Mejju 2025 - 6:00 PM - Manoel Island Irreġistra hawn: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#Vietnam: We join @penamerica.bsky.social, Vietnam PEN, @rsf.org , @pressfreedom.bsky.social and others urging the US Secretary of State to support persecuted Vietnamese writers and journalists, including #PhamDoanTrang. Read our joint letter ⬇️ www.pen-international.org/news/vietnam...

More than 60,000 malnourished children in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state are at risk as treatment supplies run critically low and resupply efforts are hampered, warn @unicef.org @wfp.org "We are in danger of simply running out of supplies." www.unicef.org/press-releas...

1/ PEN Malta stands in solidarity with Gaza and condemns the Maltese government’s refusal to assist the humanitarian vessel Conscience, left stranded following a reported Israeli drone attack. www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/nationa...

Fil-jum Dinji għal-Libertà tal-Istampa nitlobu għall-waqfien tal-impunità ta' min iwettaq krimini kontra l-ġurnalisti. On World Press Freedom Day we call for the end of impunity for crimes against journalists.

"The ghosts will be there for a long time." I spoke to @timesofmalta.bsky.social about what I saw in #Darfur: famine, mass displacement, and the incredible resilience of the Sudanese people. We cannot turn our backs on them. timesofmalta.com/article/the-...

14 million children in need of humanitarian assistance. 5 million children forced to flee their homes. Meet six orphaned siblings, navigating death and displacement in #Sudan, as they search for safety. @karlschembri.bsky.social in @theguardian.com:

After dysentery killed their mother & the civil war came to their home in Omdurman, Haroun and his young siblings were forced to set off on an epic quest to reach El Geneina, #Sudan. My piece on today's Guardian about the orphaned children I met in Darfur. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Mariam lost her 5 children, her hearing & sight when war hit Al Geneina, #Sudan. “Now I have no one left,” she told me. @nrc-global.bsky.social NRC's access centre became her only lifeline—until funding cuts threatened to shut it down. We can’t abandon people like Mariam www.nrc.no/news/2025/ap...

@stephensackur.bsky.social "I don’t think at the very senior levels of the #BBC there is an awareness of just how big a show #HARDtalk is around the world.” So many of us, still shaking our heads in disbelief ... www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...

Francesca Albanese: Israel, Gaza, and the United Nations (LEADING) Rory and Alastair are joined by United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories to discuss: 🇮🇹Why the Mafia inspired her to become a lawyer 🇮🇱Why she thinks Netanyahu is breaking the law in the war in Gaza

These graffiti were drawn by orphaned siblings I met today who just arrived in Al Geneina, Darfur, from Khartoum. They depict the daily horrors they faced in their neighbourhood: fighters, drones, artillery and deadly battles they fled to survive.

Trump signs order to dismantle 7 federal agencies focused on media, libraries, homelessness Source: The Hill share.newsbreak.com/c3trz6hw

There is only a two-word response to US and Israel to this, and it's not thank you. apnews.com/article/isra...

PEN Malta firmly supports the call to safeguard a healthy democratic culture, as highlighted in today’s Times of Malta editorial. Democracy is about fostering a culture where informed debate, accountability and the protection of fundamental freedoms thrive. timesofmalta.com/article/edit...

How do you campaign for change? Meant for PEN members and recent and long-time supporters, this handbook from @peninternational.bsky.social will help you refresh your approach to campaigning for the right to freedom of expression and supporting writers at risk: buff.ly/4ao46uQ

Join us tomorrow 5 March in London/Brussels or online for the launch of the Europe Press Freedom Report: Confronting Political Pressure Disinformation & the Erosion of Media Independence. More information here: go.coe.int/TYndb #EuropeForFreeMedia

On the London Underground

MAKING SILENCED LANGUAGES VISIBLE Day 11 - Poem 17: Malti Keith Borg: sakemm (until) Malti is the official language of the Maltese people. It is the only official Semitic language of the EU, and the only one written in Latin alphabet. @penmalta.bsky.social youtu.be/yYdtAioz00M?...

Keir Starmer to carry out largest cut to UK overseas aid in history

‼️You should read this. It’s about the #USAID on its knees. I’ve made the article free.

This is how the @washingtonpost.com is led to die in darkness. This is how authoritarianism creeps in. This is how Jeff Bezos seals his Faustian pact.

PEN Malta expresses solidarity with journalists who were attacked yesterday Wednesday 26 February while carrying out their duties in court. 1/3 timesofmalta.com/article/igm-...

PEN Malta expresses solidarity with journalists who were attacked yesterday Wednesday 26 February while carrying out their duties in court. timesofmalta.com/article/igm-...

1/2 I met Azila late last year in #Chad, where she told me of her horrific story of having to flee from #Sudan with her children, only to lose her daughter along the way.