Europe’s vast range of literary events includes some of the oldest and most venerated in the world. Use the search menu below to find events across the continent.
Since 2014, the Campus Book Festival is organized annually in March in collaboration with local publishers, the University of Malta Departments, and student organizations. The aim is to encourage literature, Maltese writers and research in all its forms, as well as to provide students with the opportunity to engage with the latest novels, research and their authors.
The Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival, held in July, is a well-established annual international literary festival organized by the voluntary cultural organization Inizjamed in collaboration with the European network Literature Across Frontiers and other national and international partners. First held in 2006, the festival brings together active writers and literary translators from Malta, the Mediterranean and beyond, to showcase contemporary writing and thinking, promote interaction across languages, geographies and artistic genres, and to discuss some of the major issues of our time.
Held in October since 1984, the Malta Book Festival offers extensive networking opportunities for professionals of the literary industry. The program includes about 100 events over five days free of charge in designated halls, ranging from shows and activities for families and students to book launches and discussions, writing workshops, performative readings, and encounters between the public and book industry stakeholders.
