Meet the Authors
Julia Donaldson
Rhyme, rhythm, and a Gruffalo for every generation.
One name so far, and we mean it
We'd rather stock one Maltese author honestly than pad a band to look local. If you write in Malta, or know someone we should be reading, tell us — the shelf is waiting.
Meet the authors Maltese families love
Nineteen storytellers. One island of readers.
Nineteen names, picked by the people who shelve them. Some raised a generation, some arrived last month, one is Maltese. Start with a favourite — or let us hand you the next one.
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Aaron Blabey
“Pug meets biscuit meets consequences. Loud, funny, not subtle.”
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Akira Toriyama
“The man who taught two generations what a fight scene looks like.”
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Axel Scheffler
“Draw a mouse brave enough, and the forest grows around it.”
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Campbell Books
“First books for first hands — chewable, splashable, survivable.”
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Enid Blyton
“Ginger beer, secret passages, and a holiday that never quite ends.”
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Gemma McMullen
“For the child who asks "but how does it actually work".”
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Holly Webb
“Small animal, big rescue, tissues within reach.”
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James Mayhew
“Step into the painting and see what the museum won't tell you.”
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Jamie Smart
“A forest. A rocket. Very poor decisions. Comics for chaos gremlins.”
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Joe Dever
“You decide where the story goes — and where it goes wrong.”
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Julia Donaldson
“Rhymes that stick, creatures that scare just enough, endings that satisfy.”
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Kaiu Shirai
“Looks like a fairy tale. Reads like a chess match.”
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Kirsty Holmes
“Non-fiction where the reader sees themselves on the page.”
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✦ Malta Ships from VallettaMargaret Abdilla Cunningham
“Our harbours, our nanniet, our festi — on the page, in English.”
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Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
“Big lives, told small enough to hold in two hands.”
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Mary Pope Osborne
“A treehouse, a book, and anywhere in history you fancy.”
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Michael Bond
“Marmalade, manners, and a small brown suitcase.”
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Suggest an author
Someone missing? Tell us who to bring in next.
From here on — books for grown readers (16+)
The Late-Night Shelf
Both write the kind of book that gets pressed into a friend's hands with "just read it" — one-sitting stories that trade comfort for grip.
