Antenni Suspettużi

F'dan l-ewwel episodju tat-tieni staġun ta' Antenni Suspettużi niltaqgħu ma' Davinia Hamilton. Awtriċi, attriċi, drammaturga u attivista li għamlet isem fir-Renju Unit, fejn tgħix, speċjalment fil-qasam tad-drama. Imma fil-qofol tax-xogħol l-iżjed magħruf tagħha hemm Malta. Malta il-gżira turistika, Malta kattolika, Malta li tikkontrolla l-ġisem tal-mara.

Minn Londra Hamilton titkellem dwar id-dramm tagħha Blanket Ban, li ntlaqa' tajjeb ħafna hemmhekk u l-Iskozja. Dramm li jikxef it-trawma tan-nisa Maltin li jeħtieġu l-abort.

Hamilton titkellem ukoll dwar l-esperjenza tagħha bħala immigranta, li tittratta fil-kitbiet tagħha, u dwar il-proġetti ġodda li qed taħdem fuqhom.

Antenni Suspettużi huwa l-podcast ta' PEN Malta mal-awturi ta' żmienna. Joħroġ nhar ta' Tlieta.

Jippreżenta: Karl Schembri

Riċerka: Clare Azzopardi

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In this first episode from the second season of Antenni Suspettużi we meet Davinia Hamilton. An author, actress, playwright and activist who broke ground in the UK, where she lives, particularly in drama. Her most known work centres around Malta - touristic Malta, Catholic Malta, a Malta that controls women's bodies.

From London, Hamilton speaks about her play Blanket Ban, which was received to critical acclaim there and in Scotland. It is a play which exposes the trauma Maltese women who need abortion go through.

Hamilton also speaks about her experience as a migrant and how she treats it in her writings, as well as about her new projects.

Antenni Suspettużi is PEN Malta's weekly podcast with contemporary authors.

Host: Karl Schembri

Researcher: Clare Azzopardi

Twitter: @MaltaPEN

Facebook: PENMalta

Instagram: @pen_malta

Wesbite: https://pen.org.mt/

Email: PENMalta@gmail.com

Antenni Suspettużi jirritorna bi staġun ġdid ta' poddati mal-awturi ta' żmienna. F'dan l-episodju speċjali Karl Schembri u Clare Azzopardi jħarsu lura lejn l-intervisti tal-ewwel staġun u l-poddati li ġejjin.

Antenni Suspettużi huwa l-podcast ta' PEN Malta mal-awturi ta' żmienna. Joħroġ nhar ta' Tlieta.

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Antennti Suspettużi returns with a new season of podcasts with contemporary authors. In this special episode Karl Schembri and Clare Azzopardi look back at the interviews from the first season and the forthcoming podcasts.

Antenni Suspettużi is PEN Malta's weekly podcast with contemporary authors.

Twitter: @MaltaPEN

Facebook: PENMalta

Instagram: @pen_malta

Wesbite: https://pen.org.mt/

Email: PENMalta@gmail.com

Antenni Suspettużi, il-podcast ta' PEN Malta, se jirritorna b'iżjed intervisti mal-awturi ta' żmienna. Ingħaqdu ma' Karl Schembri fi staġun ġdid m'iżjed awturi li jeħtieġ jinstemgħu.

Magħkom kull ġimgħa minn nhar it-Tlieta 27 ta' Frar.

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Antenni Suspettużi, PEN Malta's podcast, returns with more interviews with contemporary authors. Join Karl Schembri in a new season with more authors who deserve to be heard.

Out every week from Tuesday 27 February.

Twitter: @MaltaPEN

Facebook: PENMalta

Instagram: @pen_malta

Wesbite: https://pen.org.mt/

Email: PENMalta@gmail.com

F'din l-edizzjoni speċjali mal-awtur Malti-Palestinjan Walid Nabhan nitrattaw il-ġenoċidju tal-Palestinjani f'Gaża li għaddej bħalissa, fejn madwar 20,000 ruħ li sebgħin fil-mija minnhom huma nisa u tfal, inqatlu diġà mill-Iżrael, kif ukoll għexieren ta' ġurnalisti, poeti, awturi u intelletwali.

X'sens tista' tagħmel il-letteratura minn dan kollu, anki meta awturi Palestinjani madwar id-dinja qed jiġu kkanċellati? Kif qed iġġib ruħha l-bqija tad-dinja fid-dawl tal-kliem li s-soltu jsir dwar drittijiet universali, il-ħakma tad-dritt u l-liġi internazzjonali? U kif qatt nistgħu nimxu 'l quddiem minn dan it-teatru ta' demm u ritaljazzjoni?

Antenni Suspettużi huwa l-podcast ta' PEN Malta mal-awturi ta' żmienna.

Jippreżenta: Karl Schembri

Riċerka: Clare Azzopardi

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In this special edition with Maltese-Palestinian author Walid Nabhan we discuss the ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, where some 20,000 people have already been killed by Israel, 70 per cent of whom were women and children, as well as tens of journalists, poets, authors and intellectuals.

What sense can literature make out of all this, also when Palestinian authors around the world are being cancelled? How is the rest of the rest of the wrold reacting to this in the light of the usual words aboud universal human rights, the rule of law and international law? ANd how can we ever move forward from this theatre of blood and retaliation?

Antenni Suspettużi is PEN Malta's weekly podcast with contemporary authors.

Host: Karl Schembri

Researcher: Clare Azzopardi

Twitter: @MaltaPEN

Facebook: PENMalta

Instagram: @pen_malta

Wesbite: https://pen.org.mt/

Email: PENMalta@gmail.com

Fit-13 u l-aħħar episodju għal dan l-istaġun ta' Antenni Suspettużi niltaqgħu ma' Loranne Vella, l-awtriċi li mxiet b'versatilità impressjonanti minn ġeneru ta' kitba għal ieħor, u li issa tinsab finalista għall-Premju Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb bl-aħħar rumanz tagħha, "Marta Marta."

Vella tkellimna dwar il-ġurnal letterarju u l-podcast bl-istess isem ta' Aphroconfuso, li issa dieħel fit-tieni sena tiegħu u li qed jiġġenera kitba letterarja ġdida u friska, inkluża kwir.

Mid-distanza ta' awtriċi li telqet minn Malta 18-il sena ilu, Vella titkellem ukoll dwar l-importanza tal-lingwa għaliha, u kif il-proċess ta' dekolonizzazzjoni jeħtieġ jinvolvi t-traduzzjoni ta' xogħlijiet mill-oriġinal għall-Malti.

Antenni Suspettużi huwa l-podcast ta' PEN Malta mal-awturi ta' żmienna.

Jippreżenta: Karl Schembri

Riċerka: Clare Azzopardi

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The guest of our 13th and final episode for this season of Antenni Suspettużi is Loranne Vella, an author who has moved from one literary genre to another with impressive versatility and who is now a finalist for the National Book Prize with her novel "Marta Marta".

Vella speaks about the literary journal and podcast Aphroconfuso, which is now entering its second year and is generating new, fresh writings, including queer literature.

Vella also speaks from a distance, having left Malta 18 years ago, about what language has come to signify for her and how the decolonisation process requires the translation of original works into Maltese.

Antenni Suspettużi is PEN Malta's weekly podcast with contemporary authors.

Host: Karl Schembri

Researcher: Clare Azzopardi

Twitter: @MaltaPEN

Facebook: PENMalta

Instagram: @pen_malta

Wesbite: https://pen.org.mt/

Email: PENMalta@gmail.com

F'dan l-episodju niltaqgħu ma' Claudia Gauci, il-poeta awtriċi ta' "Sekonda Qabel Tqum", u li issa tinsab finalista għall-Premju Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb bit-tieni ġabra tagħha, "Max-Xatt tat-Tamarisk".

Claudia tkellimna dwar il-mixja tagħha fl-għaxar snin bejn iż-żewġ kotba tagħha, fejn minn kitba introspettiva mxiet għal kummentarju soċjali u politiku dwarna.

Antenni Suspettużi huwa l-podcast ta' PEN Malta mal-awturi ta' żmienna. Joħroġ nhar ta' Tlieta.

Jippreżenta: Karl Schembri

Riċerka: Clare Azzopardi

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In this episode we meet Claudia Gauci, the poet author of "Sekonda Qabel Tqum" who is now finalist for the National Book Prize with her second poetry collection, "Max-Xatt tat-Tamarisk".

Claudia tells us about her journey in the 10 years between the two poetry collections, which saw her move from an introspective poetry to a social and political commentary about us.

Antenni Suspettużi is PEN Malta's weekly podcast with contemporary authors. Out every Tuesday.

Host: Karl Schembri

Researcher: Clare Azzopardi

Twitter: @MaltaPEN

Facebook: PENMalta

Instagram: @pen_malta

Wesbite: https://pen.org.mt/

Email: PENMalta@gmail.com

Poddata ġdida ma' Matthew Schembri, l-awtur ta' "Stessi" u "Ħassartek", li jkellimna dwar il-proċess li wasslu biex iħassar ir-rumanz tiegħu stess u jiddistillah f'poeżija, fi żmien meta l-Fibromyalgia żammitu lura milli jikteb, u kif jasserixxi l-identità Queer permezz tal-letteratura. Ta' ispirazzjoni kbira kif Schembri jdawwar tbatija fiżika u mentali f'att ta' kreazzjoni.

Fil-poddata nsellmu wkoll lill-ħbieb tagħna ta' Aphroconfuso, li Matthew qed jikkollabora magħhom fuq proġett ġdid, u li minbarra rivista letterarja għandhom podcast interessanti ferm bl-istess isem.

Antenni Suspettużi huwa l-podcast ta' PEN Malta mal-awturi ta' żmienna. Joħroġ nhar ta' Tlieta.

Jippreżenta: Karl Schembri

Riċerka: Clare Azzopardi

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A new podcast with Matthew Schembri, the author of "Stessi" and "Ħassartek", who speaks about the process that led him to erase his own novel and distill it into poetry, at a time when Fibromyalgia was impeding him from writing, and how he came out as Queer through literature. Very insiprational to hear how Schembri turns physical and mental suffering into an act of creation.

In this podcast we also salute our friends at Aphroconfuso, whom Matthew is collaborating with on a new project, and how besides a literary journal also hosts an invaluable podcast with the same name.

Antenni Suspettużi is PEN Malta's weekly podcast with contemporary authors. Out every Tuesday.

Host: Karl Schembri

Researcher: Clare Azzopardi

Twitter: @MaltaPEN

Facebook: PENMalta

Instagram: @pen_malta

Wesbite: https://pen.org.mt/

Email: PENMalta@gmail.com

F'dan l-episodju niltaqgħu ma' Elena Cardona, il-poeta li bl-ewwel ktieb tagħha "Meta Tlaqt lil Adam" diġà qed tagħmel ħoss u hija finalista għall-premju nazzjonali tal-ktieb ta' din is-sena.

Cardona tkellimna dwar l-esperjenza tagħha bħala mara Għawdxija u xi tfisser li "tinqata' minn Adam" f'soċjetà li għadha timponi l-ideat patrijarkali dwar in-nisa. Tkellimna dwar l-emarġinati fil-poeżija tagħha, u x-xogħlijiet ġodda li qed taħdem fuqhom fil-kitba tan-novelli.

Antenni Suspettużi huwa l-podcast ta' PEN Malta mal-awturi ta' żmienna. Joħroġ nhar ta' Tlieta.

Jippreżenta: Karl Schembri

Riċerka: Clare Azzopardi

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In this episode we meet Elena Cardona, the poet whose first book "Meta Tlaqt lil Adam" (When I left Adam) has been already been generating reactions and reviews. It is also a finalist for this year's national book prize.

Cardona speaks about her experience as a Gozitan woman and what it means "to leave Adam" in a society that still imposes rigid patriarchal ideas on women. She speaks of the marginalised in her poetry, and new short stories she is working on.

Antenni Suspettużi is PEN Malta's weekly podcast with contemporary authors. Out every Tuesday.

Host: Karl Schembri

Researcher: Clare Azzopardi

Twitter: @MaltaPEN

Facebook: PENMalta

Instagram: @pen_malta

Wesbite: https://pen.org.mt/

Email: PENMalta@gmail.com

F'din l-edizzjoni speċjali ta' Antenni Suspettużi se niltaqgħu mal-mistiedna tagħna f'Żagreb, il-Kroazja, li qed jattendu għall-Festival tal-Letteraturi Żgħar li din is-sena huwa ddedikat lil-letteratura Maltija. Adrian Grima, Leanne Ellul u Nadia Mifsud jiddiskutu x'inhu li jagħmel il-letteratura kontemporanja Maltija, ix-xogħlijiet li qed jiġu tradotti u esportati barra minn xtutna, u l-impatt li dan qed ikollu qabelxejn fuq l-awturi Maltin infushom.

Aqra iżjed dwar il-festival: https://adriangrima.org/2023/10/08/a-partial-introduction-to-contemporary-maltese-poetry/

Antenni Suspettużi huwa l-podcast ta' PEN Malta mal-awturi ta' żmienna. Joħroġ nhar ta' Tlieta.

Jippreżenta: Karl Schembri

Riċerka: Clare Azzopardi

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Special edition - Maltese literature that has made its way overseas

In this special edition of Antenni Suspettużi we'll meet our guests in Zagreb, Croatia, where they are part of the Festival of Small Literatures, which this year focuses on Maltese literature. Adrian Grima, Leanne Ellul and Nadia Mifsud discuss what makes contemporary Maltese literature, the works that are being translated and exported out of Malta, and the impact all this is having on Maltese authors themselves, above all.

Read more about the festival here: https://adriangrima.org/2023/10/08/a-partial-introduction-to-contemporary-maltese-poetry/

Antenni Suspettużi is PEN Malta's weekly podcast with contemporary authors. Out every Tuesday.

Host: Karl Schembri

Researcher: Clare Azzopardi

Twitter: @MaltaPEN

Facebook: PENMalta

Instagram: @pen_malta

Wesbite: https://pen.org.mt/

Email: PENMalta@gmail.com

L-awtur Jean Paul Borg jeħodna fil-qalba tal-Palestina bit-traduzzjoni tiegħu ta' "Sharon u l-Kunjata," ta' Suad Amiry, ibbażat f'Ramallah assedjata fl-aħħar Intifada. F'din il-poddata rrekordjata waqt li qed iseħħ ġenoċidju f'Gaża, nidħlu fil-fond u fl-għeruq tal-kunflitt.

Borg jitkellem ukoll dwar l-aħħar ktejjeb tiegħu, "Salib", ippubblikat is-Sibt li għadda, 14 ta' Ottubru: novella li titlaq mill-viżwal tat-tqaċċit tas-siġar li jġorru mijiet ta' snin, immarkati b'salib biex jitqaċċtu ħalli titwessa' triq, għall-istorja tabù li xi ftit jew wisq għadha assenti mil-letteratura Maltija dwar l-abort.

Fuq kollox, nisimgħu l-istorja ta' Jean Paul innifsu li ħalla warajh karriera fid-dinja finanzjarja biex jikteb, jistudja l-Malti, u jikteb iżjed.

Antenni Suspettużi huwa l-podcast ta' PEN Malta mal-awturi ta' żmienna. Joħroġ nhar ta' Tlieta.

Jippreżenta: Karl Schembri

Riċerka: Clare Azzopardi

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Author Jean Paul Borg takes us to the heart of Palestine with his translation of "Sharon and my mother-in-law" by Suad Amiry, based in besieged Ramallah in the last Intifada. Int his podcast, recorded while a genocide was ongoing in Gaza, we delve into the roots of this conflict.

Borg also speaks about his latest book, "Cross", published last Saturday 14 October - a novella that starts off from the visual of hundred-year-old trees chopped down to make way for a main road, to the major taboo surrounding abortion, a subject which remains mostly absent from contemporary Maltese literature.

We also hear Jean Paul's own story about leaving behind him a career in the financial world to write, study Maltese, and write more.

Antenni Suspettużi is PEN Malta's weekly podcast with contemporary authors. Out every Tuesday.

Host: Karl Schembri

Researcher: Clare Azzopardi

Twitter: @MaltaPEN

Facebook: PENMalta

Instagram: @pen_malta

Wesbite: https://pen.org.mt/

Email: PENMalta@gmail.com

Il-poeta Elizabeth Grech tingħaqad magħna minn Franza bħala l-mistiedna tas-seba' episodju ta' Antenni Suspettużi.

Elizabeth tkellimna dwar il-ktieb tagħha "Bejn baħar u baħar", u dwar it-triq li wasslitha għal din il-ġabra ta' poeżiji, fejn tikteb qabelxejn bħala mara. Tkellimna wkoll dwar kif tħares lejn Malta mill-bogħod, l-attiviżmu tagħha ma' artisti u awturi minn madwar il-Mediterran u issa permezz tat-teatru ta' Mana Chuma, grupp attiv fir-Reggio Calabria.

Antenni Suspettużi huwa l-podcast ta' PEN Malta mal-awturi ta' żmienna. Joħroġ nhar ta' Tlieta.

Jippreżenta: Karl Schembri

Riċerka: Clare Azzopardi

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Poet Elizabeth Grech joins us from France as the guest in our seventh episode of Antenni Suspettużi.

Elizabeth speaks about her book "Bejn baħar u baħar", and about the process leading to this poetry collection in which she writes, first and foremost, as a woman. She speaks about how she views Malta from afar, about her activism with artists and authors in the Mediterranean, and about her recent work in theatre with Mana Chuma, a group from Reggio Calabria.

Antenni Suspettużi is PEN Malta's weekly podcast with contemporary authors. Out every Tuesday.

Host: Karl Schembri

Researcher: Clare Azzopardi

Twitter: @MaltaPEN

Facebook: PENMalta

Instagram: @pen_malta

Wesbite: https://pen.org.mt/

Email: PENMalta@gmail.com

Edizzjoni speċjali ta' Antenni Suspettużi ddedikata lill-memorja ta' Daphne Caruana Galizia li nqatlet sitt snin ilu, fis-16 t'Ottubru 2017.

F'din il-poddata, Clare Azzopardi, awtriċi u attivista ma' PEN Malta, tkellimna dwar ktieb speċjali, mafkar poetiku lil Daphne, li se jitnieda nhar it-Tnejn 9 ta' Ottubru.

Huwa ktieb b'poeżiji minn Malta u minn madwar id-dinja miktuba speċifikament sabiex ma ninsewx.

Ma ninsewx li sitt snin mill-qtil tagħha għadha ma seħħitx ġustizzja ma' Daphne u mal-familja tagħha.

Ma ninsewx li sitt snin minn meta tpoġġiet il-bomba fil-karozza tagħha, il-mafjużi u l-kriminalità organizzata għadhom qed jorqdu fl-istess sodda mal-uffiċjali ta' Kastilja, fl-uffiċċju tal-Prim Ministru, b'impunità assoluta.

Ma ninsewx li l-istess korruzzjoni rampanti li kixfet Daphne għadha għaddejja bl-iktar mod sfaċċat, fejn bl-iktar mod offensiv, il-Prim Ministru nnifsu qed jiskuża l-ministri u l-awtoritajiet korrotti taħtu.

Ma ninsewx li r-riformi meħtieġa, kruċjali sabiex ikollna verament il-protezzjoni tal-ġurnalisti, kittieba u attivisti, kif ukoll il-protezzjoni tal-libertà tal-kelma u l-informazzjoni, għadhom fil-friża għaliex il-Prim Ministru Robert Abela ma jridx imexxihom.

Il-ktieb se jitnieda nhar it-Tnejn 9 t'Ottubru fis-7.30pm fil-Grand Hotel Excelsior, il-Floriana. Pubblikazzjoni ta' PEN Malta u MidSea Books flimkien ma' PEN International u bl-għajnuna tal-Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb.

Inħeġġukom tattendu - kulma għandkom tagħmlu biex tirreġistraw l-interess huwa li tibagħtu email lil admin@midseabooks.com.

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A special edition of our podcast dedicated to the memory of Daphne Caruana Galizia, the journalist who was assassinated six years ago on 16 October 2017.

In this podcast, author and PEN Malta activist Clare Azzopardi speaks about a special book that will be launched on Monday 9 October: "Daphne - A Memorial in Verse", with poems from around the world written so we never forget.

We don't want to forget that six years since her assassination, there is still no justice for Daphne and her family.

We don't want to forget that six years since the bomb was planted in her car, the mafia and institutionalised crime is still in bed with the officials in the Office of the Prime Minister enjoying total impunity.

We don't want to forget that the same rampant corruption that Daphne uncovered is still ongoing, with the Prime Minister offensively excusing the corrupt ministers and authorities that he is responsible for.

We don't want to forget that the essential reforms to our media laws, freedom of expression and information, and laws that would truly protect journalists, authors, whistleblowers and activists are stalled because Prime Minister Robert Abela does not want to enact them.

The book launch is on Monday 9 October at 7.30pm at the Grand Hotel Excelsior in Floriana, Malta. It is published by PEN Malta and MidSea Books together with PEN International and with partial funding from the National Book Council.

To attend please send an email to register at admin@midseabooks.com

Twitter: @MaltaPEN

Facebook: PENMalta

Instagram: @pen_malta

Wesbite: https://pen.org.mt/

Email: PENMalta@gmail.com

Fis-sitt episodju ta' Antenni Suspettużi niltaqgħu ma' Miriam Calleja Shaw, poetessa, awtriċi, traduttriċi u l-Viċi President ta' PEN Malta. 

Miriam, li studjat u ħadmet bħala spiżjara, titkellem dwar kif għall-bidu kienet tħossha fil-marġini tal-komunità letterarja Maltija, speċjalment minħabba li tikteb l-iktar bl-Ingliż. Illum tgħix Alabama, fl-Istati Uniti, fejn hi attiva fi ċrieki letterarji, tagħti workshops fil-kitba kreattiva u qed timraħ f'ġeneri ġodda ta' kitba fosthom il-mikrostorja. 

Miriam titkellem ukoll dwar il-bżonn tas-solidarjetà bejn l-awturi u l-ġurnalisti, u x-xogħol ta' PEN kontra l-persekuzzjoni tagħhom u l-attakki fuq il-libertà tal-kelma. 

Nisimgħu ukoll il-poeżija profetika "Ix-Xita," miktuba mill-poeta Libjan Mustafa Trabalsi, li għereq fid-dulluvju f'Derna fil-11 ta' Settembru ta' din is-sena.  

Antenni Suspettużi huwa l-podcast ta' PEN Malta mal-awturi ta' żmienna. Joħroġ nhar ta' Tlieta. Jippreżenta: Karl Schembri Riċerka: Clare Azzopardi  

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The sixth episode of Antenni Suspettużi is with Miriam Calleja Shaw, a poet, author, translator and Vice President of PEN Malta. 

A chemist by profession, Miriam speaks about being a relative outsider to the Maltese literary world and how that changed over the years. She now lives in the Alabama, US, where she is engaged in literary circles, gives workshops on creative writing, and has started venturing into new writing forms, including flash fiction. 

Miriam speaks about the need for solidarity between authors and journalists, and about the work carried out by PEN against their persecution and attacks on freedom of speech. We also hear a reading of "The Rain", a prophetic poem by Libyan poet Mustafa Al Trabelsi, killed in the floods in Derna on 11 September 2023.  

Antenni Suspettużi is PEN Malta's weekly podcast with contemporary authors. Out every Tuesday. 

Host: Karl Schembri 

Researcher: Clare Azzopardi   

Twitter: @MaltaPEN  

Facebook: PENMalta  

Instagram: @pen_malta  

Wesbite: https://pen.org.mt/   

Email: PENMalta@gmail.com

Keith Borg, l-awtur ta' "Il-Parabboli tal-Imġienen", huwa l-mistieden fil-ħames episodju ta' Antenni Suspettużi. Keith jitkellem dwar il-qtil ta' Daphne Caruana Galizia u dwar kif jittrattah fl-istorja tiegħu "Repubblika", fejn karattri differenti jirreaġixxu b'modi għalkollox differenti anki quddiem "att faħxi" bħal dan.

Keith jitkellem ukoll dwar il-poema "Magħġuna fit-Tbenġil", li tittratta l-falliment tas-soċjetà  quddiem il-femmiċidju u l-vjolenza domestika.

F'din il-poddata Keith isellem ukoll lil Mario Azzopardi, jiddiskuti t-tabù fil-letteratura Maltija u kif jirnexxilu jikteb dwar is-sess bla ma jaqa' fil-pornografija jew l-medjokrità.

Antenni Suspettużi huwa l-podcast ta' PEN Malta mal-awturi ta' żmienna. Joħroġ nhar ta' Tlieta.

Jippreżenta: Karl Schembri

Riċerka: Clare Azzopardi

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Keith Borg, the author of Il-Parabboli tal-Imġienen, is the guest in the fifth episode of Antenni Suspettużi. Keith discusses the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia and how he deals with it in his story Repubblika, where different characters react in totally different ways to this event despite its obvious atrocity.

Keith also talks about his poem "Magħġuna fit-Tbenġil" which deals with society's failure in relation to femicide and domestic violence.

In this episode Keith also salutes Mario Azzopardi, discusses taboo in Maltese literature and how he manages to write about sex without falling into the pornographic or the mediocre.

Antenni Suspettużi is PEN Malta's weekly podcast with contemporary authors. Out every Tuesday.

Host: Karl Schembri

Researcher: Clare Azzopardi

Twitter: @MaltaPEN

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Fir-raba' episodju ta' Antenni Suspettużi, l-awtriċi Rita Saliba titkellem dwar il-ġeneri u forom differenti li tikteb fihom, inkluż il-mikro-storja li tagħha hi pijuniera f'Malta bil-pubblikazzjoni ta' stejjer qosra ħafna, li jappellaw għall-ħajja mgħaġġla tal-lum. "Qisu ħadd m'għandu paċenzja, imma dik l-istorja kulħadd iridha," tgħid Rita. "Nibża' li l-istejjer qed jaħarbulna minn idejna." 

Titkellem ukoll dwar in-nuqqas ta' kritika letterarja u r-riċensjonijiet "tal-ħbieb" li jżommu lura minn diskussjoni pubblika tal-kwalità tal-kotba ġodda li joħorġu. U dwar "il-gosti differenti" tal-pubblikaturi li jġegħluha tmur minn wieħed għal ieħor skont il-ġeneri li jippreferu. 

Rita rebħet tliet darbiet il-Konkors tal-Letteratura għaż-Żgħażagħ b'Inżul ix-Xemx, Bella Berger u Il-kulur tal-Lellux.  

Antenni Suspettużi huwa l-podcast ta' PEN Malta mal-awturi ta' żmienna. Joħroġ nhar ta' Tlieta. 

Jippreżenta: Karl Schembri 

Riċerka: Clare Azzopardi  

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In the fourth episode of Antenni Suspettużi, author Rita Saliba speaks about the different genres and forms that she writes in, including flashfiction of which she is a pioneer in Malta with the publication of very short stories that she feels appeal to today's fast life. "It's as if nobody has time for anything, but everyone loves a story," Rita says. "I'm afraid that stories around us are fleeting away." 

She also speaks about the lack of literary criticism and book reviews penned by friends in the Maltese publishing world that inhibit a public discussion about the quality of new books coming out. And about publishers' preferences that make her hop from one to the other according to the genre that they like. 

Rita is three-times winner of the Youth Literary Contest with Inżul ix-Xemx, Bella Berger and Il-kulur tal-Lellux.  

Antenni Suspettużi is PEN Malta's weekly podcast with contemporary authors. Out every Tuesday. 

Host: Karl Schembri 

Researcher: Clare Azzopardi   

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"Kultant nistħajjilni qisni boxer li daħal fl-arena ma' boxer ieħor," huwa kif Aleks Farrugia jiddeskrivi t-taqbidiet tiegħu fil-kitba, fil-konfront ta' ideat u sentimenti popolari dwar min aħna. Fit-tielet episodju ta' Antenni Suspettużi, Aleks jitkellem dwar in-nuqqas ta' dibattitu dwar fejn jinsab ix-xellug f'Malta, u dwar il-kotba tiegħu Għall-Glorja tal-Patrija, Ir-Re Borg u Camerata. Jgħidilna wkoll għaliex jibqa' jippubblika mad-dar tal-pubblikazzjoni tal-Partit Laburista, is-Sensiela Kotba Soċjalisti.

Antenni Suspettużi huwa l-podcast ta' PEN Malta mal-awturi ta' żmienna. Joħroġ nhar ta' Tlieta.

Jippreżenta: Karl Schembri

Riċerka: Clare Azzopardi

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"Sometimes I see myself as a boxer who entered the arena against another boxer," is how Aleks Farrugia describes his battles in his writing, where he confronts popular ideas and sentiments about who we are. In the third episode of Antenni Suspettużi, Aleks speaks about the dearth debate about the left in Malta, and about his books Għall-Glorja tal-Patrija, Ir-Re Borg and Camerata. He also tells us why he keeps publishing his books with the Labour Party publishing house, Sensiela Kotba Soċjalisti.

Antenni Suspettużi is PEN Malta's podcast with contemporary authors. Out every Tuesday.

Host: Karl Schembri

Researcher: Clare Azzopardi

Twitter: @MaltaPEN

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"Eżistenzjaliżmu Mediterranju taħt xemx tikwi," huwa kif Ryan Falzon jiddeskrivi r-rumanz debuttanti tiegħu, Sajf, f'dan it-tieni episodju ta' Antenni Suspettużi. Ippubblikat inqas minn sena ilu ma' Kotba Calleja,  Sajf diġà jinsab mal-finalisti tal-Premju Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb għal din is-sena. F'din l-intervista ma' Karl Schembri, Ryan jitkellem dwar ir-realtajiet tal-Ġenerazzjoni Ż u l-Millennjali f'Malta tal-kontradizzjonijiet u realtajiet paralleli. Jgħidilna wkoll xi jdejqu f'ħafna mill-awturi Maltin, xi jħobb f'Irvine Welsh u J.G. Ballard, Immanuel Mifsud u Ġużè Stagno.

Antenni Suspettużi huwa l-podcast ta' PEN Malta mal-awturi ta' żmiennai. Joħroġ nhar ta' Tlieta.

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"Mediterranean existentialism under a scorching sun," is how Ryan Falzon describes his debut novel, Summer, in this second episode of Antenni Suspettużi. Published less than a year ago by Kotba Calleja, Summer is already among the finalists for this year's National Book Prize. In this interview with Karl Schembri, Ryan talks about the realities of Generation Z and the Millennials in a Malta of contradictions and parallel realities. He also tells us what annoys him about many Maltese authors, what he likes about Irvine Welsh and J.G. Ballard, Immanuel Mifsude and Ġużè Stagno.

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Fl-ewwel poddata ta' Antenni Suspettużi, Lara Calleja titkellem dwar Il-kotba tagħha Lucy Min? u Kissirtu Kullimkien, ir-relevanza tal-Premju Letterarju Ewropew li rebħet sentejn ilu, l-awturi li mbuttawha tikteb, u r-responabbiltà politika tal-awturi.

Antenni Suspettużi huwa l-podcast ta' PEN Malta mal-awturi ta' żmienna, ippreżentat minn Karl Schembri. Joħroġ nhar ta' Tlieta.

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In our first episode of Antenni Suspettużi, Lara Calleja speaks of her books Lucy Min? and Kissirtu Kullimkien, the relevance of the European Union Prize for Literature that she won two years ago, the authors who pushed her to write, and the political responsibility of authors.

Antenni Suspettużi is PEN Malta's podcast with contemporary authors presented by Karl Schembri. Out every Tuesday.

Twitter: @MaltaPEN

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Il-podcast ta' PEN Malta mal-awturi ta' żmienna. Karl Schembri jintervista awturi dwar il-kotba tagħhom, il-proġetti li jmiss, u l-ħsibijiet tagħhom dwar dak li qed jiġri.  

PEN Malta's podcast with contemporary authors hosted by Karl Schembri in which he interviews them about their books, their new projects and their take on what's happening in the world.