a novel for young adults.
Gramma – the first novel of its sort in Maltese – was launched at the Malta Book Festival in November and the first print of 1,000 copies has already sold out. The novel, which won the Young Adult Literature Award in 2014 and was then published by Merlin Publishers, is aimed at teenagers. It provides a snapshot into the life of 14-year old Analiża, bringing out the reality of the pain of those suffering from eating disorders.
— Sarah Carabott, Times of Malta, 2016
'Gramma' in Arabic was launched during the 2019 Cairo International Book Fair by Manshurat al-Rabie Publications.
Bridge translation to English: Albert Gatt (supported by Arts Council Malta)
Translation to Arabic: Emad Ahmad (supported by the National Book Council)
An excerpt of Gramma translated as Babica in Slovenian was published in the anthology Wara Settembru in 2018.
Bridge translation to English: Albert Gatt
Translation to Slovenian: Miriam Drev
An excerpt of Gramma translated to Frisian published in the second issue of ensafh in 2017.
Bridge translation to English: Albert Gatt (supported by Arts Council Malta)
Translation to Frisian: Hedwig Terpstra
Gramma’s first chapter published in National Book Council’s anthology Within the Conch in 2020.
Translation to English: Albert Gatt (supported by Arts Council Malta)
Editors: Claudine Borg and Charles Calleja
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