Welcome
I’ve been writing since 1974 and since then I’ve published almost one book a year. At times in one year three or four books of mine came out, depending always on the good will of the publishers. As a teacher I always found the time to indulge in writing.
I started writing for adults, then for children and these last few years I’ve dedicated my energies towards teenagers who always complained that there were no books in Maltese specifically written for them. And they were right. But now they have no excuse for not reading in Maltese now because I’ve already published 15 books for their pleasure and a number more are waiting for the light of day.
When I’m invited to speak to students about my books, they often ask me why I almost always write in Maltese. As a teacher of English for more than 40 years, ten of them in England, they expect me to write only in English. Well, I always loved the Maltese language, even when away from our island. And I still do. I hope that you do too and maybe my books will encourage you to start writing like me.
Good luck.
2008-02-07 at 12.41 pm
Welcome to the blogosphere!
2008-02-07 at 12.51 pm
I had a look at the list of books you published, and I recognised a number of books which I have read when I was younger, including Il-? ojjin, Il-Kitarra l-Misruqa, Il-Misteru tal-Mensija, Is-Serqa tad-Djamanti and more recently Ix-Xandir f’Malta - all books which I still have in my library!
2008-04-28 at 9.58 am
prosit ta kull ktieb li ktibt.jiena student minn san alwigi .Prpsit ukoll ta din is-sit interessanti.
2008-04-28 at 10.35 am
Dear Mr. Cutajar,
I’m Aaron Xuereb from St. Aloysius’ College BKR. Today you visited our school with Mr. Paul Mizzi and as you were talking I appreciated our National Language, Maltese. I am now more interested in your books you published for us.
I asked the Librarian if there are any of your books in the school library and she said, “Yes”. Now the first free lesson I have I will go to the library and borrow some of your books to enjoy reading them. I have already read some of your books like “Il-Gojjin” u “Il-Gojjin Iehor”.
Thank you very much for your visit to our school and for the books you write for us.
Regards,
Aaron
2008-04-29 at 1.16 pm
il-love these books mostly “il-misteru tar-razzet ta’ Xindi”. There is a lot of expressions and old word and it is very folkloristic it also helps understanding the way the maltese people must have felt with the french being so rude and why the maltese were so heroic
I love the leggendi series !