Department of English – University of Malta
Thursday, January 14, at 6:30 PM, Valletta Campus University of Malta, St Paul’s Street
The University of Malta’s Department of English is launching Daniel Massa’s recently published collection of poetry, Barefoot in the Saltpans, on Thursday 14 January at 18:30 at the Aula Magna, University of Malta Valletta Campus.
Stella Borg Barthet will deliver a short welcome address, followed by readings by Ninette Micallef and Paul Xuereb. Ivan Callus and Adrian Grima will be giving short critical commentaries. A Musical Interlude will comprise ‘The Invitation’ and ‘The Tribute’ from Seħer [Enchantment] Song Cycle, composed by Joseph Vella for a text written for it by Daniel Massa and sung by Maria Frendo.
Barefoot In The Saltpans is published by Allied Newspapers.
The public is cordially invited.
Programme
Welcome – Stella Borg Barthet
Reading – Ninette Micallef, Paul Xuereb
‘Barefoot in the Saltpans’
‘Saltnpans’
‘Delimara Bay’
‘Midnight Swim’
Critical Commentary – Adrian Grima
Musical Interlude – ‘The Invitation’ and ‘The Tribute’ from Seher [Enchantment] Song Cycle, composed by Joseph Vella for a text written for it by Daniel Massa, and sung by Maria Frendo.
Reading – Ninette Micallef, Paul Xuereb
‘Design for a New Arras’
‘Wild and Gentle’
‘Statements in Black’
Critical Commentary – Ivan Callus
The poet reads ‘Ship of Dreams’
Refreshments
A leading poet in Maltese and English, Daniel Massa has published widely on Renaissance Humanism and Commonwealth Literature. Barefoot in the Saltpans is a selection of Massa’s poetry, characterised by seascape imagery, gripping in its vividness and physicality.
http://www.um.edu.mt/newspoint/events/uomevents/2016/01/danielmassabooklaunch
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