Scintillas: New Maltese Writing 1 is a new anthology of contemporary Maltese writing edited by Kat Storace and current UEA student Jen Calleja has just been published by Praspar Press. It includes new fiction, poetry and literary nonfiction in English and English translation by a selection of emerging and established Maltese writers from across the world. Jen Calleja is currently studying for her PhD in Creative & Critical Writing at UEA. Her debut collection of poetry, Serious Justice, was published by Test Centre in 2016, followed by the pamphlet Hamburger in the Archive, which was published by If A Leaf Falls Press in 2019. I’m Afraid That’s All We’ve Got Time For, her debut collection of short stories, was recently published by Prototype. As a translator from German, she has translated over sixteen novels and was the inaugural Translator in Residence at the British Library. She was the translator of The Pine Islands by Marion Poschmann, which was longlisted for this year’s Dublin Literary Award Novels in Translation Prize and shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2019.
Scintillas: New Maltese Writing 1 edited by Jen Calleja and Kat Storace
