Others, Across

How much is lost in a translation? That, perhaps, would be the ultimate measure of how much could have been read, how many routes ventured along towards the border before the final crossing was made: Across, from where language is homestead, detention under a familiar roof, to the place where other idioms reign and other familiarities. Translation is, also migration. Albertb Gatt

Six of the New Wave Writers working together within Inizjamed and writing mainly in Maltese are now available in English in this series of Contemporary Maltese Literature in Translation. Clare Azzopardi, Stanley Borg, Norbert Bugeja, Maria Grech Ganado, Adrian Grima and Simone Inguanez are producing some of the most engaging poetry and prose to come out of this central Mediterranean island for many years. This series has allowed them and Maltese literature in general to find a presence, through translation, in the consciousness of foreign readerships.