Comments on: Even the National Book Council wasn’t safe from the depredations of an unfit-for-purpose Malta Taghna Lkoll appointment https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/01/even-the-national-book-council-wasnt-safe-from-the-depredations-of-an-unfit-for-purpose-malta-taghna-lkoll-appointment/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Mon, 20 Jan 2014 13:10:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: H.P. Baxxter https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/01/even-the-national-book-council-wasnt-safe-from-the-depredations-of-an-unfit-for-purpose-malta-taghna-lkoll-appointment/#comment-1523042 Mon, 20 Jan 2014 13:10:03 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=43516#comment-1523042 In reply to Ragonesi.

The book industry is not facing any challenges. It is flourishing. More books are published every day today than at any other time in history.

If the Maltese book industry is in trouble, then it’s down to the dire quality of the publications. You need to put good stuff in books if people are to buy them.

]]> By: Camilleri Dartak https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/01/even-the-national-book-council-wasnt-safe-from-the-depredations-of-an-unfit-for-purpose-malta-taghna-lkoll-appointment/#comment-1522785 Mon, 20 Jan 2014 10:56:31 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=43516#comment-1522785 In reply to Joe Fenech.

The problem is he is completely inarticulate in both English and Maltese. “L-ewwel preferenza ha naghtih”. The guy doesn’t know any language.

]]> By: Joe Fenech https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/01/even-the-national-book-council-wasnt-safe-from-the-depredations-of-an-unfit-for-purpose-malta-taghna-lkoll-appointment/#comment-1522096 Mon, 20 Jan 2014 02:40:32 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=43516#comment-1522096 Lest we never forget:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls7-NANt6aI

]]> By: Joe Fenech https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/01/even-the-national-book-council-wasnt-safe-from-the-depredations-of-an-unfit-for-purpose-malta-taghna-lkoll-appointment/#comment-1522087 Mon, 20 Jan 2014 02:29:30 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=43516#comment-1522087 In reply to H.P. Baxxter.

A keffiyeh and an army suit perhaps?

]]> By: Joe Fenech https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/01/even-the-national-book-council-wasnt-safe-from-the-depredations-of-an-unfit-for-purpose-malta-taghna-lkoll-appointment/#comment-1522075 Mon, 20 Jan 2014 02:12:12 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=43516#comment-1522075 In reply to Joe Fenech.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorg_Mallia

]]> By: Joe Fenech https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/01/even-the-national-book-council-wasnt-safe-from-the-depredations-of-an-unfit-for-purpose-malta-taghna-lkoll-appointment/#comment-1522074 Mon, 20 Jan 2014 02:11:43 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=43516#comment-1522074 In reply to Rjc.

Sure, same brilliance!

]]> By: Joe Fenech https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/01/even-the-national-book-council-wasnt-safe-from-the-depredations-of-an-unfit-for-purpose-malta-taghna-lkoll-appointment/#comment-1522072 Mon, 20 Jan 2014 02:10:25 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=43516#comment-1522072 He sounds like Saddam Hussein declaring war on Iran.

]]> By: Ragonesi https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/01/even-the-national-book-council-wasnt-safe-from-the-depredations-of-an-unfit-for-purpose-malta-taghna-lkoll-appointment/#comment-1521785 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 22:35:44 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=43516#comment-1521785 What does this 25 year old inarticulate and shabbily dressed young man know about the book industry and the challenges it is facing? Can you imagine this guy meeting the chief of the UK Book Council, the Booker Committee or foreign publishing gurus? This government surely knows how to embarrass our country.

]]> By: H.P. Baxxter https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/01/even-the-national-book-council-wasnt-safe-from-the-depredations-of-an-unfit-for-purpose-malta-taghna-lkoll-appointment/#comment-1521716 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 22:00:19 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=43516#comment-1521716 He could have worn a kaftan or a batik shirt.

]]> By: xadina https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/01/even-the-national-book-council-wasnt-safe-from-the-depredations-of-an-unfit-for-purpose-malta-taghna-lkoll-appointment/#comment-1521654 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 21:29:34 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=43516#comment-1521654 Same argument, but this has more serious implications for obvious reasons:
http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2014-01-19/news/sacked-for-criminal-association-cleared-on-a-technicality-now-a-vat-director-3722117121/

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