Abbreviation | NBC |
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Established | 2001 (23 years ago) |
Types | cultural institution, ISBN registration agency, public enterprise |
Headquarters | Floriana |
Country | Malta |
Chairpersons | Mark Camilleri |
Website | ktieb |
The National Book Council (Maltese: Il-Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb), is a Maltese public entity dedicated to the promotion of the book industry in Malta.[1]
It organises the Malta Book Festival (Maltese: Il-Festival Nazzjonali Tal-Ktieb), The Literary Contest of Novels for Youth (Maltese: Konkors ta' Kitba Letteratura għaż-Żgħażagħ)[2] and other national and regional events, workshops, seminars and contests. It also confers the National Book Prize (Maltese: Premju Nazzjonali Tal-Ktieb), administers Public Lending Rights, and is Malta's registration agent for ISBN and ISMN.[3][4]