ANTONI VIDAL FERRANDO, JAUME FUSTER AWARD 2023

27/04/2023

This Tuesday the Jaume Fuster Prize was awarded to the writer Antoni Vidal Ferrando, originally from Majorca. This is an award given by the Association of Writers in the Catalan Language, the EFTA, and whose winner is chosen among all the members of the association by voting. Presentation of the Jaume Fuster Award Vidal received the distinction this Tuesday from the hands of Sebastià Portell, president of the entity, in a press conference that was also attended by D. Sam Abrams and various media outlets. With the aim of celebrating the delivery of this award to the writer Vidal Ferrando... Read More

OUR BOOK DAY 2023

25/04/2023

The Day of the Book commemorations took us the days 21, 22 y 23 of April in Sant Antoni, Santa Eulària and Ibiza. During these conferences, the public made contact with the new publishing firm Melqart Ediciones, which inaugurated its activity last 14 April with the aim of launching publications aimed at readers inside and outside the Pitiüses. This label will accompany Edicions Aïllades and Ibiza Editions in their work to publicize the work of Ibizan authors. as always happens, the celebrations of the promenade of Vara de Rey de Vila were the... Read More

José M. PRATS MARÍ PRESENTS 'IBIZAN CORSAIRES IN GIBRALTAR’

22/04/2023

Last 20 de abril, the officer of the Navy and graduate of the General Staff, José M. Prats Marí presented his book, ‘Ibicencan corsairs in Gibraltar‘ at the Ibiza Yacht Club. This publication by Ibiza Editions, label that has recently joined the Melqart Media brand, It is the sixth number of the barbarian essay collection. This title compiles the intervention of local navigators in the Spanish siege of Gibraltar at the end of the 18th century. The researcher offered a complete exposition of the facts explained in 'Ibicencan corsairs in Gibraltar’ and gave a sample of his particular style... Read More

SAINT JORDI'S DAY IN MALLORCA

21/04/2023

The is coming 23 de abril, Sant Jordi Day and International Book Day. One more year, the streets of Mallorca will be filled with literature to commemorate this very important day for Catalan culture and world letters. The Artisan Culture Library and the Majorca Literary Foundation have organized a program of activities for Sant Jordi with the collaboration of the Booksellers Guild of Mallorca. Artisan Culture Library Activities The activities will begin on Saturday 22 April in a space in the garden of the La Misericordia Cultural Center prepared by the Artisan Culture Library. with... Read More

INTERVIEW WITH JOSÉ M. Prats Marí (II)

18/04/2023

This entry transcribes the second part of the interview with José M. Prats Marí for the forthcoming launch of his book 'Ibicenco Corsairs in Gibraltar'. INTERVIEW WITH JOSÉ M: In the port of Ibiza there is a tribute to the corsairs. To what extent are they important to the local culture? José M. Prats Marí: in Ibiza, to talk about the sea is to talk about corsairs. The best known are those of the 18th century due to the chronicles, but it is very possible that its peak was during the Middle Ages, with the arrival of the Almoravids. There were Muslims and Ibizans and it coincided with the reigns of.... Read More

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