Writers’ organisation PEN Malta insists on the removal of National Book Council employee Jasmine Bajada after she claimed the literary scene is rife with favouritism
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Mark Vella spent two years as the book reviewer for Illum. Here he sits down with educator Daniel Xerri to discuss the latest controversy among Maltese authors and takes to task PEN Malta's request for the removal of an official from the Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb
The employee in question, Jasmine Bajada had claimed on Facebook that local authors need to “whore” themselves out to succeed in the industry