The National Book Council is proud to announce the winners of the Terramaxka Prize 2015 – a national prize for books written for children and adolescents throughout 2014. Winners were announced today during the official opening of the Malta Book Festival (4-8 NOV) at the Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta in the presence of all Prize participants, Festival exhibitors and other special guests. These winning titles will be celebrated during Festival mornings in a series of activities organized for visiting school children. Following are all winning titles of the Terramaxka Prize in their respective categories.

Category: ORIGINAL WORK: BOOKS FOR CHILDREN (AGES 0-7)

L-Ewwel Ktieb tan-Numri by Terence Portelli (Midsea Books)

Category: ORIGINAL WORK: BOOKS FOR CHILDREN (AGES 8-12)

Dizzjunarju bil-Malti għat-Tfal by Christopher J. Micallef (BDL)

Save Samyo City by Sherise Bugeja (Merlin Publishers)

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Category: ORIGINAL WORK: BOOKS FOR ADOLESCENTS (AGES 13-16)
Only in Ħal Biżarr by David Aloisio (Klabb Kotba Maltin)

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Category: TRANSLATION: BOOKS TRANSLATED INTO MALTESE (AGES 0-7)
Lupu Lupettu Kull Kulur by Clare Azzopardi (Merlin Publishers)

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Category: TRANSLATION: BOOKS TRANSLATED INTO MALTESE (AGES 8-12)
Kosmos Express: Il-Wikkiel tal-Pjaneti by Loranne Vella (Merlin Publishers)

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Category: TRANSLATION: BOOKS TRANSLATED INTO MALTESE (AGES 13-16)
Kważi kważi lil Tamara nżommuha by Simon Bartolo (Merlin Publishers)

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Prize for BEST BOOK PRODUCTION: TERRAMAXKA BOOK PRIZE 2015
Merlin Publishers for Stampakelma by Trevor Zahra.

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Prize for ILLUSTRATOR OF WINNING BOOK IN THE ORIGINAL WORKS: BOOKS FOR CHILDREN (AGES 8-12) CATEGORY
Andrea Meli for Save Samyo City (Merlin Publishers)

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Prize for ILLUSTRATOR OF WINNING BOOK IN THE ORIGINAL WORKS: BOOKS FOR ADOLESCENTS (AGES 13-16) CATEGORY
Mark Scicluna for Only in Ħal Biżarr (Klabb Kotba Maltin)