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Matthew Schembri (b. 1993) is a multimedia artist, writer and poet based in Malta. He earned a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Digital Arts in 2017. Schembri won Divergent Thinkers 04 (2015), Shifting Contexts (2019), and was named The Young Artist of the Year in 2017 by Arts Council Malta. In addition to Malta, he exhibited his works and was awarded art and literary residencies in the US, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, France, Spain, Croatia and Finland.

Schembri’s debut novel, Stessi (2018), won The Literary Contest of Novels for Youth 2016, and with his first poetry collection, Ħassartek (2021), he received the Best Emerging Author award given by the National Book Council Malta in 2022. In the same year, he was one of the winners of the ...more

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	Stessi 3.98 avg rating — 45 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Scintillas: New Maltese Writing 3 by Jen Calleja (Editor), Kat Storace (Editor), Clare Azzopardi (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Il-Missjoni tal-Mostru (Ta’ Taħt Fuq, #1) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Stories on the Move: IHRAM 2025 Quarterly Literary Magazine by Lisa Zammit (Editor), Foster Gareau (Contributer), Eve Rifkah (Contributer) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	A Sea of Words - The Voice of Youths 2022 by Asad Gabi Rahji (Contributor), Tijana Rakočević (Contributor), Amer K. Almassri (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Ir-raba' bloggata dwar Il-Missjoni tal-Mostru (Ta' Taħt Fuq, #1), ippubblikat minn Merlin Publishers.

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L-2022. Il-Marsa. Wara ma nafx kemm-il darba editjajt il-manuskritt –

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“Ħadd ma jista’ jkun jaf b’kollox. U min ikun jaf b’kollox, jixba’.”
― Matthew Schembri, Il-Missjoni tal-Mostru

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“Din tal-owkej bla sens. Ikun min ikun u jiġrilu x’jiġrilu donnu kulħadd obbligat li jistaqsi din il-mistoqsija. Inkella x’se ssaqsih bniedem? X’se tgħidlu? Isma’ naf li m’intix owkej ta! Le, ma taħdimx. Int owkej? tirbaħ dejjem.”
― Matthew Schembri, Stessi

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“The scariest moment is always just before you start.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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