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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) and Shifting Contexts (2019), and was named The Young Artist of the Year in 2017 by Arts Council Malta. He exhibited his work and received art and literary residencies in the US and Europe.

Schembri’s debut novel, Stessi (2018), won The Literary Contest of Novels for Youth 2016. With his first poetry collection, Ħassartek (2021), he received the Best Emerging Author award from the National Book Council Malta in 2022. His second novel, Il-Missjoni tal-Mostru (2025), the first in the Ta’ Taħt Fuq series, won the National Book Award for Young Adult Literature ...more

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Ċerti ideat ma jorqdux (ir-raba’ parti)

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.”
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