Leanne Ellul is a poet, prose writer, and playwright whose work spans both adult and children’s literature. She was named Best Emerging Author at the 2016 Malta National Book Prize, and in the same year was listed in the Commonwealth Young Achievers Book. Her poetry collections include L-Inventarju tal-Kamra l-Kaħla (Merlin, 2020), Bjuda (Aġenzija Żgħażagħ, 2022), and Il-Manifest tas-Siġar (EDE Books, 2022). Her poems have been published in adda, Asymptote, Modern Poetry in Translation, Columbia Journal, The Dallas Review, Voice & Verse, The Poetry Lighthouse, Tummy Ache, F Magazine, and Circumference, and have been translated into Arabic, English, German, Croatian, Frisian, Italian, Greek, and Slovenian. She is also the author of two award-winning young adult novels, Gramma (Merlin, 2015) and be;n il-kmiem (Merlin, 2025). Leanne lectures in Maltese language, literature, and creative writing, and is the Artistic Director of Inizjamed, a Malta-based literary NGO that organises the annual Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival.

Photo by Kenneth Scicluna.

The first half of this event will be open mic, so please feel free to bring and read a poem in a friendly and welcoming space.

Tickets can be bought in advance or on the door:

Entry prices: £5; £3 for students under 24; Free to ages 18 and under.