{"id":26869,"date":"2022-10-10T08:12:16","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T08:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vca.gov.mt\/?post_type=etn&#038;p=26869"},"modified":"2022-10-14T11:17:22","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T11:17:22","slug":"blind-date-with-a-book-8-24-dec","status":"publish","type":"etn","link":"https:\/\/vca.gov.mt\/en\/events\/blind-date-with-a-book-8-24-dec\/","title":{"rendered":"Blind Date with a Book 8-24 Dec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the 8th till the 24th December, Blind Date with a Book provides wrapped books in telephone booths as gifts for passers-by to encourage readers to experiment with books they would not normally borrow or purchase. This is part of a global initiative promoting literature and Maltese writers. This initiative continues to raise awareness and appreciation of Maltese literature and writers.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZdCFwFBb9ys\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Where? Various Telephone Booths in Republic Street<br \/>\nTime? from 6:00-8.30pm<\/p>\n<p>This event is part of the Valletta Cultural Agency\u2019s Christmas in the City programme, taking place from the 8th till the 24th December in the main squares, strategic locations and the quaint streets of Valletta. Christmas lights and decorations can continue to be enjoyed throughout January.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the Valletta Cultural Agency [Facebook page] or website (https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/vallettaculturalagency) for a full programme of events.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div> \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the 8th till the 24th December, Blind Date with a Book provides wrapped books in telephone booths as gifts for passers-by to encourage readers to experiment with books they would not normally borrow or purchase. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26873,"parent":0,"template":"","etn_category":[],"etn_tags":[130,129,132,131,33,34,82],"class_list":["post-26869","etn","type-etn","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","etn_tags-book","etn_tags-literature","etn_tags-malteseauthors","etn_tags-malteseliterature","etn_tags-valletta","etn_tags-vallettaculturalagency","etn_tags-vca"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - 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