Matteo Pullicino’s most recent publication, DAL-ĠISEM MA NAFX NAFDAHX [I don’t know if I trust this body] (Aġenzija Żgħażagħ, 2024) is an exploration of childhood anxieties festering in the summer months. The vignettes that make up this chapbook also form part of his first novel, which he is currently working on.

His works have been featured in ANTOLOĠIJA 1 (Aphroconfuso, 2024) and IŻ-ŻMIEN KURJUŻ TAŻ-ŻGĦOŻIJA (Fondazzjoni HELA & Aġenzija Żgħażagħ, 2023). The second runner-up in the 2024 DOREEN MICALLEF NATIONAL POETRY CONTEST, Matteo’s poetry has also been exhibited at Spazju Kreattiv with his installation, MILL-KORSIJA TA’ ĠISEM MINXUR [From the Stream of a Hanging Body], as part of the Europride 2023 exhibition, THE WIND BLOWS… WAVES IN ALL DIRECTIONS.

Matteo was born and raised in Malta, where he received a BA (Hons) in Maltese with English, and an MA in Film Studies at the University of Malta. He is based between Berlin and Malta.