User:Joe Axiaq

Joe Axiaq is a writer, broadcaster and the Executive Producer of the Maltese Programs on SBS Radio (Melb.) Joe was born in Żebbuġ, Gozo and migrated to Australia in 1974. He joined the first group of broadcasters on Radio 3ZZ (1975) and later on SBS Radio. He was involved in establishing the Malta Youth Group in 1976, with the aim of bringing young Maltese Australian people of Victoria together, through different recreational activities. Joe was also involved in establishing the Maltese Literature Group in 1979 and was in charge of buying and bringing Maltese books from Malta to Australia for school libraries and students of Maltese classes. Many of his poems and short stories are published in journals and anthologies. He is the author of several articles of historical nature published in Maltese newspapers and magazines. Joe is in the process of compiling a list of Maltese Vinyl Records from Australia and a list of Maltese Vinyl LP's from Australia.