I have been a freelance writer for ten years; the last five years full-time, and my specialty is travel writing (although I also write in other genres). I have had over 500 articles published worldwide. I am the author of The Rough Guide to Malta & Gozo, mini-guidebooks on Hamburg and Malta, and a book of travel essays on Malta. I have also had various columns: a weekly column for Malta Today (a Maltese national newspaper), a column on nightlife in London for Nitevibe (US magazine), and a travel column published by the Rough Guides. Other areas that interest me, and I have written about, include cooking and the craft of writing. I also occassionally write in other genres such as essays and features or articles.

  Before I started writing I studied veterinary science and agriculture at university level, and I ran a wild bird hospital in Malta. For several years I was heavily involved in the environment movement, and my knowledge of environmental issues and earth sciences has led me to write extensively about these subjects.

  I do all kinds of photojournalism, yet my specialty is travel photography in its widest sense. I take pictures regularly on my own steam (to continue building a personal photo library), and I also take photos on commission for specific projects.

  The largest photo assignment I have done is to shoot over 200 subjects for for a glossy pictorial London guide (London Directions). My photographs have also been published widely: either as stand-alones, or as illustrations for my stories. I have also had pictures published in illustrated books, guidebooks, promotional campaigns, and photo essays. Notable successes include a picture of fireworks that was used in a promotional campaign by Canon Ltd (as an example of what can be achieved by Canon cameras) and a picture of a bloodied heron used in a poster campaign in Malta.

  I have outstanding, extensive pictures of the following places: London, Malta, India, Thailand, Laos, and Australia.

  The majority of pieces reproduced in this website have been published, yet some - and some of the best pieces - are yet unpublished (either because the particular publication I wrote it for went bust, or because I would have written the story on a whim and it failed to find a buyer). Any of the pieces on this website are, of course, also on offer as reprints - or even as original pieces (First Serial Rights) in the countries that they have not been published. If interested, contact me.

  There are also some subjects or countries that I know very well. The most obvious of these places is Malta: I am the Malta expert. I also know London well. Other countries I have researched and written about are India, Turkey, Britain (and other European countries), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines, and Australia. Other subjects I know and write about are writing, cooking, restaurants (and nightlife), politics, and the culture of travel. 

 As someone who has to make a living from writing and photography, I take issues of copyright, plagiarism, idea-pinching and other encroachments on my intellectual property very seriously. Obviously, I own the content of this website, together with all copyright, database rights and other intellectual property. Copying or publishing this website, or its content in any of the pages, or the information on it, or any part of it, in any form whatsoever, is strictly prohibited without the prior written permission of Victor Paul Borg.

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"Thank you for submitting to Speakers' Table of Kafenio. Your writing is excellent and I would be pleased to buy one-time <one-month> electronic rights to Plato and His Cave Dwellers." Roberta Beach Jacabson, Editor, Kafenio.

"I have just received your latest piece and I think it's brilliant.  I wish I could carry something of that quality and standard every week.  Well done.  I will NOT remove one single word - it's perfect as it is.  Good piece." Ingrid Zerafa, Editor, Weekender, The Times.

"I'd certainly like to take you up on your offer of writing for the magazine.  It's good to find someone who knows the island as well as you do, and who writes well." Robert Palmer, Editor, Mediterranean Life.

"I liked your last article very much - so keep it up.  The response to these columns is very good." Saviour Balzan, Editor in Chief, Malta Today.

"I got your submissions. Thanks.  On first glance they look great. I especially like the perspective of the photography piece. Now I just have to try and fit them into our next issue." Kurt Carlson, Editor, Transitions Abroad.