BDL Books, Malta

20/12/2025

Do you have them all?

19/12/2025

Treasures of Malta - The Christmas 2025 edition is now available from our shop in San Gwann and from our website. Link in the comments below.

Treasures of Malta Christmas 2025

18/12/2025

Birgu - A Maltese Maritime City (2 Volumes)
rare book - €250

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18/12/2025

Joseph (Giuseppe) Fenech's photographic studio. Can you guess where?

From the new book: 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐚 (1839-1939) by Charles Paul Azzopardi.

See the book in the comments below.

14/12/2025

𝐒𝐞𝐚, 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐬 - 𝐀 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐠𝐮, 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐥𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚 (1530-1630)

Drawing extensively from the Castellania archives, notarial records, parish registers, and the Università documents, historian Rachel Grillo gives us the first comprehensive social history of all three harbour towns during an often-underrepresented period.

The book’s pages abound in striking glimpses into everyday life: tavern brawls, the earliest mention of pastizzi, executions, so**my, burglaries, public beatings... they're all here.

Hardback
Price: €45

Available from our shop and from our website with free and fast delivery. Link to the product in the comments below.

12/12/2025

The new book: 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐚 - 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐍𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 is waiting for you at Agenda in Republic Street!

12/12/2025

𝐀 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐧 🔸 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐏𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐢

Following his enormously successful 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭-𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐊𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐧, Daniel Pisani raises the bar with this masterpiece; a cookery book produced by a Maltese person unlike anything that’s been done before.

This book redefines its genre and stands as a benchmark for all that follow.

𝐀 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐧 is more than a recipe book — it’s a journey into the true Mediterranean way of life.

From his home island of Malta, Daniel sets sail to Sicily, Sardinia, and Mallorca, uncovering recipes, stories, and soulful ways of living inspired by the islands themselves, learning from the people who call these islands home, and soaking in the landscapes that nourish both body and soul.

This book is not a romanticised postcard version of the Mediterranean, rather an honest, healing adventure told through personal journal entries, stories, and over 100 wholesome, vegetarian recipes inspired by tradition and lived experience.

𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐏𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐢, known as 'il-Marrow,' is a cookbook author, food photographer, and advocate for sustainable, seasonal eating.

🔸Price: €65
🔸Hardback
🔸25.5 × 19.5 cm
🔸516 pages

Available from all leading bookshops and stationers as well as from BDL Books in San Gwann and from our website with 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲.

Link in the comments below 👇

11/12/2025

Why not add something timeless to your hamper?

While all the delicacies will be appreciated this Christmas, adding a book will leave a longer-lasting flavour.

We offer reduced prices on minimum quantities of 10 pieces but we also have great reads that won't break the bank. See what a difference it makes 😉

10/12/2025

November 1985 – An 𝐄𝐠𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐀𝐢𝐫 flight is diverted to 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐚, its passengers trapped in a crisis shaped by international tensions. In the control tower, Malta’s Prime Minister must navigate high-stakes decisions — choices that will shape his nation’s autonomy, his own legacy, and the lives of more than ninety people on board.

𝐒𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐍 is a tense, character-driven dramatization inspired by the real events surrounding Flight MS 648 — a moment when politics, ideology, and human endurance converged. Using dialogue based on official transcripts from the time, it places readers at the center of a country pushed to its limits

• A fast-moving narrative grounded in historical fact.
• A rare look at a period when Malta stood between Libyan influence and Western interests, particularly the United States.
• A portrayal of leadership tested under extreme pressure.

Price: €14.99

Available from our shop in San Gwann and from our website. Link in the comments below

10/12/2025

‘Very few books, if any at all, explored the spirit of the city, besides the bricks and mortar, the tricks and the lights, the way 𝐎𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐚𝐭𝐭 and 𝐕𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐙𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭 do. The authors have written the doting biography of Malta’s capital city.' - 𝑮𝒊𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒊 𝑩𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒐

This 344 page book includes:

- A concise yet comprehensive history of Valletta.
- Hundreds of illustrations that bring the history of the city to life.
- A section with all the corners of the city’s major squares explored in minute detail with curious revelations.
- A guide to all the museums and attractions that Valletta has to offer.
- A chapter dedicated to the capital’s most important churches, their treasures, and peculiarities.

𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞
Hardback: €25
Paperback: €20

The book is available from all leading bookshops and stationers in Malta and Gozo.

Also available with 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 (when spending €25) from the BDL Books website by using the link in the comments below 👇

A 𝐁𝐃𝐋 publication.

‘Very few books, if any at all, explored the spirit of the city, besides the bricks and mortar, the tricks and the lights, the way Gatt and Zammit do. The authors have written the doting biography of Malta’s capital city – its parentage, birth, growth, ailments, cosmetics, successes, a few def...

07/12/2025

Giovanni Bonello had this to say about 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐫𝐚𝐲 by Roger De Gaetano: 'overwhelming, in depth of scholarship, in the radius of its coverage, and in graphic presentation. Malta has never seen anything like it, and Europe very few, if any.'

🔺 The 𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐄𝐒 of this Very Limited Edition are up for grabs. It's now or never, so please get in touch if you're interested.

Price: €250

Available exclusively from our shop in San Gwann.