Since its setup in 1964, Merlin Library has established itself as Malta's leading bookstore and one of the most prolific Maltese publishing houses. Merlin publications have over the years become synonymous with high-quality books written by the islands' top authors and produced to a consistently high standard.

Why shop at Merlin? Quite simply, because you will find the best selection of books at unbelievably slashed prices.

Merlin Library's original retail outlet in Mountbatten Street, Blata l-Bajda, has since its inception been restructured, expanded and expanded again, culminating in a major extension and refurbishing programme in 2000, which has created the islands' largest bookstore.

When shopping at Merlin, you will have immediate access to:

• the widest selection of educational books, including textbooks for practically all schools at primary, secondary and post-secondary levels;
• all kinds of gift books for children and young adults, ranging from lavishly-illustrated fairy-tale books to knowledge and science titles;
• specialised areas of arts, crafts, sports, medicine, how-to's, leisure, cookery, religion at the best prices available on the market;
• practically all Maltese publications by all leading publishers;
• and a comprehensive range of reference books, including mono- and bilingual dictionaries, single and multi-volume encyclopedias, and educational CD-ROMS.

Merlin Library's recent expansion has given you further reasons to shop at Merlin. Our expansion has seen a generous increase in other genres of books being carried, making Merlin Library's bookstore a real booklover's paradise. Browsers will be spoilt for choice whether their interest is the latest fiction in paperback, classics old and new, bargain-priced readers and gift books, or children's literature. Indeed, Merlin Library boasts a comprehensive range of children's titles, fiction and non, ranging from primary readers to adventures to teen stories to young adult fiction. All kinds of reading material, from ever-popular classics to the latest trends in children's writing, are duly represented on Merlin's bookshelves.

Of course, at Merlin's bookstore you will find their entire range of Maltese publications, including all those well-loved titles that have made Merlin Library a household name: Trevor Zahra's adventures and fantasy titles, Charles Casha's Fra Mudest and others, Ladybird Books in Maltese published jointly by Merlin and Ladybird, novels by pillars of Maltese literature such as Guzè Chetcuti, Kilin and Oliver Friggieri, together with a myriad other titles for all ages and innumerable educational workbooks and textbooks. Merlin is also the publisher of Id-Dizzjunarju Malti (Mario Serracino-Inglott), published in 2000, which has already become THE Maltese-to-Maltese dictionary, a benchmark by which all other works are measured.

Merlin Library's many satisfied customers are used to the high standards of service and choice to be found at Merlin, as much as they appreciate the highly-competitive pricing and regular special offers available. All these and many more are the reasons why Merlin Library is the name in publishing and bookselling since 1964.