Bantala Books & Curio Shop

Bantala Books & Curio Shop We bring to you books and cultural curio from outside the center. We can also sell your books for you.

Or buy and sell old books and/or curiosities, if you wish, for as long as they're dissenters/decentered.

Graciano’s Dirty Fingers is now available through the following partner locations:Thrive Art GalleryShops at the Atria, ...
10/06/2026

Graciano’s Dirty Fingers is now available through the following partner locations:

Thrive Art Gallery
Shops at the Atria, Mandurriao, Iloilo City

UPV MACH
Museum of Art and Cultural Heritage
University of the Philippines Visayas
Delgado Street, Iloilo City

Balai Ilonggo by Onelloilo
2nd Floor, Festive Walk Mall
Megaworld Complex, Mandurriao, Iloilo City

Ortigas Foundation Library
2nd Floor, McKinley Building
Club Filipino Avenue
Greenhills Shopping Center
San Juan City, Metro Manila

Popular Bookstore
305 Tomas Morato Avenue
Brgy. South Triangle, Quezon City

Baybayin Trade Bookstore
25 Lakeview Drive
Bagong Ilog, Pasig City

Leryan’s Shop
Cañonero Street
Alimodian, Iloilo

Shoolie’s Corner
Manila-based online shop on Facebook
Direct orders via Messenger

Lost Books Cebu
Ground Floor, CAO Mercado Building
Osmeña Boulevard, Capitol Site, Cebu

Yuchengco Museum
RCBC Plaza
corner Ayala and Gil Puyat Avenue
Makati, Metro Manila

The Bookmark, Inc.
4th Floor, BABS Building
9304 Kamagong Street
San Antonio, Makati City

You may also order online / in bulk through https://forms.gle/qUrKrpY4aeYxj2fK9

Are you in Iloilo for Dinagyang? Balikbayan? A non-Ilonggo getting a taste of Iloilo? Take home Graciano’s Dirty Fingers...
23/01/2026

Are you in Iloilo for Dinagyang? Balikbayan? A non-Ilonggo getting a taste of Iloilo? Take home Graciano’s Dirty Fingers—a deeper look into the city and the Ilonggo hero it produced.

Published by the Friends of UP Visayas High School in Iloilo, it has sold more than 400 copies in just one month.

“An historiographic achievement!” — Xiao Chua, PhD

“Siksik sa detalye.” — Kristoffer Esquejo, PhD

“A major contribution to understanding an underrated and often maligned hero.” — Dr. Vic Salas

“A bold confrontation of falsehoods and distorted narratives about Graciano López Jaena.” — Noel Galon de Leon

“A work of historical reclamation.” — Reysa Alenzuela, PhD

“Correcting class-based prejudice.” — Mª Irene Manclús Cuñat

“Deeply personal.” — Prof. Joyce Christine Colon

Available at:
📍 Thrive Art Gallery, Atria
📍 Balai Ilonggo by OneIloilo, Festive Walk Mall

Graciano's Dirty Fingers is also available for online orders.
https://forms.gle/qNFjdH2QzcvLrQim6
https://forms.gle/qNFjdH2QzcvLrQim6
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