Epigram Books Blog

When Frankfurt Book Fair representative Ms Lei Ren was in town in May, we met up to chit-chat and show her our catalogue. Imagine our delight when Frankfurt Book Fair then invited us to be a sponsored guest of their...

When we were invited to taste-test Padma Krishhan’s cooking—which she had learnt from her mother Madam Krishnan—we were blown away. Even our colleague from India was this close to bowing down and kissing Padma’s feet. That’s when we knew we...

The Diary of Amos Lee, the book your kids just can’t get enough of, is being turned into a TV series! Okto, the channel that is set to launch the show next year, recently conducted auditions at various malls across...

  Thank you for coming to last night’s edition of The Finer Art of Editing—the second instalment after the inaugural session with Miguel Syjuco. Over the course of two hours, Meira Chand, the internationally acclaimed author of eight novels generously shared with...

Singaporean publisher increases prize money, offers prizes to all shortlisted manuscripts this year Singapore’s richest literary prize is set to get richer, as local publisher Epigram Books raises the stakes for its annual Epigram Books Fiction Prize to $40,000 this...

SINGAPORE, 2 MARCH 2017 — Epigram Books has been shortlisted once again for the Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publishers of the Year, which will be presented at the 54th Bologna Children’s Book Fair from 3 to 6 April this...

After hosting the internationally acclaimed writers Miguel Syjuco and Meira Chand for the first two editions of The Finer Art of Editing, we’re so proud to announce the next three authors who’ll share their international editing experiences with the extended Singapore Literature family. Joining...

Our long-running series, A Day in the Life, makes a long-awaited return with Dustin Wong’s entry! Until recently, Dustin was our intern and we miss him dearly. Few know that Dustin’s not only a published poet but an actively performing one...

SINGAPORE’S RICHEST LITERARY PRIZE LAUNCHED For Immediate Release   SINGAPORE, 10 March 2015—Epigram Books is pleased to announce the launch of a new literary prize, the Epigram Books Fiction Prize. The annual prize of S$20,000 is the richest literary award...

We’re kicking off a monthly mixer called The Finer Art of Editing and all you publishing folks are invited. Renowned fiction writers, like the multiple award-winning Miguel Syjuco, will be dropping by to share their experiences in an engaging, informal and...

“Brian organised for the body to be flown back”, Jolene Tan’s debut novel A Certain Exposure begins. From this unsettling start—tragedy met by administration—the story only grows in disquietude, encompassing within its cool grasp a suicide, burgeoning sexualities, fledgling romances...