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Description About the Author Indonesia’s capital city of Jakarta – home to over 10 million people with more than 30 million in its greater metr...

Description In 2017, I started my research on the fate of granduncle Silvestr Nemec, a young Czech employed by the Bata Show Company in Singapo...

Description About the Author A captivating story written and illustrated by a mother-and-daughter team about coping with disappointment, helpin...

Description About the Author Part-primer, part-history and part-GE2025 critique, the book is a must-read for students of Singapore politics, el...

Description About the Author Gwee Li Sui’s eclectic journal in verse recounts the entire COVID-19 pandemic as experienced in Singapore. Setting...

Description About the Author This is a story of journeys. It is about my journey through grief and acceptance after I lost my wife to cancer in...

Description Praise About the Author Finalist for the 2024 Gaudy Boy Poetry Book Prize Chrystal Ho delivers a debut that is both urgent and inti...

Description Praise About the Author Winner of the Singapore Literature Prize 2016, Non-Fiction Can a life weave along through the same notes an...

Description Praise About Mynah Magazine Mynah 5 is the fifth volume from Mynah Magazine, an independent publication for deeply reported non-fic...

Description Praise About the Editors Looming milestones and missed connections. Resisting mainstream expectations and doing life at your own pa...

Description About the Author & Illustrator Look inside the book (English) Ready, Kueh Set, Go! is an energetic tale that follows five young...

Description Look inside the magazine They refer not to the green of chendol or the red of mee goreng but the riot of colourful melamine plates ...

Description Look inside the magazine The essays in this collection were first published on my now-defunct blog, Tuckshop, between 2015 and 2018...

Description About the Contributors Look inside the magazine Cinema has always been an immense source of inspiration when it comes to creative p...

Description About the Contributors Look inside the magazine This issue of Now & Again delves into the concept of The Uncanny — the elusive ...

Description About the Contributors Look inside the magazine This edition of Now & Again adopts the approach of the Exquisite Corpse, a coll...

Description About the Contributors Look inside the magazine Sound - the noises we hear in common spaces, processes shaping the creation of musi...

Description "Considering how it is almost taboo in many parts of the world today, our decision to study the straw is admittedly, not entirely w...

Description “These days, there is a lot of confusion and discussion about different reading formats. They often weary us with their variations,...

Description “Very few things in our everyday thrive by doing absolutely nothing. The floor might just be a rare exception; devoid of any vitali...

Description “It is true that the pleasures of consumption have always been accompanied by the burdens of rubbish. This can be considered a mode...

Description “To remove their rubbish, human beings have long since relied on the bin: they fill it up with all sorts of garbage and when it is ...

Description "With its near-phallic shape stirring in most fully-grown adults sexual imageries condemned by many religious and proper people, th...

Description "The life of toilet paper is fundamentally short-lived; smeared with shit and left to disintegrate in smelly water, it is found in ...

Description "In spite of the plate’s supposed ubiquity, very little is known and discussed of this practical tableware beyond fine craftsmanshi...

Description "Among the many clothing types in our wardrobe, none leads a more unappreciated existence than the sock. Wavering between undergarm...

Description "Ever since the egg has been perverted as a rich and readily available source of food for human beings, we have not thought much of...

Description For the first instalment of a building-centric research initiative under the Science of the Secondary series, the common Door, Wind...

Description For the first instalment of a building-centric research initiative under the Science of the Secondary series, the common Door, Wind...

Description "In general, there are two different kinds of clocks. The first tells time in the form of a common factor that most of us can relat...

Description "...but what does it mean to drink? Do we drink with our skin when the hands are hugging the cup? Are we drinking with our body pos...

Description With 'Apple' as the subject of the first publication from the research programme 'Science of the Secondary', Atelier HOKO presents ...

Description About the Editors Look inside the book The best short fiction published by Singaporean writers in 2023 and 2024. The Epigram Books ...

Description Book Trailer About the Author Look inside the book   |   Get the E-book here Finalist for the 2025 Epigram Books Fiction Prize A mo...

Description About the Author You don’t need to push harder. You just need to connect emotionally. Whether you’re a salesperson, entrepreneur, f...

Description Praise About the Author Based on the viral, record-breaking, and award-winning Giphy sensation, this warm and heartfelt magical adv...

Description Book Trailer About the Author Look inside the book   |   Get the E-book here Finalist for the 2025 Epigram Books Fiction Prize Moth...

Description About the Author Look inside the book   |   Get the E-book here Charlie Neo faces love, betrayal and danger in her boldest adventur...

Description About the Author & Illustrator Dogs are known to be loyal companions and friends while cats are their own masters. In this ligh...

Description About the Author A sampan is a small, flat-bottomed boat commonly found in Southeast Asia. It is traditionally used by fishermen fo...

Description About the Author & Illustrator Discover the heartwarming journey of Pip, the Polar Bear, in I Can't Do Many Things. Pip wants t...

Description Praise About the Author Unstoppable is the story of Zaibun Siraj – who, propelled by passion, purpose and staunch values – worked t...

Description About the Author The National Library of Singapore has one name that is inseparable from its history. Mrs Hedwig Anuar, born Hedwig...

Description About the Author A key artist in Singapore’s art history, Heman Chong’s multi-faceted practice dates back to the early 2000s. This ...

Description About the Author This bilingual publication accompanies National Gallery Singapore's solo exhibition on the renowned centennial art...

Description Praise This is the historical memoir of Dr Poh Soo Kai, a medical doctor and a founder member of the People's Action Party. Here he...

Description About the Author Through wars and revolutions, triumph and tragedy, loves lost and enduring, Georgette Chen forged an artistic visi...

Description About the Author Published to accompany National Gallery Singapore’s inaugural exhibition Siapa Nama Kamu?, this catalogue presents...