Culture & Heritage

Description About the Editors After Japan was hit by a triple disaster — an earthquake, a tsunami and a nuclear meltdown — in 2011, Singapore r...

Description About the Author Named after Burma’s unofficial national dish of fish noodles, Mornings are for mohinga serves as a reorganised and...

Description About the Author, Illustrator & Chef After weeks tossed at sea like vegetables in a smoking wok, Grandpa Yeh finally arrived in...

Description About the Author & Illustrator Discover the joy and meaning of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights. Lior and his parents, a...

Description About the Authors This book tells the remarkable tale of a set of 84 model pagodas made at the Tushanwan Orphanage in Shanghai. An ...

Description About the Authors Family, art, and entrepreneurship converge in the story of three visionary Peranakan women from Indonesia — Nyony...

Description Praise About the Author What does it mean to be Malay in the 21st century? This question is especially relevant in a country like M...

Description About the Author & Illustrator Join Raya and her mama and aba as they enjoy iftar, bake Ramadan cookies, do good deeds around t...

Description About the Author & Translator 在新加坡，郭令明和城市发展集团是家喻户晓的名字和商号。但是除了偶尔新闻上的消息之外，有关这位掌舵人的其他一切几乎是个谜，因为他行事低调，且不爱张扬。 这本由知名得奖作家白胜晖以英文撰写，由新报业...

Description About the Author This is a cookbook, and an intimate memoir, giving readers a sense of what it felt like to grow up in a Peranakan ...

Description About the Author Amos befriends an old man who lives at the bottom of his block of flats and learns many things from him. But one d...

Description About the Author The book addresses the issues of China’s soft power in Southeast Asia during the rise of China. This soft power in...

Description #SGFASHIONNOW is a three-year series of experimental contemporary fashion showcases that explore the question of Singapore fashion ...

Description In Japan, the practice of formally presenting gifts with silk covers called fukusa began in the Edo period (1603–1868). These cover...

Description Batik: Makers and Wearers explores the rich history and culture of batik and batik making, from its traditional roots to contempora...

Description About the Author & Illustrator A celebratory, inclusive and educational exploration of Lunar New Year for both children that ce...

Description About the Author & Illustrator Discover the true meaning of Christmas and learn how children all around the world celebrate the...

Description About the Author & Illustrator Discover the joy and meaning of the magical festival of Diwali, a very special time for people a...

Description About the Author Welcome to Asia! Discover the incredible history and diversity of Asia in all its splendour, with this stunningly ...

Description Praise About the Author Singapore is renowned for the delightful cuisines that can be found in its hawker centres. Travellers heral...

Description About the Author Whenever the Islamist party PAS comes to power in Terengganu, its political agenda has been to combine populist-ty...

Description About the Author This book gives easy-to-follow recipes of tasty, everyday dishes from Singapore and Malaysia which were not common...

Description About the Author & Translator 《平价的代价》以深挖故事，趣味盎然的叙事方式，讲述了平价如何在50年内，从工会跌跌撞撞经营的职总超市，发展成为每天有超过50万人光顾，年营业额达40亿元的食品企业。书中14个篇章各有一个主题事件...

Description About the Author Little Drops: Cherished Children of Singapore’s Past is a compilation of biographies based on historical fact abou...

Description Praise About the Author In this wonderfully detailed narrative, Daryl Yeap brings us the fascinating story of Hui-lan, Ida and Lucy...

Description Praise About the Author & Translator Dakota 达哥打 by Wong Koi Tet, winner of the 2020 Singapore Literature Prize (Chinese Creativ...

Description About the Editor Look inside the book From familiar seafood favourites such as prawn and mackerel, to unusual fares such as pufferf...

Description About the Author The history of Asia can be told through its great port cities: Guangzhou (Canton), Shanghai, Nagasaki, Basra, Aden...

Description About the Author It’s not an exaggeration to say that the world is in love with all things Japanese, not least Japanese design, cui...

Description Kyoto Unhurried charts an atmospheric journey through one of the world’s most romantic cities. It's an introduction to the Japanese...

Description The book contains 20 detachable postcards, each with local prepaid postage included. Mail them for free within Singapore. All image...

Description In 1966, a year after the separation from Malaysia on August 9, 1965, Singapore celebrated its first National Day as an independent...

Description Postcats is part of a limited edition postcard series launched by the Straits Times Press in collaboration with Singapore Post. Onl...

Description Best Non-fiction Title Finalist for the 2023 Singapore Book Awards At the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Japan, more than a quarter of...

Description Finalist at the 2022 Popular Readers' Choice Award The United States of America is the largest investor in Singapore. And in 2019, ...

Description Mr Lee Kuan Yew once famously said “when I project myself forward 100 years for Singapore, I cannot tell you that it will exist.” A...

Description The Eurasian Association, Singapore (EA) was set up in July 1919 by pioneer Eurasians who, while working to support themselves and ...

Description In 2006, Chris Tan began a conversation with readers and home cooks in The Sunday Times which went on for five years. He encounters...

Description In Asian Larder, veteran food journalist Sylvia Tan, with several cookbooks to her name, opens up her larder to readers and demysti...

Description About the Series Water is more than a basic human necessity in Singapore. Its supply was a strategic collaboration between two Brit...

Description About the Series Singapore is a modern and global island-state, internationally recognised as one of the most liveable cities in th...

Description About the Series Trade unions hold a special place in Singapore’s history. Occupying different camps on the left and right, unionis...

Description About the Series This book examines the crucial role of trade and investment in Singapore’s economy. Using globalisation as a backd...

Description About the Series Singapore Chronicles: Theatre surveys the beginnings, evolution and current state of the theatre in English, Manda...

Description About the Series In 2016, Singapore’s long-awaited dream of winning an Olympic gold medal was realised when Joseph Schooling touche...

Description About the Series This book presents a historical overview of personal social services in Singapore, known fundamentally as social w...

Description About the Series Singapore is one of the most religiously diverse countries in the world. This feature gives multiple layers and co...

Description About the Series The story of public housing in Singapore is a unique one. This book chronicles the journey from the early days of ...