Fiction

In this issue, we want to explore what it means to move and to be moved — across time, space, worlds, and circumstances. Why do people move? How d...

Edwin Thumboo, one of Singapore’s pioneering literary voices, brings his incisive awareness of socio-cultural history to this volume of poetry. Wit...

Raffles Hotel is the best known, oldest and most elegant hotel in Singapore. Whenit was first built in 1887, it stood on Beach Road, opposite the s...

This collection contains Prof Thumboo’s latest works. Especially interesting are the poems based on biblical characters, something very close to hi...

"The cure for anything is salt water.Sweat, tears or the ocean." Isak Dinesen This is one of my favourite quotes, and it pretty much sums up the es...

The truth of her own origins, as well as the deep, dark secret that enveloped the lives of her parents will change her world. Srikandi—who prefers ...

"Well-written, exciting plot, memorable characters and terrifically paced." — Minh Bui Jones, founding editor of Mekong Review – Currently taking ...

“A vivid, thoroughly-researched account of a moment in time when everything seemed up for grabs. When youthful idealism is brought crashing down by...

"What I do appreciate about The Java Enigma is the deft way Erni has woven her scholarly knowledge of the region's complex web of trade cultural an...

“Thrilling, textured, fantastical.” —Ken Liu, multi-award-winning author of The Veiled Throne and The Hidden Girl and Other Stories Jason Erik Lund...

Winner, Quai des Bulles – Ouest France 2011, St. Malo, FranceWinner, Best Asian Album, Prix-Asie ACBD, France 2011Nominated for Best New Album, Wi...

Play ISBN: 9789387707498Format: PaperbackPages: 16Published: 2019

Endangered tigers connecting telepathically through time-travel; a guard’s ethical dilemma at a history museum; a slaughterhouse worker’s memories ...

With increased global mobility of people, the phrase “go home” has been commonly used against those who are deemed as not belonging and infringing ...

In 2006, Desmond Kon died, and came back to life. This is better understood as a near-death experience (NDE). Fresh from studying world religions a...

Elaine Chiew Acutely observed, wry and playful, her debut collection celebrates people who are torn between cultures and juggling a fragmented sens...

A time-travelling thriller combining the struggles from before and after. Bukit Brown follows the gripping journey of Ji-won, lonely and lost in mo...

Tash Aw Running the area's most impressive Chinese silk factory in the Malaysian region throughout the first half of the twentieth century, admire...

From the author of the internationally acclaimed The Harmony Silk Factory comes an enthralling novel that evokes an exotic yet turbulent place and ...

Pooja Nansi (ed.) Jason Erik Lundberg (series ed.) Look inside the book   |   Get the E-book SynopsisContaining the best short fiction published by...

The day nine-year-old San San and her twelve-year-old brother, Ah Liam, discover their grandmother taking a hammer to a framed portrait of Chairman...

From fishes falling from the sky to a mysteriously nostalgic barbershop; these fractal events forces the protagonist to trace back the ever-changin...

Seema Punwani A woman’s version is seldom the same as a man’s. She looks for the subtexts of emotions (while decoding emoticons) and he is intere...

In 1915, Han Wai Toon left Hainan Island to seek his fortune in Singapore. Through hard work, self-study and ingenuity, he become a global expert i...

Kenneth Kam The K-Book by Mr Kenneth Kam, successful trader-entrepreneur, philanthropist, and life mentor, depicts the life adventures, lessons an...

Widely regarded as the first Singapore novel, If We Dream Too Long explores the dilemmas and challenges faced by its hero, Kwang Meng, as he naviga...

Winner of the Bath Novel AwardFinalist of the Dundee International Book PrizeShortlisted for the Santa Fe Writers Project Literary AwardShortlisted...

Balik Kampung 3C: Central Corridor contains stories that feature the central spine of Singapore: from Bukit Timah, Bukit Merah, Farrer Road, Cairnh...

Here are nine exciting tales that will deepen your appreciation of three eastern and six western locations of Singapore and give you fresh insights...

Ten established and new writers have written ten short stories that are set in Seletar, Yishun, Marsiling, Ang Mo Kio and Upper Thomson. Because ea...

Balik Kampung 2A: People and Places presents eleven new tales by authors who have lived in the respective neighbourhoods for at least ten years. Wh...

Balik Kampung is a collection of eight new tales of home written by authors who have lived in their neighbourhoods for 10 years or more. A mysterio...

Finalist for the 2018 Epigram Books Fiction PrizeMay Seah Sample   |   Get the E-book SynopsisAdjonis Keh (the “d” is silent) is a successful actor...

Winner of the 2018 Epigram Books Fiction PrizeShortlisted for the 2020 Singapore Book Awards (Best Literary Work, Best Book Cover Design) Yeoh Jo-A...

Longlisted for the 2017 Epigram Books Fiction Prize Tham Cheng-E Sample   |   Get the E-book on Amazon or Google Play SynopsisIn the Nation, citize...

Longlisted for the 2017 Epigram Books Fiction Prize Carissa Foo Sample   |   Get the E-book on Amazon or Google Play SynopsisToday is National Day...

Longlisted for the 2017 Epigram Books Fiction PrizeKhor Kuan Liang Sample   |   Get the E-book on Amazon or Google Play SynopsisA tribe of nomads ...

“Buckle up for a joyful, wild ride in Suffian Hakim’s inimitable terrain of transmigrating pontianaks, telekinetic apparitions and guided group th...

"Reading Nimita’s Place feels a little like moving in to a new house ... the parallel narratives seen through the eyes of both protagonists present...

Nominated for the 2019 Singapore Book Awards, Best Literary Work Winner of the 2017 Epigram Books Fiction Prize Sebastian Sim Sample   |   Get the ...

Finalist for the 2017 Epigram Books Fiction Prize Andre Yeo Take a look inside   |   Get the E-book on Amazon or Google Play SynopsisSix suicide bo...

Longlisted for the 2016 Epigram Books Fiction Prize Lau Siew Mei Sample   |   Get the E-book on Amazon or Google Play SynopsisBy the author of Play...

Edited by Cyril WongSeries Editor: Jason Erik Lundberg Sample   |   Get the E-book SynopsisThe Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Sh...

Shortlisted for Singapore Book Awards 2018, Best Book Cover Design Boey Kim Cheng Sample   |   Get the E-book on Amazon or Google Play SynopsisFor...

Paul Callan Sample   |   Get the E-book on Amazon or Google Play SynopsisThe one woman he will never forget…Jin, a sensitive kampong boy with an ar...

Shortlisted for Singapore Book Awards 2018, Best Fiction TitleLonglisted for Epigram Books Fiction Prize 2016 Warran Kalasegaran Look inside the bo...

"There is much more to commend than criticise in the novel, and way Chauly captures Kuala Lumpur is a feat of versatility." —Cha: The Asian Litera...