Fiction

Description About the Author In December 1950, the worst riots Singapore has ever seen shut down the town for days, killing 18 people and wound...

Description About the Author Weird images appear on the walls of Brightstar Primary School. Then, an act of arson. Is someone trying to send th...

Description Praise About the Playwright A young Singaporean man is making a journey to his father’s birthplace in Hyderabad, Pakistan. With him...

Description About the Playwright The Necessary Stage is at the forefront of social and community theatre in Singapore. Its plays, created throu...

Description Praise About the Author Shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize 2020 (English, Fiction) When a photographer captures Marlene...

Description About the Poet Gwee Li Sui once again shatters expectations from his verse with this gloriously macabre book. Death Wish distils al...

Description About the Author The 12 stories in this collection electrify by their dazzling diversity of subject, their relentless observation a...

Description Murder in the first degree… solicitation of murder… malicious bodily dismemberment… theft of a national treasure… illegal disposal ...

Description About the Author Crime Scene Asia: when forensic evidence becomes the silent witness is a casebook of fascinating true stories from...

Description Praise About the Author The acclaimed international bestseller now a MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Mic...

Description About the Author This book explores the various sources of tension in modern society. This exciting collection brings together thir...

Description About the Author Get the new cover (2023) here! Winner of Singapore Literature Prize 2010 A Singaporean retires, migrates and then ...

Description About the Author It is 1924, and the British rule Malaya. Guy is a colonial administrator in charge of Kluanak, a remote district d...

Description About the Author Cigarette Girl is a story about love and the main characters’ search for their own identity. But it is also more; ...

Praise About the Author These stories are told with a lucid economy of style and a singular depth of understanding. They bear witness in the wa...

Description About the Poet The fifth volume of poetry by one of Singapore’s most distinguished poets carries in addition several hybrid pieces ...

Description About the Author When An Mei fell in love with Hussein, she could not have foreseen the tragic events that were to follow. Set in a...

Description About the Author Winner of 2019 Singapore Books Awards Best Middle Grade/Young Adult Title Privileged, sensitive and smart, Eric Te...

Description About the Editors In this first-ever compendium of erotic writing from Singapore, we are presented with a selection of short storie...

Description Praise About the Playwright A young Malay-Muslim woman describes a day in her life – starting with a visit to the prison in the mor...

Description About the Authors When it comes to children, every parent goes through a countless amount of headaches, heartaches and worries. But...

Description About the Author Thailand 1942: Sirinya and her family are members of the Thai underground, who risk their lives to resist the Worl...

Description About the Author Juliet Crosby has lived a reclusive life on her Malayan rubber plantation since the Second World War robbed her of...

Description About the Author Thailand, 1943: Thomas Ellis, captured by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore, is a prisoner-of-war on the Death...

Description Praise About the Author Shortlisted for the Giller Prize 2018 A heartbreaking and timely novel about courage, yearning, the cost of...

Description A pocket-sized collection of superstitions and taboos which are or maybe were a significant part of the life patterns of local Mala...

Description Love and sex, or perhaps lust to be more accurate, has made many men and women run afoul of the law. When passion and desire take o...

Description About the Playwright Featuring five plays by Cultural Medallion recipient Haresh Sharma, created over a span of two decades, Abuse ...

Description About the Author Set in Thailand in the 1950s, this is the story of a young Englishman’s infatuation with a dance-hall hostess name...

Description About the Author This collection of eight short stories combines Catherine Lim’s sharp powers of observation with her insightful co...

Description A Monsoon Feast comprises seven short stories by renowned writers from Kerala, India and Singapore that provide deep insights on th...

Description About the Author The affair of the planter’s wife running off with her driver had been a burning topic in the British High Commissi...

Description About the Author Brimming with energy, A Leap of Love sparkles with joy and will leave you breathless with the sheer suspense of tr...

Description Praise About the Author A lush, sweeping account of the Black Hole of Calcutta in 1756 Rich storytelling and vividly drawn charact...

Description About the Author In December 1950, the worst riots Singapore had ever seen shut down the town for days, killing 18 people and wound...

Description About the Author This epic novel is set against the backdrop of the Sino-Japanese war, from the time Japan annexed Manchuria in the...

Description About the Author When night falls in Kuala Lumpur, the pleasure-seekers come out. They hunger for the sleaziest indulgences the cit...

Description About the Author "Early in my working life I had discovered that salesmanship consisted not of providing people with what they need...

The Rosales House is a contemporary novel about Claire Rosales, a twenty-eightyear old advertising executive in Singapore, who hails from a powerfu...

Description Contributors About the Editor "What would you do if you knew that there was just one month, week or day left of life  as you know...

On one of those nights when the two of us were alone in our cottage, she said to me, “I named my little girl ‘Wan Mei’.You know why?”I looked into ...

Description Praise About the Author Look inside the book    |    Get the E-Book    |    Listen to the audiobookIn 1971, teenaged Amrit disappea...

Description About the Author You can have the striking cover art of the new 5th-anniversary edition adorn your wall as a poster. This version...

Description Praise About the Authors & Illustrator Winner of the 2021 Singapore Book Awards: Best Young Persons Title🎁Recommended for ages ...

Description About the Author Shortlisted for Hedwig Anuar Children’s Book Award 2022Recommended for ages 10 and aboveLook inside the book    | ...

Description About the Author & Illustrator A sudden invasion by a powerful demon threatens ancient Southeast Asia and the whole world. Dev,...

About the Book About the Series Praise About the Author & Illustrator Eleven-year-old Ash doesn’t have much to look forward to: maths tests...

Description About the Author The residents of Block 204 have a few months before their building is torn down, before they are scattered through...