{"title":"Singapore Literature Prize 2026","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"enigmas","title":"ENIGMAS: Tay Seow Huah, My Father, Singapore’s Pioneer Spy Chief","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eUnfortunately, some important people... such as Tay Seow Huah, had died before interviewers could get to them\u003c\/em\u003e.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLee Kuan Yew on the need to record oral history from key figures in Singapore\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1965. Singapore is newly independent. Tay Seow Huah is appointed Director of the secretive Special Branch. Over the tumultuous first decade, he is key in ensuring the country’s stability, shaping strategies and initiating new institutions for intelligence and security. He reports directly to PM Lee. In 1974, when Singapore is attacked in the\u003cem\u003e Laju\u003c\/em\u003e Incident – the oil refinery on Pulau Bukom is bombed and civilians held hostage at gun point – and Tay is tasked to coordinate all responses, negotiate with the attackers and foreign governments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeyond the headlines, this memoir, written by his son, reveals the personal roots of Singapore’s pioneer spy chief set in the traumas of WWII, the Emergency in Malaya, and Singapore’s pre-independence political tumult.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEncounters with the Israelis (codenamed “Mexicans”) who assisted in Singapore’s military build up are revealed, as are flash points across the region, when the Republic’s fledgling intelligence agency must rapidly respond to the Vietnam War and tensions with neighbours and develop its place in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book also tracks Tay’s own challenges: early retirement and his sudden death at 47. It then offers a daring, speculative and emotional conversation that juxtaposes those early years of Singapore with so much that has happened since.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSimon Tay\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning writer, with works of fiction as well as about politics and international issues. His awards for fiction and poetry include the Singapore Literature Prize and the 2019 Southeast Asia Write Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe is a former Nominated Member of Parliament, chair of a major statutory board, and \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003econtinues\u003c\/span\u003e to serve as an ambassador for Singapore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe is concurrently chairman of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs, associate professor at the National University of Singapore’s Faculty of Law and senior consultant with a major Singaporean law firm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe is the only son of Tay Seow Huah and the late Madam Cheong Keong Hin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Pansing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48120540594473,"sku":"9789811888069","price":41.2,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/Enigmas.jpg?v=1712915110"},{"product_id":"the-waiting-room","title":"The Waiting Room","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/TheWaitingRoom-Sample.pdf?v=1715833113\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e   |   \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bookfies.com\/ebook\/983\/the-waiting-room\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGet the E-book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA man seeks resolution when the spirit of his abusive mother calls from the grave. 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I'll be watching what he comes out with next.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Wen-yi Lee, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Dark We Know\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChoo Yi Feng\u003c\/strong\u003e (he\/him) is an intertidal explorer, environmental activist, ecologist and fiction writer. His writing has been published in \u003cem\u003eFoglifter Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eQueer Southeast Asia\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePR\u0026amp;TA\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAlluvium: The Journal of Literary Shanghai\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBayou Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eQuarterly Literary Review Singapore\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMānoa: A Pacific Journal of International Writing \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Curios\u003c\/em\u003e, the annual student journal of Tembusu College at NUS. His story “Spider Hunters” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and his aspirations are divided between being a fiction writer and a marine biologist. \u003cem\u003eThe Waiting Room\u003c\/em\u003e is his debut collection of short fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48313198608681,"sku":"9789815105704","price":20.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/TheWaitingRoom_CV.jpg?v=1713946520"},{"product_id":"be-your-own-bae","title":"Be Your Own Bae","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/Be_Your_Own_Bae_Sample.pdf?v=1725517445\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/TheEpicTaleofMikaelaKong_Sample.pdf?v=1725514979\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e   |   \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookfies.com\/ebook\/985\/be-your-own-bae\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGet the E-book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA dozen short stories from the singular mind behind \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.sg\/products\/lovelier-lonelier\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLovelier, Lonelier\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.sg\/products\/kappa-quartet\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eKappa Quartet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeing your best, most authentic self can be a somewhat grievous process. The winner of a beauty pageant bursts into flames the moment she is crowned. A man enters a dream and re-encounters a former lover in Pyongyang, North Korea. A gaggle of hipsters catches news of a secret Bon Iver concert playing somewhere on Dempsey Hill, only to risk the survival of their friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDaryl Qilin Yam’s long-awaited first collection of short fiction combines magical realism, speculative autobiography and ekphrasis to weave illusory figures out of gung-ho millennials and the well-meaning mentor figures who fail them, and unveils the strange quests queer folk must embark on in order to keep a hold on love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“An intimate portrayal of connections formed between friends, lovers and strangers, and the stories we tell in order to find meaning. Reminiscent of Rachel Cusk’s \u003cem\u003eThe Outline Trilogy\u003c\/em\u003e but distinct in its observations of millennial life in Singapore, reading \u003cem\u003eBe Your Own Bae\u003c\/em\u003e is like eavesdropping on the conversations of strangers and coming away with a richer understanding of ourselves.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.sg\/collections\/authors\/author_balli-kaur-jaswal\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBalli Kaur Jaswal\u003c\/a\u003e, bestselling author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.sg\/products\/now-you-see-us\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eNow You See Us\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Daryl’s stories are a paradox: breathtakingly experimental in form, but refusing melodrama and flourish. They’re like finely crafted bulbs of clear glass, capturing a queer-inclusive transnational Asian everyday with all their tensions and heartbreaks.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.sg\/collections\/authors\/author_ng-yi-sheng\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNg Yi-Sheng\u003c\/a\u003e, multi-award-winning author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.sg\/products\/lion-city\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLion City\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Yam’s liquid prose carries us, dreamlike, through these stories. We flow through them and somehow they flow through us as well. The physical places his characters inhabit are as vivid as the rich inner worlds that they navigate. Their conversations sparkle with words spoken, words unspoken and words unspeakable.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Tania de Rozario, author of \u003cem\u003eDinner on Monster Island\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Daryl Qilin Yam masterfully traces quiet heartbreaks, unseen intimacies and urgent longings—the moments of inner epiphany that change everything. \u003cem\u003eBe Your Own Bae\u003c\/em\u003e is an expansive collection of stories charged with the pulse of the millennial generation. It is as brave and electrifying as a hand held open in the dark to the possibility of touch. It will arrest your heart.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.sg\/collections\/authors\/author_amanda-chong\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAmanda Chong\u003c\/a\u003e, poet and playwright\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaryl Qilin Yam\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer and editor of prose and poetry, born and based in Singapore. His novella, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.sg\/products\/shantih-shantih-shantih-a-novella\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eShantih Shantih Shantih\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (2021), optioned for the screen by Fiction Shore, was shortlisted for the 2022 Singapore Literature Prize for Fiction and was subsequently awarded by popular vote the Readers’ Favourite English Book; it will be released in a new edition in 2025 by Epigram Books. The manuscript of his second novel, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.sg\/products\/lovelier-lonelier\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLovelier, Lonelier\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (2021), received a National Arts Council Creation Grant in 2017, and became a finalist for the 2021 \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.sg\/collections\/series_all\/series_epigram-books-fiction-prize\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eEpigram Books Fiction Prize\u003c\/a\u003e; the published work was then nominated by the National Library Board for the 2023 International Dublin Literary Award. His first novel, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.sg\/products\/kappa-quartet\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eKappa Quartet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (2016), was longlisted for the inaugural Epigram Books Fiction Prize and was released by Epigram Books in Singapore and the UK; it was selected by \u003cem\u003eThe Business Times\u003c\/em\u003e as one of the best novels of 2016. His writing has also appeared in periodicals and publications such as \u003cem\u003eBerlin Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMekong Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSewanee Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Straits Times\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eBest New Singaporean Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e anthology series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130859626793,"sku":"9789815105346","price":20.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/BYOB-CVF-300.jpg?v=1723706701"},{"product_id":"burn-after-dawn","title":"Burn After Dawn","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the gap of two generations, a young Singaporean poet interrogates the victors, vanquished and victims of Singapore’s surrender in 1945. The weighty records of the Japanese Occupation are questioned: air raids, the Battle of Opium Hill, the Alexandra Hospital massacare, Sook Ching, Kempeitai anarchy, comfort women stations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese, bound up with terrible family accounts, are examined through poetic lenses, sometimes magnified, other times widened, but unremittingly focused.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“At long last a book of English poetry that dares to sink its teeth into Singapore’s experience of World War Two. [The poems] remind me again of poetry’s ability to unsettle language, to trouble the iconic images and emotions of a moment we think we know through documents, textbooks, novels, TV shows.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.sg\/collections\/authors\/author_tse-hao-guang-ed\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHao Tse Guang\u003c\/a\u003e, Author of \u003cem\u003eThe International Left-Hand Calligraphy Association\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Sher Ting’s \u003cem\u003eBurn After Dawn\u003c\/em\u003e is a dynamic, assured, resounding debut.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Gabrielle Bates, Author of \u003cem\u003eJudas Goat\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSher Ting\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Singaporean-Chinese writer. She is a 2021 Writeability Fellow with Writers Victoria, 2023 Kenyon Review Winter Workshop participant and Tin House Winter Workshop participant. She is a 2021\/22 Pushcart and Best of The Net nominee with work published in \u003cem\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGulf Coast\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eColorado Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePleiades\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSalt Hill\u003c\/em\u003e, Asian American Writers Workshop’s \u003cem\u003eThe Margins\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Journal\u003c\/em\u003e of Ohio State University and elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe writes about memory, nostalgia and the places that haunt us in between. Her words can be found at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sherting.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003esherting.com\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Pansing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49164481429801,"sku":"9789819407606","price":22.5,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/BurnAfterDawn_FRONTCOVER.jpg?v=1724413459"},{"product_id":"sister-snake","title":"Sister Snake","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA glittering, bold, darkly funny novel about two sisters—one in New York, one in Singapore—who are bound by an ancient secret.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSisterhood is difficult for Su and Emerald. Su leads a sheltered, moneyed life as the picture-perfect wife of a conservative politician in Singapore. Emerald is a nihilistic sugar baby in New York, living from whim to whim and using her charms to make ends meet. But they share a secret: once, they were snakes, basking under a full moon in Tang dynasty China.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA thousand years later, their mysterious history is the only thing still binding them together. When Emerald experiences a violent encounter in Central Park and Su boards the next flight to New York, the two reach a tenuous reconciliation for the first time in decades. Su convinces Emerald to move to Singapore so she can keep an eye on her—but she soon begins to worry that Emerald’s irrepressible behaviour will out them both, in a sparkling, affluent city where everything runs like clockwork and any deviation from the norm is automatically suspect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRazor-sharp, hilarious, and raw in emotion, \u003cem\u003eSister Snake\u003c\/em\u003e, a reimagining of \u003cem\u003eThe Legend of the White Snake\u003c\/em\u003e, is a novel about being seen for who you are—and, ultimately, how to live free.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Slick, shrewd, and brimming with suspense, \u003cem\u003eSister Snake\u003c\/em\u003e explores the unspeakable cost of staying true to who you are in a world built on lies. Amanda Lee Koe delivers a thrilling, action-packed fable made for these topsy-turvy times.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.sg\/collections\/authors\/author_kirstin-chen\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKirstin Chen\u003c\/a\u003e, New York Times bestselling author of \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.sg\/products\/counterfeit\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eCounterfeit\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Amanda Lee Koe has written a wild, sexy steroidal burst of a novel. A freewheeling retelling of an ancient Chinese legend, \u003cem\u003eSister Snake\u003c\/em\u003e is an inquiry into self-reinvention, escaping one’s destiny, belonging and all that makes us human—or not.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.sg\/collections\/authors\/author_tash-aw\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTash Aw\u003c\/a\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eWe, The Survivors\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.sg\/products\/five-star-billionaire-pos\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFive Star Billionaire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Amanda Lee Koe’s tale of serpentine sisterhood will wend its way into your heart. Drawing equally from folklore and current events, this fearless novel entertains and delights. Beneath its beguiling surface, \u003cem\u003eSister Snake\u003c\/em\u003e explores fundamental questions: Are our destinies determined by our bodies? What forms can family take? And what, in the end, does it mean to be human?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Rajesh Parameswaran, author of \u003cem\u003eI Am An Executioner\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“This was a wild ride and I loved every second of it.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Jami Attenberg, New York Times bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eA Reason to See You Again\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Middlesteins \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eSister Snake\u003c\/em\u003e is that rare, magical book that succeeds beautifully on many levels at once—a wise fable; a psychologically complex meditation on friendship and love; a rebel’s manifesto on freedom and sacrifice. A spellbinding, gripping read.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Maaza Mengiste, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Shadow King\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Intoxicating, sparkling, devastatingly witty and just plain devastating—Amanda Lee Koe’s freaking genius queer feminist spin on the Chinese \u003cem\u003eLegend of the White Snake\u003c\/em\u003e is one of my favorite retellings of all time! I can’t wait to re-read this book.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Andrea Lawlor, author of \u003cem\u003ePaul Takes the Form of A Mortal Girl\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmanda Lee Koe\u003c\/strong\u003e was born and raised in Singapore and has lived in New York, Beijing, Berlin and Bangkok. Her debut novel, \u003cem\u003eDelayed Rays of a Star\u003c\/em\u003e (Doubleday, 2019) was named a Most Anticipated Title by \u003cem\u003eELLE\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThrillist\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e, and one of NPR's Best Books of The Year. Amanda has received fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, PEN America, the University of Iowa's International Writing Program, the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program, the National Arts Council of Singapore, and the Fóndation Jan Michalski. She was previously fiction editor of Esquire Singapore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Ethos Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49486152466729,"sku":"9789819415601","price":22.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/HighResCover-1000.jpg?v=1732513943"},{"product_id":"the-original-daughter","title":"The Original Daughter","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn Instant #1 \u003cem\u003eStraits Times\u003c\/em\u003e Bestseller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eGood Morning America\u003c\/em\u003e Book Club Pick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Editors’ Pick\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSingapore, 1996. Before Arin, Genevieve Yang was an only child. Living with her parents and grandmother in a single-room flat in Bedok, she is saddled with an unexpected sibling when Arin appears, the shameful legacy of a grandfather long believed to be dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt once collaborators and sisters, Gen and Arin grow up inseparable, navigating the intensity of life in working-class Singapore – where urgent insistence on achievement demands self-immolation in the realms of imagination, work, and play. But as the rapidly modernising, winner-take-all world threatens to leave one behind as the other’s star rises exponentially, the sisters must weigh their allegiances and bonds, the cost of success and ultimately reckon with who they’ve become. What results is a story that cracks open the fault lines of Singaporean society, our desperate need for acceptance and our yearning to be loved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVivid and visceral, \u003cem\u003eThe Original Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e is a breathtaking act of empathy by a new literary star.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Jemimah Wei’s debut \u003cem\u003eThe Original Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e goes for all the big stuff: ambition, time, family, forgiveness, constructing the self. Thrilling, to find a new author with an appetite for the whole spectrum of living, and the skill to get it down true. A contract of sisterhood is signed, then life, then ambition, then disappointment and heartbreak and and and. Wei’s prose is delicious, propulsively hurdling us through the lives of Gen and Arin, who will live in my marrow forever. \u003cem\u003eThe Original Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e is so much the real deal.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Kaveh Akbar, bestselling author of the National Book Award nominee \u003cem\u003eMartyr!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Fiery, funny, and incisive, \u003cem\u003eThe Original Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e is at its core a ghost story. Once, invisibility was the hallmark of the working class, but Jemimah Wei knows in today’s world, where an internet connection allows one to walk through walls, be seen, disappear, and haunt from beyond the analog grave, a soulless transparency is power. A societal privilege ironically afforded to most everyone. This novel adroitly, yet playfully, turns the ways we see cultural appropriation, nepotism, and identity upside down. What a wise and wonderful read.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Paul Beatty, Man Booker Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Sellout\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Jemimah Wei’s debut novel \u003cem\u003eThe Original Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e is utterly engrossing. With elegantly composed, dense prose, Wei tells the story of two sisters—one who wears her ambition nakedly and loses all sense of herself when her life doesn’t turn out the way she believes it should and the other who quietly works just as hard, to vastly different ends. This is a story about how resentment can twist a woman into something unrecognizable, and how it can leave her with nothing even though she desperately wants everything. I cannot tell you how infuriating I found Genevieve, the novel’s protagonist. She makes every wrong choice possible, and cannot seem to see beyond herself at any time. And still, Wei crafts this character so well that you’re still able to harbor some empathy for her despite the unavoidable reality that she is her own worst enemy. I loved this almost claustrophobic novel about the ways unrealized ambition can turn everything someone holds dear to rot. I cannot put this damn book down.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Roxane Gay, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eHunger \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“From the very first page, \u003cem\u003eThe Original Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e consumed me. I soared when Gen’s and Arin’s dreams came alive; I crashed when heartache wrenched them. With rare wisdom, Jemimah Wei examines the remains of our need to belong and be loved when we chase ambition above all else. Her writing is so incisive and visceral that I did not simply read \u003cem\u003eThe Original Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e; I lived it. This astonishing debut is a tour de force that I’ll never forget.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Qian Julie Wang, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eBeautiful Country \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I laughed, I wept, I called my mom. Instantly and utterly enchanting, reading \u003cem\u003eThe Original Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e felt analogous to being a child again, pushing off real life just so I could stay in the warmth of its pages a second longer. This story of a family and its struggle for freedom, intimacy, and survival asks not just what it means to love, but love well, especially in a world where our relationships can both bond and break us. Jemimah Wei chronicles the eviscerating experience of living under the fracture of modern society with devastating care. Seismic.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Jonathan Escoffery, Booker Prize nominee and bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eIf I Survive You \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A beautifully crafted exploration of family, identity, and the complexities of cultural expectations. Wei is a talented, indelible writer with much to offer to a world that is in desperate need of saving.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Morgan Talty, national bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eNight of the Living Rez\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFire Exit \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Full of empathy and energy, \u003cem\u003eThe Original Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e is a portrait of individuals striving to define themselves in a country, and era, of intense change—the debut of a true literary talent.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.sg\/collections\/authors\/author_tash-aw\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTash Aw\u003c\/a\u003e, Booker Prize-nominated author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.sg\/products\/the-harmony-silk-factory\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Harmony Silk Factory\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.sg\/products\/map-of-the-invisible-world-pos\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMap of the Invisible World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.sg\/products\/five-star-billionaire-pos\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFive Star Billionaire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWe, The Survivors \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I’ve rarely read such believable and compelling characters – I was captivated by them from the first page, and read in a fever, rooting for them even when they were messing up and hoping they would be able to keep finding their ways back to each other. The pressure and astronomically high stakes of Genevieve’s academic journey; the ambition and love and misguided efforts of their mother; the ties and knots of the sisters’ relationship – everything was so tenderly painted with such attention to the best kind of minutiae – much as I sometimes found it heartbreaking, I loved diving back into the rich, textured, sensory world of the book and being submerged in Genevieve’s conscious. Sometimes I think you can enjoy a book in the moment but find it hard to conjure up afterwards – \u003cem\u003eThe Original Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e is right there, vivid and colourful, with these strong, complex characters who are so clear to me it feels exactly like I met them on a trip to Singapore – I know they will remain with me for such a long time.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Emily Itami, author of \u003cem\u003eFault Lines\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eKakigori Summer \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A heartfelt and meticulously written paean to sisterhood, the complexities of family and growing up in Singapore. Jemimah Wei is a sparkling talent.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.sg\/collections\/authors\/author_sharlene-teo\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSharlene Teo\u003c\/a\u003e, author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.sg\/products\/ponti\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePonti \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Wei writes with a maturity that belies this novel’s status as a debut. Precise, layered and moving, \u003cem\u003eThe Original Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e is a book not to miss.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Glorious. . . Revelatory. . . A tragic, haunting exercise in the limitations of not-quite unconditional love. . . First-time novelist Jemimah Wei poignantly, affectingly observes an extended family that sunders from dysfunction and betrayals in \u003cem\u003eThe Original Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eShelf Awareness \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Wei’s novel glistens with often profound insights about the complicated relationship between a person’s identity and the dynamic forces of family and friendship. . . A moving debut novel about sisterhood, ambition, and the quest to become one’s true self.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Wei delivers an expertly paced and moving debut, a tragedy without over-the-top drama.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eBooklist (Starred review) \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Full of lush, descriptive prose. . . \u003cem\u003eThe Original Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e is an assured debut, the kind of novel you want to luxuriate in, even when its Ferrante-esque attention to the consuming nature of de facto sisterhood is anguishing. In its excavation of Genevieve and Arin’s relationship, the book forces us to confront, again and again, perennial coming-of-age questions: What do we owe to those who raise us, and how much are we bound by the places we’re from?” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eForeign Policy \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJemimah Wei\u003c\/strong\u003e was born and raised in Singapore and is currently a 2022-2024 Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. She is the recipient of fellowships, scholarships and awards from Columbia University, the Sewanee Writers' Conference, the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Singapore's National Arts Council, and more. Her fiction has won the William Van Dyke Short Story Prize, has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and has been published in \u003cem\u003eGuernica\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNarrative\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eNimrod\u003c\/em\u003e, among other publications. She was recently named one of \u003cem\u003eNarrative’\u003c\/em\u003es ‘30 below 30’ writers, was recognized by the Best of the Net Anthologies, and is a Francine Ringold Award for New Writers honoree. For close to a decade, prior to moving to the US, she worked as a host for various broadcast and digital channels and has written and produced short films and travel guides for brands such as Laneige, Airbnb, and Nikon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJemimah presently splits her time between Singapore and the United States. She loves to talk, and takes long, excellent naps. Say hi at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/jemmawei.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ejemmawei.com\u003c\/a\u003e or @jemmawei on socials.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Pansing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50364657303849,"sku":"9781399625586","price":31.15,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/Originaldaughtercovewr.jpg?v=1747644355"},{"product_id":"commonwealth","title":"Commonwealth","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of Singapore’s oldest public housing estates, the name “Commonwealth” also gestures to the long tail of the British Empire and still-potent dreams of equitable distribution. Theophilus Kwek’s \u003cem\u003eCommonwealth\u003c\/em\u003e uncovers rich seams of history, replete with conquests, tragedies and shared visions of the future. Taking its starting-point as the massive Bukit Ho Swee fires of the 196os – an event as deeply seared into the history of the poet’s family as the nation’s own – \u003cem\u003eCommonwealth\u003c\/em\u003e traces the dislocations and relocations that have come before it, and in its wake.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheophilus’s earlier poetry collections dealt with questions of personal rootedness and larger-scale displacement. With his signature adeptness in poetic form, Theophilus embarks on a new departure with \u003cem\u003eCommonwealth\u003c\/em\u003e, drawing on a wide array of documentary and oral history sources to address upheavals of individual and collective lives within our densely populated city.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The poems read like grand allegories of displacement and relocation, and form a fine suite of place poems that will resonate with the experience of urban change beyond its slim plot of land.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Shawn Hoo, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/life\/arts\/book-review-poet-theophilus-kweks-commonwealth-is-a-lyrical-tour-of-urban-change\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Straits Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“His poems are keenly aware that the scariest place to exist is on the edges of a space, but the stately, serene pacing should not blind you to the keen political intelligence at work.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Rishi Dastidar, \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTheophilus Kwek\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer, editor and translator based in Singapore. His work has been published in \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Straits Times\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere; and performed at the Royal Opera House. Two of his previous collections of poetry were shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize, while his pamphlet, \u003cem\u003eThe First Five Storms\u003c\/em\u003e, won the inaugural New Poets’ Prize. In 2023, he was the youngest writer and first Singaporean to be awarded the Cikada Prize by the Swedish Institute, for poetry that “defends the inviolability of life”. He is a member of the Folio Academy, and part of the Forbes 30 Under 30 Class of 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Ethos Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50489512788265,"sku":"9781800174832","price":20.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/Commonwealth-CVR-Final.jpg?v=1749650111"},{"product_id":"the-mystical-mister-kay","title":"The Mystical Mister Kay (Book 3)","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBook Trailer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/TheMysticalMisterKay_Sample.pdf?v=1756307835\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/a\u003e   |   \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bookfies.com\/ebook\/1019\/the-mystical-mister-kay\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGet the E-book here\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2025 \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.sg\/collections\/series_all\/series_epigram-books-fiction-prize\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eEpigram Books Fiction Prize\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe final gripping chapter in the saga of Miss Cassidy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe truth is out there. 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At its heart is a wonderful love story and a celebration of family in all its guises. At its roots are the ills of empire and industrialisation and the struggles of women against patriarchy. The Victorian age as you have never quite seen it before. 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Wait for the beautiful epiphanies, even as time and space remain suspended in this alluring lyric imagination. One encounters a poetry that bravely looks at ideas of identity, border crossings, diaspora, heritage, tradition, community, family, and what it means to belong. Indeed, this is a welcome homecoming for the author, and what a grand tour of a life’s journeying it has been. Sublime. Remarkable. Simply magnificent.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Desmond Francis Xavier Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé, Winner of the Singapore Literature Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Shilpa’s poetry traces how shifting light, from \"coppered dawn\" to \"a sundown mist [descending] on the ghats,\" illuminates the tender narrative of a family in transition. The play between natural radiance and urban gleam becomes an objective correlative for the immigrant clan’s own metamorphosis. 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This collection of poems invites the reader into her world of duality, through her thoughtfully crafted words.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.sg\/collections\/authors\/author_latha\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eLatha\u003c\/a\u003e, Writer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Through richly evocative language and a keen eye for botanical metaphors, Shilpa embarks on a poignant exploration of movement and displacement, love and belonging, and the liminal spaces between migration and settlement. Buttressed by her transnational sensibilities, the personal and the universal entwine in her poetry, serving as a living, breathing testament to the intricate connections between place, identity, and the human experience. Like seeds that grow into mighty banyan trees, Shilpa’s poems weave a tapestry of interwoven perspectives, akin to a reticulated network of aerial roots—one which branches out into a forest of reflection and imagination that takes root in the reader’s mind.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Ow Yeong Wai Kit, Educator and Poet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“These poems are lush with images and symbols from the two countries\/cultures Shilpa deftly inhabits, her original home in India and the new in Singapore where she now lives. The diction reflects this reality, the English enriched with untranslatable words from the mother country and allusions ( people, places, birds, trees etc), pointing to a restless, assimilative mind journeying to seek identities, roots, and loops in her rich past and present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA cornucopia of poetry.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.sg\/collections\/authors\/author_robert-yeo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eRobert Yeo\u003c\/a\u003e, Poet and Playwright\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eAerial Roots\u003c\/em\u003e is a heartfelt homage to memories of the poet’s time spent in India, her country of origin. Set under the metaphoric, awning leitmotif of the banyan tree, Thapliyal’s poems offer the reader a universe with hidden windows that open unto an “\u003cem\u003eundergrowth of decades\u003c\/em\u003e”. One unlocks new meanings every time one enters her work. The poems speak of dislocation, migration, identity or the loss of it, and of the untethered state of our being, while also being contained within exquisite, precise language. The poet has a remarkable ability to draw connections between the personal and the cosmic, the present and the past, longing and reality. Her work is tender, incisive, clear-sighted and deeply intimate, replete with “\u003cem\u003estains and spills of plump memories\u003c\/em\u003e”. Her poetry stuns us, wounds us, keeps us warm, while being unapologetically her own. The poems display amazing manoeuvring of the terrain of the page and the mind - a gentle flow, akin to a river’s graceful swirl on its journey. The memories shared with us are mesmerising and quintessentially, culturally, charmingly Indian. Indeed her poems hold “\u003cem\u003e…lamps to moonless skies\u003c\/em\u003e”. The collection is a milestone written on the existential nuances of life. Every line, an “\u003cem\u003eaperture for departure\u003c\/em\u003e”.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Vinita Agrawal, Poet and Editor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShilpa Dikshit Thapliyal\u003c\/strong\u003e is an Indian-Singaporean poet and author of two poetry collections. Her work has appeared in the \u003cem\u003ePractice Research \u0026amp; Tangential Activities (PR\u0026amp;TA) Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eQuarterly Literary Review Singapore\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Best Asian Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Yearbook of Indian Poetry in English\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTrivium\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLittle Things\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eto let the light in\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAnima Methodi\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoems from her previous collection \u003cem\u003eBetween Sips of Masala Chai\u003c\/em\u003e (Kitaab International, 2019) have been selected for secondary school curriculum in Singapore. Her poem, ‘Hymn of Hope’, written during the pandemic for the \u003cem\u003eHomeward\u003c\/em\u003e project, was performed by the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic Orchestra. Some of her poems have been translated into Japanese, Spanish, and Chinese Ink-Art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer poems have been nominated for the Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize and awarded second place in The Letter Review Prize, 2022. Her third collection, \u003cem\u003eAerial Roots\u003c\/em\u003e, was awarded The Letter Review Prize for Unpublished Books, 2024. She has read poetry at the Singapore Writers Festival, the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival, Mumbai, Poetry on the Move, Canberra, The RevTen Radio, USA, and the Festival of Friendship (Revolution of Tenderness, USA).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShilpa has adjudicated several poetry competitions including the National Poetry Competition, the CLASS Poetry Competition, the National Poetry Recitation Competition, and the Write and Burn Spoken Word Competition. Shilpa serves on the organising committee of Poetry Festival Singapore as a poet and literary organiser.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn and raised in India, Shilpa completed her Master’s in Computer Management (MCM) from Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research, Symbiosis University, Pune. She worked in a leading IT services company before relocating to Singapore in 2001. She has recently completed her second Master’s, M.A. (Arts) from the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Shilpa resides in Singapore with her family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Alkem","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53304508514601,"sku":"9789819435845","price":24.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/05_acc487f7-c9e7-47be-98fe-15496f1f623a.jpg?v=1782972848"},{"product_id":"flung","title":"Flung","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere is a deepening inquiry into the self in the realm of love; a meditation on the ecstasy of the queer self that transcends conventional binaries. Between confessions, dreams and alternative lives, an underlying fear for the partner suffering from that inability to surrender motivates these pages. Fear is a burden that unravels and transforms into opportunities for edification, and therefore more and more love. Between the lover and the mystic self, this poem replays, exists, relents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCyril Wong\u003c\/strong\u003e is a poet whose works “embrace themes of love, alienation and human relationships of all kinds” (\u003cem\u003eTIME\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, 28 Nov. 2007). His books include \u003cem\u003eBeachlight\u003c\/em\u003e (Seagull Books, 2023) and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.sg\/products\/this-side-of-heaven\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis Side of Heaven\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (Epigram Books, 2020). A two-time recipient of the Singapore Literature Prize (2006 and 2016) and the National Arts Council’s Young Artist Award for Literature (2005), he completed his doctoral degree in English Literature at the National University of Singapore in 2012. His work was featured in \u003cem\u003ePoems on the Underground\u003c\/em\u003e in London (2022). His writings have appeared in journals like \u003cem\u003ePoetry International\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePoetry New Zealand\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAmbit\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAtlanta Review\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as in anthologies by W. W. Norton and Everyman’s Library.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Alkem","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53304562680105,"sku":"9789819443222","price":20.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/08.jpg?v=1782974611"}],"url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.sg\/collections\/singapore-literature-prize-2026.oembed","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}