Epigram Books is an independent publisher that began as a division of the multiple award-winning communications design firm Epigram. In 2011, it was registered as a separate entity to champion Singaporean literature. In 2025, Epigram Books restructured as the Epigram Literary Foundation (ELF), a non-profit organisation dedicated to sustaining and growing the literary ecosystem in Singapore and Southeast Asia.
Since its founding, Epigram Books has published all manner of fiction and non-fiction, from novels to picture books, memoirs to cookbooks, graphic novels to poetry. Its titles have won awards both locally and internationally—among them the Eisner Award-winning graphic novel The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye; the children's mystery series Sherlock Sam by A.J. Low; Lion City by Ng Yi-Sheng; and The Formidable Miss Cassidy by Meihan Boey.
The Foundation also runs the Epigram Books Fiction Prize, established in 2015 to promote Singaporean creative writing and has since expanded to include writers from Southeast Asia. It has also established regional publishing partnerships with The Biblio Press (Malaysia), Elex Media Komputindo (Indonesia), River Books (Thailand), Milflores Publishing (the Philippines) and NDSP Books (Myanmar), bringing Singapore and Southeast Asian stories to readers across the region.