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, it restructured as the Epigram Literary Foundation (ELF)—a non-profit dedicated to sustaining and growing the literary ecosystem in Singapore and Southeast Asia.
Since its founding, Epigram Books has published fiction and non-fiction of all kinds—novels, picture books, memoirs, cookbooks and graphic novels. Its titles have won awards locally and internationally, among them:
- The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye — Eisner Award-winning graphic novel
- Sherlock Sam by A.J. Low
- Lion City by Ng Yi-Sheng
- The Formidable Miss Cassidy by Meihan Boey
The Foundation runs the Epigram Books Fiction Prize, established in 2015 to promote Singaporean creative writing and has since expanded to include writers from across Southeast Asia.
It has also built 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.