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About SG Culture Pass

The SG Culture Pass is a cultural credits scheme that allows eligible Singaporeans to purchase and enjoy Singapore‑created literary works. It is designed to support local writers, illustrators, and publishers, while encouraging readers to discover and engage more deeply with Singapore literature.

At Epigram Books, we’re proud that a wide range of our published titles are approved for Culture Pass usage!

When can the Culture Pass be used?

The Culture Pass is valid from 1 September 2025 to 31 December 2028. Eligible physical SingLit books may be purchased starting 1 March 2026.

Please note:

  • Unused credits may expire after the stated end date
  • Credits are non‑transferable

Where can the Culture Pass be used?

📍 Physical Bookstores Only

The SG Culture Pass can only be used at participating physical bookstores. It cannot be used for online purchases.

Where to Buy?

📍 Physical Bookstores

You may use your Culture Pass to purchase eligible Epigram Books titles at the following authorised physical bookstores:

Availability may differ by outlet. We’d suggest getting in touch with the bookstore before heading down to make sure they have the books you’re looking for!

📍 Pop‑ups

Catch us on the move! We host temporary pop-ups where you can browse a curated selection of our titles. These pop-ups also support Culture Pass transactions for all eligible books. Follow us on our Instagram @epigrambooks to see where we’re heading next!

Eligible Epigram-published Titles

Check out the full list below, or take a look at the collection here!

Board Books

Really Wheelie Buddies series

  1. Yaya the Double-Decker Bus (Book 1)
  2. Chop-Chop the Trishaw (Book 2)
  3. Suka-Suka the Cement Truck (Book 3)

Picture Books

  • Catch Mee If You Can: Find the Noodles, Eat the Noodles!
  • Charlie the Sweeper
  • Don’t Call Me Cute!
  • Elephants Live Upstairs!
  • Jemma Dreams of Sushi
  • Karung Guni Boy
  • Lemonade Sky
  • Saturday’s Surprisingly Super-Duper Lesson
  • Shelby and Mona
  • Sly the Fly
  • The Crane and the Crab
  • The Day I Forgot My Flag
  • The Little Prata Girl
  • The Phantom of Oxley Castle
  • The Reading Tree
  • The Rock and the Bird
  • What If the Wind Tears My Kite?
  • Where’s Grandma?

ABCs series

  • The ABCs of Old Singapore
  • The ABCs of Loving Nature

Asia’s Lost Legends series

  • Dewi: The Day the Earth Shook
  • Hang Li Po: The Tale of the First Peranakan
  • Lang Liêu: The Prince and the Precious Rice Cakes
  • Savitri: The Task for the Mighty Demon

Bo Bo and Cha Cha series

  • Bo Bo and Cha Cha’s Big Day Out

Celebrations in Singapore series

  • Dragons in Chinatown (Chinese New Year in Singapore)
  • Peacocks Around Little India (Deepavali in Singapore)
  • Stars on Orchard Road (Christmas in Singapore)
  • The Moon over Geylang Serai (Hari Raya in Singapore)

Emma and Ginger series

  • Emma and Ginger: Dad’s For Sale (Book 2)

Heritage series

  • The Amazing Sarong
  • The Brilliant Oil Lamp
  • The Incredible Basket
  • The Marvellous Sugee Cake

I Love Idioms series

  • Kali’s Frog in the Throat
  • Tilly’s Under the Weather
  • Wei Wei’s Piece of Cake

Jack Is Curious series

  • Jack Is Curious: Can I Hit Back at a Bully? (Book 3)
  • Jack Is Curious: Why Do You Always Say No? (Book 5)

Just a Little Mynah series

  1. Just a Little Mynah (Book 1)
  2. Just a Little Mynah: Makan Mischief (Book 2)
  3. Just a Little Mynah: The Noisiest Tree (Book 3)

Poems to Keep series

  • 2 Mothers in a HDB Playground

The Kung Fu Force series

  • The Kung Fu Force and the Maniacal Monster Ride (Book 3)

Early Readers

Classroom Critters series

  1. Classroom Critters: Mammals Get Schooled! (Book 1)
  2. Classroom Critters: Birds Let Loose! (Book 2)

Singaporean Fables series

  1. Beware the Sunda Slow Loris and Other Singaporean Fables (Book 1)
  2. The Dance of the Sambar Deer and More Singaporean Fables (Book 2)

Middle Grade

  • Escape from Bussorah Street
  • The World Famous Diaries of Amos Lee: 10th Anniversary 4-in-1 Edition

Ace Agent Spycat series

  1. Ace Agent Spycat and the Flying Sidekick (Book 1)
  2. Ace Agent Spycat and the Mayonnaise Mayhem (Book 2)
  3. Ace Agent Spycat and the Nameless Note (Book 3)

Freddy series

  1. Freddy the Eager Fundraiser (Book 1)
  2. Freddy the Dogged Rescuer (Book 2)

Ken Kwek series

  1. Timothy and the Phubbers (Book 1)
  2. Kelly and the Krumps (Book 2)

Lyna Lankylegs and the Bright Hill Gang series

  • Lyna Lankylegs and the Bright Hill Gang: Raining Coconuts (Book 1)

Maureen Yeo series

  1. The Great Singapore Poo Sale and Other Beastly Business (Book 1)
  2. Make Animals Great Again and Other Creature Campaigns (Book 2)

Mikaela Kong series

  1. The Epic Tale of Mikaela Kong (Book 1)
  2. Champion of the Realms (Book 2)

My BFF is an Alien series

  1. My BFF is an Alien
  2. My BFF is an Alien 2: Sabotage
  3. My BFF is an Alien 3: Turbulence
  4. My BFF is an Alien 4: Invasion
  5. My BFF is an Alien 5: Deception

Sengkang Snoopers series

  1. Sengkang Snoopers: The Mystery of the Hermit’s Hut (Book 1)
  2. Sengkang Snoopers: The Secret of the Tiger’s Den (Book 2)
  3. Sengkang Snoopers: The Riddle of the Coral Isle (Book 3)

Sherlock Sam series

  • Sherlock Sam and the Missing Heirloom in Katong (Book 1)
  • Sherlock Sam and the Ghostly Moans in Fort Canning (Book 2)
  • Sherlock Sam and the Sinister Letters in Bras Basah (Book 3)
  • Sherlock Sam and the Alien Encounters on Pulau Ubin (Book 4)
  • Sherlock Sam and the Vanished Robot in Penang (Book 5)
  • Sherlock Sam and the Cloaked Classmate in MacRitchie (Book 6)
  • Sherlock Sam and the Stolen Script in Balestier (Book 7)
  • Sherlock Sam and the Fiendish Mastermind in Jurong (Book 8)
  • Sherlock Sam and the Obento Bonanza in Tokyo (Book 9)
  • Sherlock Sam and the Comic Book Caper in New York (Book 10)
  • Sherlock Sam and the Quantum Pair in Queenstown (Book 11)
  • Sherlock Sam and the Fiendish Heist in London (Book 12)
  • Sherlock Sam and the Mysterious Mastermind in Seoul (Book 13)
  • Sherlock Sam and the Digital Detectives on Instanoodlegram (Book 16)
  • Sherlock Sam and the Kidnapped Gamer in Taipei (Book 17)

The Travelling Library Chronicles of Maizey Lee series

  • The Travelling Library Chronicles of Maizey Lee: The Road to Bangkok (Book 1)

Middle Grade, Graphic Novels

  • Superworm to the Rescue
  • Wen & Giri Save the World

Young Adult

  • Afternoon Yuan Yang Club
  • Every School a Good School
  • Ghost Hunters of Geylang

Leopop series

  1. Lion Boy and Drummer Girl (Book 1)
  2. Lion Boys and Fan Girls (Book 2)
  3. Lion Boy and Fire Girl (Book 3)

Mount Emily series

  1. Mount Emily (Book 1)
  2. Mount Emily Revisited (Book 2)
  3. Midnight At Mount Emily (Book 3)
  4. Goodbye, Mount Emily (Book 4)

Thrii and Daniel series

  • It Had to Be Her (Book 1)

Fiction

  • 9th of August
  • A Certain Exposure
  • Almost a Love Story
  • And the Award Goes to Sally Bong!
  • Annabelle Thong
  • Death of a Perm Sec
  • Finding Chopin
  • Gull Between Heaven and Earth
  • Gus: The Life & Opinions of the Last Raffles’ Banded Langur
  • Impractical Uses of Cake
  • Inheritance
  • Kopi, Puffs & Dreams
  • Let’s Give It Up for Gimme Lao!
  • Lieutenant Kurosawa’s Errand Boy
  • Lost Treasure of the Lanfang Republic
  • Nimita’s Place
  • Now That It’s Over
  • Shantih Shantih Shantih
  • State of Emergency
  • Sugarbread
  • The Campbell Gardens Ladies’ Swimming Class
  • The Gatekeeper
  • The Last Lesson of Mrs de Souza
  • The Minorities
  • The Riot Act
  • The Unlikely Motherhood of Shaleni May
  • Utama
  • We Do Not Make Love Here
  • What We Learned from Driving in Winter
  • White Cloud Mountain

Miss Cassidy series

  1. The Formidable Miss Cassidy (Book 1)
  2. The Enigmatic Madam Ingram (Book 2)
  3. The Mystical Mister Kay (Book 3)

Skinny Bibik series

  1. There’s No Such Thing as a Skinny Bibik (Book 1)
  2. There’s No Stopping This Skinny Bibik (Book 2)
  3. The Skinny Bibik Seeks Her Perfect Baba (Book 3)

Fiction, Short Stories

  • A Mosque in the Jungle
  • Be Your Own Bae
  • Eternal Summer of My Homeland
  • Fish Eats Lion Redux: More New Singaporean Speculative Fiction
  • Fright 1
  • It Never Rains on National Day
  • Lion City
  • Regrettable Things That Happened Yesterday
  • Ten Things My Father Never Taught Me and Other Stories
  • The Goddess in the Living Room
  • The Grand Arcade
  • The Waiting Room
  • This Is Where I Won’t Be Alone

Best New Singaporean Short Stories series

  • Volume Four
  • Volume Five
  • Volume Six
  • Volume Seven

Fiction, Playscripts

  • Boom
  • Dragonflies
  • Everything but the Brain
  • Fear of Writing
  • Sisters & Senang: The Island Plays
  • Those Who Can’t, Teach

Graphic Novels

  • How to Date a Dozen Men
  • The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (10th Anniversary Edition)
  • White Coat Tales

Poetry

  • Clear Brightness

FAQs

  • Can I use the Culture Pass on Epigram’s online bookshop?
    No. Culture Pass credits cannot be used online; they are strictly for in-store purchases at physical bookstores.
  • Are all Epigram-published titles eligible?
    Only titles approved under the Culture Pass scheme are eligible. Please refer to the list above, or the collection here.
  • Can I use the Culture Pass at events or launches?
    Only if books are sold through an approved physical retail setup that supports Culture Pass transactions.
  • Can I reserve a book online and pay with Culture Pass later?
    No. Payment must be made in person at participating physical bookstores.
  • Questions?
    Contact hello@epigram.sg if you have any doubts about eligibility or usage!