What Is SG Culture Pass?

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.

Valid period1 Sep 2025 – 31 Dec 2028

Books available from1 March 2026

Where to usePhysical stores only

Online purchasesNot supported

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Physical Stores Only

The SG Culture Pass cannot be used online. Visit a participating bookstore to redeem your credits — head over to the "Where to Buy" tab for the full list.

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Good to Know

Credits are non-transferable and will expire at the scheme's end date if unused.

Not all Epigram titles are eligible — only those approved under the scheme. Check the Eligible Titles tab for the full list.

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Board Books Picture Books Early Readers Middle Grade MG Graphic Novels Young Adult Fiction Short Stories Playscripts Graphic Novels Poetry

Board Books

Really Wheelie Buddies

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

Picture Books

–Bo Bo and Cha Cha's Big Day Out
–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
–The ABCs of Chinese New Year

Asia's Lost Legends

–Dewi: The Day the Earth Shook
–Hang Li Po: The Tale of the First Peranakan
–Kompheak: The Medicine Boy with No Legs
–Lang Liêu: The Prince and the Precious Rice Cakes
–Savitri: The Task for the Mighty Demon
–Suho: The Creation of the Horse-head Fiddle
–Tokoyo: The Tomb of the Sea Serpent

Celebrations in Singapore

–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)

Dad's Series (Lily Kong)

–Dad's At Home
–Dad's Dyslexic Too
–Dad's For Sale
–Dad's Too Busy

Emma and Ginger

–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

–Kali's Frog in the Throat
–Tilly's Under the Weather
–Wei Wei's Piece of Cake

Jack Is Curious

–Jack Is Curious: Will I Grow Old? (Book 1)
–Jack Is Curious: Why Do People Cry When They're Happy? (Book 2)
–Jack Is Curious: Can I Hit Back at a Bully? (Book 3)
–Jack Is Curious: Do Farts Make Old People Go Faster? (Book 4)
–Jack Is Curious: Why Do You Always Say No? (Book 5)
–Jack Is Curious: Why Am I a Lonely Only? (Book 6)

Just a Little Mynah

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

Poems to Keep

–2 Mothers in a HDB Playground

The Boy Who Talked All Day

–The Boy Who Talked All Day

The Boy Who Wanted to Grow a Moustache

–The Boy Who Wanted to Grow a Moustache

The Kung Fu Force

1.The Kung Fu Force and the Tower of Doom
2.The Kung Fu Force and the Perilous Boba Whirlpool
3.The Kung Fu Force and the Maniacal Monster Ride

The Womps

1.The Womps: Pinto's Pinky Promises
2.The Womps: Chick Bee's Charming Cha-Cha

Early Readers

Classroom Critters

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

Singaporean Fables

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

Middle Grade

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

Ace Agent Spycat

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

Freddy Series

1.Freddy the Eager Fundraiser
2.Freddy the Dogged Rescuer

Ken Kwek Series

1.Timothy and the Phubbers
2.Kelly and the Krumps

Lyna Lankylegs

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

Maureen Yeo Series

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

Mikaela Kong

1.The Epic Tale of Mikaela Kong
2.Champion of the Realms
3.Return of the Dragons

My BFF Is an Alien

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

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

Sherlock Sam

–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's Orange Shorts (Book 11.5)
–Sherlock Sam and the Fiendish Heist in London (Book 12)
–Sherlock Sam and the Mysterious Mastermind in Seoul (Book 13)
–Sherlock Sam and the Burgled Book in Kampong Glam (Book 14)
–Sherlock Sam and the Seafaring Scourge on Sentosa (Book 15)
–Sherlock Sam and the Digital Detectives on Instanoodlegram (Book 16)
–Sherlock Sam and the Kidnapped Gamer in Taipei (Book 17)
–Sherlock Sam's Orange Shorts: The Second Pair

The Travelling Library Chronicles of Maizey Lee

1.The Road to Bangkok
2.The Trail Through China

MG Graphic Novels

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

Young Adult

–18 Walls
–Afternoon Yuan Yang Club
–Beng Beng Revolution
–Every School a Good School
–Ghost Hunters of Geylang
–Harris bin Potter and the Stoned Philosopher
–Sofia and the Utopia Machine
–The Lights That Find Us

Leopop Series

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

Mount Emily Series

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

The Savant Trilogy

1.Misdirection
2.Manipulation
3.Metamorphosis

Thrii and Daniel

1.It Had to Be Her
2.It Had to Be Him

Fiction

–9th of August
–A Certain Exposure
–Altered Straits
–Almost a Love Story
–And the Award Goes to Sally Bong!
–Annabelle Thong
–Children of the Ark
–Death of a Perm Sec
–Finding Chopin
–Fox Fire Girl
–Gull Between Heaven and Earth
–Gus: The Life & Opinions of the Last Raffles' Banded Langur
–If It Were Up to Mrs Dada
–Impractical Uses of Cake
–Inheritance
–Kallang Basin Adagio
–Kappa Quartet
–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
–Surrogate Protocol
–The Campbell Gardens Ladies' Swimming Class
–The Disappearance of Patrick Zhou
–The Gatekeeper
–The Good Guys
–The Keepers of Stories
–The Last Immigrant
–The Last Lesson of Mrs de Souza
–The Minorities
–The Punkhawala and the Prostitute
–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
2.The Enigmatic Madam Ingram
3.The Mystical Mister Kay

Skinny Bibik Series

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

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
–This Side of Heaven

Best New Singaporean Short Stories

–Volume Four
–Volume Five
–Volume Six
–Volume Seven

Playscripts

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

Graphic Novels

–Chronicles of a Circuit Breaker
–How to Date a Dozen Men
–Licence to Care
–The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (10th Anniversary Edition)
–The Woodsman
–White Coat Tales

Poetry

–Clear Brightness
–The Best of Edwin Thumboo
–The Best of Robert Yeo

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Can I use the SG Culture Pass on Epigram's online bookshop?

No. Culture Pass credits cannot be used online — they are strictly for in-store purchases at participating physical bookstores.

Are all Epigram-published titles eligible?

Only titles approved under the Culture Pass scheme are eligible. Please refer to the Eligible Titles tab, or browse 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 a participating physical bookstore. You cannot reserve online and settle with the Culture Pass upon collection.

What happens to unused credits?

Unused credits expire at the end of the scheme on 31 December 2028. Credits are non-transferable, so use them before the deadline.

How do I know if a bookstore has the title I want?

Availability differs by outlet. We recommend contacting the bookstore directly before heading down to confirm they have the specific title you're looking for.

Still have questions? Email us at hello@epigram.sg.