Fiction

Description The bestselling Journey to the West comic book by artist Chang Boon Kiat is now back in a brand new fully coloured edition.Journey ...

Description About the Author The novel is set in 1969 Kuala Lumpur, against a backdrop of political turmoil and social changes. Married to weal...

Description About the Author After receiving their birthday presents from their grandfather, Joyce and Jonathon find themselves in possession o...

Description About the Author Many men dream of running away to a tropical island and living surrounded by beauty and exotic exuberance. Walter ...

Description About the Author Island in the Centre is a 1995 novel by Eurasian Singaporean writer Rex Shelley, which tells the story of a Japane...

Description About the Poet A collection of poems written by Heng Siok Tian. Her poems have been anthologised in Moving Worlds, Fifty on 50, Tum...

Description About the Author & Illustrator Imaginary Friends is a collection of modern fables for adults based on the letters of the alphab...

Description About the Author A new novel by the author of the young adult trilogy, Raising Arcadia Poised to be 2020's We Were Liars Clever, ...

Description This book tells of the inspirational story of Hua Mulan, the legendary Chinese female warrior who pledges to fight for her family a...

Description About the Poet This volume could well be subtitled the social history of Singapore in 120 haiku. There are haiku about MRT breakdow...

Description About the Authors The Sepoy Mutiny. An Assassin’s Determination. An Agent’s Sense of Duty. A Mutineer’s Lament. A Mysterious Servan...

Description About the Author This is the first volume in a sweeping saga of historical fiction that spans the first 100 years of Singapore. Fea...

Description Food Republic is a generous serving of Singapore's food culture: from the making and eating of food, to the sale and hawking of it,...

Description About the Author In December 1950, the worst riots Singapore has ever seen shut down the town for days, killing 18 people and wound...

Description Praise About the Playwright A young Singaporean man is making a journey to his father’s birthplace in Hyderabad, Pakistan. With him...

Description About the Playwright The Necessary Stage is at the forefront of social and community theatre in Singapore. Its plays, created throu...

Description Praise About the Author Shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize 2020 (English, Fiction) When a photographer captures Marlene...

Description About the Poet Gwee Li Sui once again shatters expectations from his verse with this gloriously macabre book. Death Wish distils al...

Description About the Author The 12 stories in this collection electrify by their dazzling diversity of subject, their relentless observation a...

Description Murder in the first degree… solicitation of murder… malicious bodily dismemberment… theft of a national treasure… illegal disposal ...

Description About the Author Crime Scene Asia: when forensic evidence becomes the silent witness is a casebook of fascinating true stories from...

Description Praise About the Author The acclaimed international bestseller now a MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Mic...

Description About the Author This book explores the various sources of tension in modern society. This exciting collection brings together thir...

Description About the Author & Illustrator The annual Fifth Milestone Kway Chap Competition looms but the reigning champion old Mdm Lam is ...

Description About the Author Get the new cover (2023) here! Winner of Singapore Literature Prize 2010 A Singaporean retires, migrates and then ...

Description About the Author It is 1924, and the British rule Malaya. Guy is a colonial administrator in charge of Kluanak, a remote district d...

Description About the Author Cigarette Girl is a story about love and the main characters’ search for their own identity. But it is also more; ...

Praise About the Author These stories are told with a lucid economy of style and a singular depth of understanding. They bear witness in the wa...

Description About the Poet The fifth volume of poetry by one of Singapore’s most distinguished poets carries in addition several hybrid pieces ...

Description About the Author When An Mei fell in love with Hussein, she could not have foreseen the tragic events that were to follow. Set in a...

Description About the Author Winner of 2019 Singapore Books Awards Best Middle Grade/Young Adult Title Privileged, sensitive and smart, Eric Te...

Description About the Editors In this first-ever compendium of erotic writing from Singapore, we are presented with a selection of short storie...

Description Praise About the Playwright A young Malay-Muslim woman describes a day in her life – starting with a visit to the prison in the mor...

Description About the Authors When it comes to children, every parent goes through a countless amount of headaches, heartaches and worries. But...

Description About the Author Thailand 1942: Sirinya and her family are members of the Thai underground, who risk their lives to resist the Worl...

Description About the Author Juliet Crosby has lived a reclusive life on her Malayan rubber plantation since the Second World War robbed her of...

Description About the Author Thailand, 1943: Thomas Ellis, captured by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore, is a prisoner-of-war on the Death...

Description Praise About the Author Shortlisted for the Giller Prize 2018 A heartbreaking and timely novel about courage, yearning, the cost of...

Description A pocket-sized collection of superstitions and taboos which are or maybe were a significant part of the life patterns of local Mala...

Description Love and sex, or perhaps lust to be more accurate, has made many men and women run afoul of the law. When passion and desire take o...

Description About the Playwright Featuring five plays by Cultural Medallion recipient Haresh Sharma, created over a span of two decades, Abuse ...

Description About the Author Set in Thailand in the 1950s, this is the story of a young Englishman’s infatuation with a dance-hall hostess name...

Description About the Author This collection of eight short stories combines Catherine Lim’s sharp powers of observation with her insightful co...

Description A Monsoon Feast comprises seven short stories by renowned writers from Kerala, India and Singapore that provide deep insights on th...

Description About the Author The affair of the planter’s wife running off with her driver had been a burning topic in the British High Commissi...

Description About the Author Brimming with energy, A Leap of Love sparkles with joy and will leave you breathless with the sheer suspense of tr...

Description Praise About the Author A lush, sweeping account of the Black Hole of Calcutta in 1756 Rich storytelling and vividly drawn charact...

Description About the Author In December 1950, the worst riots Singapore had ever seen shut down the town for days, killing 18 people and wound...