{"title":"Short Stories by Epigram","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"best-new-singaporean-short-stories-volume-one","title":"The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume One","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Editor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/BNSSS-Sample.pdf?541\"\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e   \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/farisbooks.com\/book\/109\/The-Epigram-Books-Collection-of-Best-New-Singaporean-Short-Stories\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGet the E-book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn recent years, Singaporean literature has begun experiencing a sea change, with the short story form enjoying a renaissance. As a result, an explosion of short fiction with a Singaporean flavour has been produced to incredible effect, both by emerging and established writers. For the prose enthusiast, it is a very exciting time. \u003cem\u003eThe Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume One\u003c\/em\u003e curates the finest short fiction from Singaporean writers published in 2011 and 2012. This ground-breaking and unique anthology showcases stories that examine various facets of the human condition and the truths that we tell ourselves in order to exist in the everyday. The styles are as varied as the authors, and no two pieces are alike. Here are twenty unique and breathtaking literary insights into the Singaporean psyche, which examine what it means to live in this particular part of the world in this particular time. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Singapore’s fiction revival is on track! Thirty-five years after Robert Yeo’s landmark curation of the best national stories of his time, the project re-begins with a fresh slate of short fiction that rightly welcomes several new names. Jason Erik Lundberg has done an outstanding job of choosing stories you will want to return to—like rooms in the head—for years to come!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Gwee Li Sui, author and illustrator of \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/myth-of-the-stone\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMyth of the Stone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cspan\u003eI recommend the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBest New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume One\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which showcases the best in contemporary Singaporean writing now, with a diverse multitude of local voices that tackle their subjects with tooth and claw, flair and finesse.\u003c\/span\u003e”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—O Thiam Chin, fiction writer, in “My Book of the Year”, \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/singaporepoetry.com\/2014\/12\/13\/my-book-of-the-year\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSingapore Poetry\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJason Erik Lundberg\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (series editor) is the fiction editor at Epigram Books. He was born in New York, grew up in North Carolina, and has lived in Singapore since 2007. He is the author and anthologist of over twenty books, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/diary-of-one-who-disappeared\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDiary of One Who Disappeared: A Novella\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2019), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/most-excellent-and-lamentable\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMost Excellent and Lamentable: Selected Stories\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2019), and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBo Bo and Cha Cha\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e picture book series (2012–2015); he is also the founding editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2012–2018), editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFish Eats Lion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2012), and co-editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Field Guide to Surreal Botany\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2008) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eScattered, Covered, Smothered\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2004).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":804091075,"sku":"9789810762346","price":26.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/BNSSS-1-CVF-100.jpg?v=1409037461"},{"product_id":"the-wayang-at-eight-milestone","title":"The Wayang at Eight Milestone: Stories \u0026 Essays","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/Wayang-Sample.pdf?541\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/Wayang-Sample.pdf?541\"\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e  I   \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/farisbooks.com\/book\/281\/The-Wayang-at-Eight-Milestone\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/farisbooks.com\/book\/281\/The-Wayang-at-Eight-Milestone\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGet the E-book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis long overdue collection gathers together sixteen of Gregory Nalpon’s short stories, eleven of his essays, and a selection of his sketches of life in coffee shops, hawker stalls and samshu shops. Through his writing, Nalpon poignantly records a lost, rich world: the colourful, exciting and sometimes perilous Singapore of half a century ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith this collection, a vital Singaporean voice is finally recovered. Nalpon’s inspired blend of close observation, legend, local superstition and peculiarly eclectic reading results in some of the most imaginative and exciting writing produced in Singapore during the 1960s and 1970s, including authentic descriptions of indigenous culture and working-class men and women rarely found in Singaporean writing of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I am glad that Gregory Nalpon’s work at last has a chance of being recognised. His stories are excellent.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Edwin Thumboo, award-winning Singaporean poet and academic\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“[Nalpon's] stories often produce a resolution at the level of narrative but keep cultural elements in suspense, a series of intersecting gazes that never quite align…Angus Whitehead is to be congratulated both for making Nalpon’s works available to a new and wider audience, and also in the process enabling new perspectives on literary history in Singapore.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Philip Holden, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/journals.iium.edu.my\/asiatic\/index.php\/AJELL\/article\/view\/337\/318\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/journals.iium.edu.my\/asiatic\/index.php\/AJELL\/article\/view\/337\/318\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAsiatic IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Gregory Nalpon’s stories and evocative commentaries might seem nostalgic for a pre-development Singapore, but make no mistake—there is little sentimentality here, as marginalised characters get fleshed out with brutality, as well as compassion. His poetic, fable-esque narratives possess a sense of magic that is almost spiritual, full of moral lessons about the abjection of human desires, death, and a knowing presence at the heart of the natural world.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—\u003c\/em\u003eCyril Wong, author of \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/ten-things-my-father-never-taught-me\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/ten-things-my-father-never-taught-me\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTen Things My Father Never Taught Me and Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/the-last-lesson-of-mrs-de-souza\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/the-last-lesson-of-mrs-de-souza\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Last Lesson of Mrs de Souza\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“[Nalpon's] collected works in \u003cem\u003eThe Wayang at Eight Milestone\u003c\/em\u003e seem to work as a veritable time machine, winding us readers back to the gritty world of old Singapore and immersing us in its saudade, its beautiful spirit of melancholy…[He is] a pioneer Singaporean storyteller like no other.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—\u003c\/em\u003eNg Yi-Sheng, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.qlrs.com\/critique.asp?id=1104\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.qlrs.com\/critique.asp?id=1104\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuarterly Literary Review Singapore\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Gregory Nalpon wrote from the margins about a Singapore in the throes of great change, and I am convinced that he is our first true proponent of magical realism.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Robert Yeo, playwright and author of \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/the-adventures-of-holden-heng\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/the-adventures-of-holden-heng\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Adventures of Holden Heng\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Enigmatic and evocative, Gregory Nalpon’s stories unsettle the reader, sometimes with unexpected tenderness, other times, startling violence. They usher us into a Singaporean world smudged and erased from public memory but throbbingly alive in a fictive universe uniquely shaped by Nalpon’s creative imagination and his spare but suggestively symbolic style. For this wonderful experience we have to thank Angus Whitehead, who with dedicated, perceptive, and historically sensitive scholarship, excavated these stories and brought them into the light of day.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Dr Angelia Poon, Nanyang Technological University\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Angus Whitehead’s timely recovery of Gregory Nalpon’s hitherto largely unknown but fascinatingly unique voice makes not only for gratifying reading but also helpfully challenges and enlarges our notions of postcolonial Singapore and its literature.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Mohammad A. Quayum, International Islamic University\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Gregory Nalpon’s stories are perfectly poised between gritty realism and mythic wonder. He observes and embraces the rich local diversity of Singapore with the eye of an enchanted poet and the heart of an honest friend. He fathoms the human soul through, and beyond, cultural identity. Editor Angus Whitehead’s love for Nalpon glows in this informative and accessible edition, which will be a treasure for Singaporeans, and a gratifying find for the rest of us who are eager for great reads from around the globe, or take interest in the development of postcolonial writing. Nalpon deserves to claim a place among the most unique and significant voices of the formative and vibrant 1970s.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Tristanne Connolly, University of Waterloo\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The modernity of Singapore tends to be regarded as functional and technocratic, pragmatically future-directed. The stories of Gregory Nalpon, light, deft and deceptively understated, restore an alternative past to the city, drawing on its richly diverse collective memory, its multiple cultural identities, and the shaping omnipresence of its coastal terrain. Editor Angus Whitehead has uncovered a distinctive and enchanting new post-colonial voice, wry, lyrical and humane, whose evocation of the local and particular is deserving of a wide international audience.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Stephen Clark, University of Tokyo\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Gregory Nalpon’s short stories and essays bring to life vibrant, colourful, and rich depictions of everyday cosmopolitanism of old Singapore. Vivid descriptions of fishermen working on islands southwest of Singapore complement stories in a diverse range of settings from a kampung in Bedok to a bee hoon factory in Upper Thomson, a one bedroom flat in Bukit Ho Swee, and a wayang by a graveyard. This collection is an absolute treasure; it provides an important literary archive of Singapore’s forgotten history and should be made essential reading in the Singapore literature classroom.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Dr Suzanne Choo, National Institute of Education and author of \u003cem\u003eMining for Meaning\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eReading the world, the globe, and the cosmos\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“If you cannot imagine local fiction without the urban ennui and stirrings against conformity and control, if you long for it to be some other creature altogether–then Gregory Nalpon's revelatory short stories are for you. Written in the 1960s and 1970s, they lucidly and lovingly capture the rhythms and textures of a more rustic Singapore steeped in mysticism, danger and a primaeval sense of wonder. People by an oddball, multi-ethnic cast of characters–loafers, bar girls, gangsters, cynics, dreamers, holy men, freaks and ghosts, \u003cem\u003eThe Wayang at Eight Milestone \u003c\/em\u003econtinues Epigram Books' project of publishing buried treasures of early Singapore literature.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Clarissa Oon, \u003cem\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA wonderful collection edited by Angus Whitehead.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Lydia Kwa, fiction writer, in “My Book of the Year”, \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/singaporepoetry.com\/2014\/12\/13\/my-book-of-the-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/singaporepoetry.com\/2014\/12\/13\/my-book-of-the-year\/\"\u003eSingapore Poetry\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGregory Nalpon\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in 1938 in Singapore. After attending St Joseph’s Institution, he energetically embarked on a variety of peripatetic careers: disc jockey, journalist, trade unionist and ‘gentleman of leisure’. These assorted vocations took him from Singapore to Sarawak, Northern Malaysia, Thailand and Australia. During the 1960s and 1970s, Nalpon composed numerous stories, essays, plays and novels. His short story, “The Rose and the Silver Key” was studied by thousands of Singaporean secondary school students. With Nalpon’s sudden death in 1978 at the age of 40, the majority of his writings remained unpublished for over thirty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":804092619,"sku":"9789810764579","price":20.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/WayangAtEightMilestone-CVF-100.jpg?v=1409037745"},{"product_id":"under-the-bed-confusion","title":"Under the Bed, Confusion","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author \u0026amp; Translator\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/CM-Confusion-Sample.pdf?560\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e  \u003cspan\u003eI\u003c\/span\u003e   \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/farisbooks.com\/book\/99\/Under-the-Bed-Confusion\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGet the E-book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe stories in \u003cem\u003eUnder the Bed, Confusion\u003c\/em\u003e sketch a vast array of characters: from an aging coffee shop assistant struggling on her first day at work to a multimillionaire obsessed with crossing the fourth hurdle; from a dissident doctor exiled on the island of Pulau Tekong to a pampered, carefree mutt. Using elements of the fantastical and the satirical, this collection of mini-fiction probes Singapore’s underbelly with sarcastic wit, revealing darkly humorous and philosophical insights into the many facets of her people’s collective psyche.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Cultural Medallion is Singapore’s highest cultural award, given to those who have achieved artistic excellence in the areas of literature, dance, music, theatre and art. It was instituted in 1979 to recognise individuals whose artistic excellence and commitment to the arts have enriched and made a distinction to Singapore’s arts and cultural landscape. Epigram Books’ Cultural Medallion series seeks to translate the works of Cultural Medallion winners writing in Tamil, Malay and Chinese into English. Matching writers with some of the best translators working in the field today, these books are being made available to an English-language audience for the first time. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWong Meng Voon\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer, editor and academic who has published eleven collections of short stories and mini-fiction. An accomplished translator, Dr. Wong has been awarded the Translation Prize by the National Book Development Council of Singapore. For his contribution to Singaporean Literature and the Chinese mini-fiction form, he has been awarded Singapore’s Cultural Medallion, the S.E.A. Write Award and China’s Life-long Achievement for World Chinese Mini-Fiction Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHoward Goldblatt\u003c\/strong\u003e is Research Professor at the University of Notre Dame and has taught modern Chinese literature and culture for over twenty-five years. He has published English translations of more than thirty novels and story collections by writers from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. His translations have been awarded the Translation of the Year Prize from the American Literary Translators Association, and the Man Asian Literary Prize three times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":804158571,"sku":"9789810736613","price":26.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/CM-Confusion-CVF-100.jpg?v=1409041259"},{"product_id":"teaching-cats-to-jump-hoops","title":"Teaching Cats to Jump Hoops","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author \u0026amp; Translator\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated from the Chinese by Sylvia Li-chun Lin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/CM-Cats-Sample.pdf?560\"\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e  \u003cspan\u003eI\u003c\/span\u003e   \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/farisbooks.com\/book\/103\/Teaching-Cats-to-Jump-Hoops\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGet the E-book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA chain-smoking student with a violent past. A girl with a weakness for rare turtles. A boy who sees a raging fire each time he opens his exam booklet. In this collection of funny and heartwarming stories by You Jin, a teacher finds herself confronted with misfits and loners, rebellious dropouts and overbearing, even abusive parents. Yet she remains determined to reach out to her students. Combining an assured style with sensitive portrayals, \u003cem\u003eTeaching Cats to Jump Hoops\u003c\/em\u003e is the first translation into English of a popular voice in Chinese literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Cultural Medallion is Singapore’s highest cultural award, given to those who have achieved artistic excellence in the areas of literature, dance, music, theatre and art. It was instituted in 1979 to recognise individuals whose artistic excellence and commitment to the arts have enriched and made a distinction to Singapore’s arts and cultural landscape. Epigram Books’ Cultural Medallion series seeks to translate the works of Cultural Medallion winners writing in Tamil, Malay and Chinese into English. Matching writers with some of the best translators working in the field today, these books are being made available to an English-language audience for the first time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou Jin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e has published more than 150 books in Chinese in Singapore, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong and Malaysia. These include novels, short story collections, travelogues and essays. She is the first recipient of both the Singapore Chinese Literary Award and the Montblanc-NUS Centre for the Arts Literary Award. She received the Zhong Shan Literary Award in 2010 and Singapore’s Cultural Medallion in 2009.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSylvia Li–chun Lin\u003c\/strong\u003e teaches modern and contemporary Chinese literature, film and culture at the University of Notre Dame. A winner of the Liang Shih–chiu Literary Translation Prize, she is the co–translator of Chu T’ien-wen’s \u003cem\u003eNotes of a Desolate Man\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the 1999 Translation of the Year Prize given by the American Literary Translators Association, as well as co-translator of Bi Feiyu’s \u003cem\u003eThree Sisters\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":804160115,"sku":"9789810736576","price":26.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/Teaching_Cats_to_Jump_Hoops_CVF-300.jpg?v=1626946798"},{"product_id":"the-earnest-mask","title":"The Earnest Mask","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author \u0026amp; Translators\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/CM-Earnest-Sample.pdf?560\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/CM-Earnest-Sample.pdf?560\"\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e  \u003cspan\u003eI\u003c\/span\u003e   \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/farisbooks.com\/book\/107\/The-Earnest-Mask\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/farisbooks.com\/book\/107\/The-Earnest-Mask\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGet the E-book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003eIn this Singapore Literature Prize-winning collection of stories, an aging Japanese ex-soldier, ignorant about the horrors of the Japanese Occupation, returns to Singapore for a nostalgic visit; a young boy’s sole contact with his father consists of a weekly meeting at McDonald’s; and a hopeful employee tries to win over his tumour-stricken boss with traditional Chinese medicine. Set against the backdrop of Singapore’s rapid development from the 1980s to the early 2000s, the poignant and witty stories in \u003cem\u003eThe Earnest Mask\u003c\/em\u003e peel back the veneer of official history, revealing flashes of the personal stories buried beneath.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003eThe Cultural Medallion is Singapore’s highest cultural award, given to those who have achieved artistic excellence in the areas of literature, dance, music, theatre and art. It was instituted in 1979 to recognise individuals whose artistic excellence and commitment to the arts have enriched and made a distinction to Singapore’s arts and cultural landscape. Epigram Books’ Cultural Medallion series seeks to translate the works of Cultural Medallion winners writing in Tamil, Malay and Chinese into English. Matching writers with some of the best translators working in the field today, these books are being made available to an English-language audience for the first time. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e“Extra thin, extra crisp and extraordinary...[the stories] are a good snapshot of a changing society and capture the essence of being a Singaporean.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—\u003c\/em\u003eRupali Karekar, \u003cem\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e“The author is a master craftsman in the experimentation of mini-fiction writing. Each work is a further expansion of the threshold of the art form. Besides being celebrated by readers for his keen observations, his stories astutely chronicle both the light moments as well as the difficult times in the forty over years of nation building. His works are like colourful mosaics that form the fabric of the Singaporean collective consciousness.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—\u003c\/em\u003eREAD! Singapore Programme Committee\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003eKnown by his pen name \u003cstrong\u003eXi Ni Er\u003c\/strong\u003e, Chia Hwee Pheng has received the National Book Development Council of Singapore’s Book Award, the Singapore Literature Prize, the S.E.A. Write Award and Singapore’s Cultural Medallion. He has published eight books, including the poetry collection Kidnapping Times and the fiction collection \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eUnbearable Heaviness of Life\u003c\/em\u003e. He currently serves as President of the Singapore Association of Writers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHoward Goldblatt\u003c\/strong\u003e is Research Professor at the University of Notre Dame and has taught modern Chinese literature and culture for over twenty-five years. He has published English translations of more than thirty novels and story collections by writers from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. His translations have been awarded the Translation of the Year Prize from the American Literary Translators Association, and the Man Asian Literary Prize three times.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSylvia Li–chun Lin\u003c\/strong\u003e teaches modern and contemporary Chinese literature, film and culture at the University of Notre Dame. A winner of the Liang Shih–chiu Literary Translation Prize, she is the co–translator of Chu T’ien-wen’s \u003cem\u003eNotes of a Desolate Man\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the 1999 Translation of the Year Prize given by the American Literary Translators Association, as well as co-translator of Bi Feiyu’s \u003cem\u003eThree Sisters\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32206380171377,"sku":"9789810736590","price":26.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/CM-Mask-CVF-100.jpg?v=1409041684"},{"product_id":"the-goddess-in-the-living-room","title":"The Goddess in the Living Room","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated by\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePalaniappan Arumugum, Sulosana Karthigasu, Kavitha Karumbayeeram, Yamuna Murthi Raju, Ravi Shanker and Kokilavani Silvarathi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/TheGoddess-Sample.pdf?641\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e   I   \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/farisbooks.com\/book\/286\/The-Goddess-in-the-Living-Room\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGet the E-book\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eTranslated from Tamil to English, the book begins with the story of Alyssa, who is left with her grandparents on Pulau Ubin as a child and her experience with devastating loss as an adult. Among other stories: A grandmother whose final wish is to carry the kavadi, a wife who wonders if her role is simply to cook for her family according to their needs and desires and a filial daughter caring for her terminally ill mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Goddess in the Living Room \u003c\/em\u003eis a collection of short stories where the voices of Tamil women in Singapore are given a powerful outlet by Latha.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“\u003cspan\u003eThis collection is an excellent opportunity for English- speaking audiences to access the fiction of \u003cem\u003eTamil Murasu\u003c\/em\u003e's Sunday editor K. Kanagalatha or Latha. One of the best- known women writers in Tamil, her focus is usually feminist, giving a voice to Singaporean women's stories of oppression and neglect\u003c\/span\u003e.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Akshita Nanda, \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/stcommunities.straitstimes.com\/show\/2014\/09\/30\/singapore-shelf-round-new-home-grown-titles\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“She chronicles the ordinary absurdities of Singapore life while addressing the bigger questions by creating her worlds with a wonderful economy, the perfectly weighted use of details and voice.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—National Book Development Council of Singapore\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003eThese stories are so beautifully weaved at the loom of the author’s mind that they form an amalgamation which is thought-provoking and simultaneously succeeds in tugging at heartstrings...This is a book that is raw and unmasked.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/umanathan.com\/2014\/10\/01\/a-fresh-read-the-goddess-in-the-living-room\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eUma Nathan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eOne does not have to be an Indian, or even a woman, to empathise with the characters in Latha’s vivid collection of stories that deal with a very prevalent issue in today’s society: patriarchy. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eThrough evoking familiar settings and characters, Latha deftly portrays the struggles of Indian women across all generations, occupations and lifestyles. These stories provide a thought-provoking insight into the inner workings of Singapore’s Indian community that readers are sure to draw parallels from.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Hillary Kang, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/nptribune.com\/?p=2441\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003ci\u003enpTribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLatha (K. Kanagalatha)\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of two collections of poetry in Tamil: \u003cem\u003eTheeveli\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eFirespace\u003c\/em\u003e) (2003), and \u003cem\u003ePaampuk Kaattil Oru Thaazhai\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eA Screwpin in Snakeforest\u003c\/em\u003e) (2004). Her 2007 short story collection \u003cem\u003eNan Kolai Seyium Penkkal\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eWomen I Murder\u003c\/em\u003e) won the Singapore Literature Prize in 2008. Her poems and short stories have been published in \u003cem\u003eWords, Home and Nation\u003c\/em\u003e, a multilingual anthology published by The Centre for the Arts, National University of Singapore (1995); \u003cem\u003eRhythms: A Singaporean Millennial Anthology of Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e, published by the National Arts Council (2000); \u003cem\u003eFifty on 50\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTumasik\u003c\/em\u003e, published by the National Arts Council (2009); and various Tamil literary journals in India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and France. Her works have been translated into English, French and German. Latha is currently the Sunday editor of \u003cem\u003eTamil Murasu\u003c\/em\u003e, Singapore’s Tamil daily newspaper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":807726839,"sku":"9789814615143","price":20.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/Goddess-CVF-300.jpg?v=1627023967"},{"product_id":"ten-things-my-father-never-taught-me","title":"Ten Things My Father Never Taught Me and Other Stories","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRecommended by the National Library Board Singapore and Ministry of Communications and Information\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/TenThings_sample.pdf?968\"\u003eLook inside the book\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/farisbooks.com\/book\/221\/Ten-Things-My-Father-Never-Taught-Me-and-Other-Stories\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGet the E-book\u003c\/a\u003e    \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.storytel.com\/sg\/en\/books\/2048138-Ten-Things-My-Father-Never-Taught-Me-and-Other-Stories?utm_source=Epigram\u0026amp;utm_medium=TenThingsMyFatherNeverTaughtMeandOtherStories\"\u003eListen to the audiobook\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003eA woman learns of a friend’s illness and wonders if she ever truly knew him. A boy who sees ghosts heeds the advice of a fortune-teller, with surprising consequences. A girl wakes up and realises everybody in her Bedok neighbourhood has vanished. From Cyril Wong, award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Last Lesson of Mrs de Souza,\u003c\/em\u003e comes another beautiful book about characters in crisis, with two stories crossing intriguingly into creative autobiography.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e“Better known for his award-winning poetry, Cyril Wong delivers a medley of prose. High notes of the collection include the titular story, apparently autobiographical, and Cinema, the wistful story of two people separated by wealth and class but united in loneliness.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Akshita Nanda, \u003cem\u003eThe Straits Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e“An eclectic collection of short stories that is original and often deeply moving.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Dave Chua, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Beating and Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e“Cyril Wong’s largely character-driven stories demonstrate clearly how they are inspired, in each case, when a personality passes through a moment of crisis, as in the tales of R. K. Narayan. Whether his people are young or adult, female or male, gay or straight, there is always a struggle and a revelation. Sometimes there is no resolution. Cyril writes with insight and sympathy about people in a Singapore spectrum that readers can identify with.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Robert Yeo, playwright and author of \u003cem style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/the-adventures-of-holden-heng\" style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003eThe Adventures of Holden Heng\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eWong’s most recent work – and possibly his last – is a sensitive, introspective read, occasionally upsetting, but also enjoyable and surprisingly riveting…Literature fans should grab a copy of this book and pin it proudly on their support pole, perhaps to remind the prolific writer of the imminent loss in the local literature scene should he hoist the white flag.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e—Melissa Chang, \u003ci style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/nptribune.com\/?p=2455\" style=\"color: #404040;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003enpTribune\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCyril Wong\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Singapore Literature Prize-winning author of poetry collections such as \u003cem\u003eUnmarked Treasure\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTilting Our Plates to Catch the Light\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSatori Blues\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as a collection of strange short fables called \u003cem\u003eLet Me Tell You Something About That Night\u003c\/em\u003e. He has served as a mentor under the Creative Arts Programme and the Mentor Access Project, as well as a judge for the Golden Point Awards in Singapore.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA past recipient of the National Arts Council’s Young Artist Award for Literature, he completed his doctoral degree in English Literature at the National University of Singapore in 2012.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHis books include poetry collections \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTilting Our Plates to Catch the Light\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e(2007) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Lover’s Inventory\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (2015), the novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/the-last-lesson-of-mrs-de-souza\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/the-last-lesson-of-mrs-de-souza\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Last Lesson of Mrs de Souza\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (2013) and short fiction collection \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/ten-things-my-father-never-taught-me\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/ten-things-my-father-never-taught-me\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTen Things My Father Never Taught Me\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (2014).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":877939075,"sku":"9789814615082","price":20.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/ten_things_cover_rgb.png?v=1626947167"},{"product_id":"memorial-day","title":"Memorial Day: The Unmaking of a Sonnet","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Poet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOUT OF PRINT \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/Memorial-Day.pdf?1157\"\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMemorial Day\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a reflection on loss and renewal in time of war. It tells the story, in her own words, of a young American woman’s falling in love, bereavement and remaking of her life after the death of her husband in battle.She records her memories in a series of fourteen free sonnets, each of which is written according to the principle of “centered form”. This simply means that each sonnet unfolds from its center.This principle of “centered form” is also reflected in the order of writing of the sonnets which is revealed in the two sonnets that open and close the series, the preludium and postludium. They comprise respectively the seventh and eighth lines of the individual sonnets, beginning with Sonnet 8 and ending with Sonnet 1.The dominant meter of the poems is accentual and measured: there are generally six stresses per line, with a cæsura, or rest, in the middle of each. The stresses and pauses are lighter or darker depending on the relative weight and colour which you choose to ascribe to her words. Their message follows.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKevin J M Keane\u003c\/strong\u003e has been exploring the link between language and social development since 1996. Following the publication of his first collection of poetry \u003cem\u003eWinter Drei Winters Three Hivers Trois \u003c\/em\u003ein 2006, he has been experimenting with the oldest poetic form created for contemplative reading to find an answer to the question, \"What is a sonnet?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in London in 1958 to Irish immigrant parents, Kevin resides in Munich and Singapore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":947572571,"sku":"9789810860004","price":24.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/MemorialDay-CVF-100.jpg?v=1415263970"},{"product_id":"lontar-3","title":"LONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction – Issue #3","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraises\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout 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Alfar;\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e• The mystery of magically appearing furniture from Taiwanese short fiction \u003cem\u003ewunderkind\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSabrina Huang\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e(deftly translated by PEN\/Heim grant recipient Jeremy Tiang);\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e• An uneasy exploration of marital discord on the road from Manila Critics’ Circle National Book Award winner Nikki Alfar;\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e• A quasi-Ballardian take on beach resort culture from Ben Slater;\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e• The uniquely Singaporean response to a viral outbreak from JY Yang;\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e• And speculative poetry from Anne Carly Abad, Arlene Ang, Tse Hao Guang, Cyril Wong, David Wong Hsien Ming and Daryl Yam.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLONTAR\u003c\/em\u003e has been previously featured on \u003cem\u003eBoing Boing\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAdventures of a Bookonaut\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDiversity in SF\u0026amp;F\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRocket Kapre\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSF Signal\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eio9\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eLONTAR\u003c\/em\u003e is the world’s only biannual literary journal focusing 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With each tale, I was allowed a view through the eyes of someone whose experiences and orientation are so far separated from my own and yet so similar that the journey is wondrous.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Andrea Pawley, Weightless Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“All the writing is surprising and fascinating. As a reader, some knowledge of the region helps, but is not necessary. The great thing about \u003cem\u003eLONTAR\u003c\/em\u003e is the \u003cbr\u003ebroad range of speculative fiction showcased here with a guaranteed burst of Southeast Asian culture. [...] \u003cem\u003eLONTAR\u003c\/em\u003e has produced quality, intricate and \u003cbr\u003eoriginal work that entertains and distils a yearning in the reader for more.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e— Zara Adcock, \u003cem\u003eThe Review Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJason Erik Lundberg\u003c\/strong\u003e, founding editor, was born in Brooklyn, New York, and has lived in Singapore since 2007. 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Inside these pages, you’ll find:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• the harsh realities of living as a refugee within a calorie-based economy by acclaimed award-winner Paolo Bacigalupi;\u003cbr\u003e• the uneasy combination of domestic troubles and virtual reality from Palanca Prize winner Kate Osias;\u003cbr\u003e• the unexpected and complete disappearance of Singapore itself from Singapore Literature Prize winner Ng Yi-Sheng;\u003cbr\u003e• a surreal trip through alternate worlds from Philippines Free Press Literary Prize winner Eliza Victoria;\u003cbr\u003e• an eerie meeting with chanteuse Faye Wong during a Malaysian holiday from Andrew Cheah;\u003cbr\u003e• and speculative poetry from Michael Gray, Joses Ho, Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé, Cyril Wong and Jerrold Yam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first two issues of LONTAR were promoted heavily by online ebook seller Weightless Books: Issue #1 was the #1 ebook bestseller at Weightless Books for February\/March 2014 and the #2 bestseller for May 2014; Issue #2 sold over 100 copies at Weightless Books in the first two weeks after release, and was the #1 ebook bestseller for May 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLONTAR has been previously featured on \u003ci\u003eBoing Boing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAdventures of a Bookonaut\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDiversity in SF\u0026amp;F\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRocket Kapre\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSF Signal \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eio9\u003c\/i\u003e. The print editions of issues #2 and #3 were simultaneously launched in December 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLONTAR is the world’s only biannual literary journal focusing on Southeast Asian speculative fiction. In this issue, seven contributors have won major literary awards in Singapore, USA, UK, Japan and the Philippines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJason Erik Lundberg\u003c\/strong\u003e, founding editor, was born in Brooklyn, New York, and has lived in Singapore since 2007. He is the author of a dozen books, including the collection \u003ci\u003eStrange Mammals\u003c\/i\u003e (2013) and the \u003ci\u003eBo Bo and Cha Cha\u003c\/i\u003e children’s picture book series; he is also the series editor of the \u003ci\u003eBest New Singaporean Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e anthology series, editor of \u003ci\u003eFish Eats Lion\u003c\/i\u003e (2012, 2014), and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eA Field Guide to Surreal Botany\u003c\/i\u003e (2008) and \u003ci\u003eScattered, Covered, Smothered\u003c\/i\u003e (2004).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKristine Ong Muslim\u003c\/strong\u003e, poetry editor, is the author of nine books, including the short story collections \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAge of Blight\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Unnamed Press, 2016), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eButterfly Dream\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Snuggly Books, 2016), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Drone Outside\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Eibonvale Press, 2017), as well as the poetry collections \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLifeboat\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2015), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMeditations of a Beast\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Cornerstone Press, 2016), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlack Arcadia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (University of the Philippines Press, 2017).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":1828249795,"sku":"9789814615914","price":18.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/LONTAR-4-CVF-300.jpg?v=1627034027"},{"product_id":"lontar-the-journal-of-southeast-asian-speculative-fiction-issue-5","title":"LONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction – Issue #5","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Editors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/Lontar-5-Sample.pdf?17871504368250583675\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/Lontar-5-Sample.pdf?17871504368250583675\"\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis fifth issue of LONTAR presents speculative writing from and about Singapore, the Philippines, Malaysia, Cambodia, Indonesia and Thailand. Inside these pages, you’ll find: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 1\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• an ancient and fatal karmic reunion in Jakarta by award-winner Gord Sellar;\u003cbr\u003e • the true origin of the Merlion by Singapore Literature Prize winner Amanda Lee Koe;\u003cbr\u003e • a man’s literal transformation into an island by award-winner Ng Yi-Sheng;\u003cbr\u003e • a far-future Malaysian fairy tale by Kawika Guillermo;\u003cbr\u003e • a gentle aquatic apocalypse from novelist Erica Verrillo;\u003cbr\u003e • an enlightening visit with a forest monk in northern Thailand by Italian journalist Massimo Morello;\u003cbr\u003e • a comic on the price of technological hubris by Benjamin Chee;\u003cbr\u003e • and speculative poetry from Tania De Rozario, Joel Donato Jacob, Lee Jing-Jing, Daryl WJ Lim, Christina Sng and Sokunthary Svay. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe first two issues of LONTAR were promoted heavily by online ebook seller Weightless Books: Issue #1 was the #1 ebook bestseller at Weightless Books for February\/March 2014 and the #2 bestseller for May 2014; Issue #2 sold over 100 copies at Weightless Books in the first two weeks after release, and was the #1 ebook bestseller for May 2014. LONTAR has been previously featured on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBoing Boing, Adventures of a Bookonaut\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDiversity in SF\u0026amp;F, Rocket Kapre, SF Signal \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eio9\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The print editions of issues #2 and #3 were simultaneously launched in December 2014. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLONTAR is the world’s only biannual literary journal focusing on Southeast Asian speculative fiction. Our contributors have won major literary awards in Singapore, the USA, UK, Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJason Erik Lundberg\u003c\/strong\u003e, founding editor, was born in Brooklyn, New York, and has lived in Singapore since 2007. He is the author of a dozen books, including the collection \u003ci\u003eStrange Mammals\u003c\/i\u003e (2013) and the \u003ci\u003eBo Bo and Cha Cha\u003c\/i\u003e children’s picture book series; he is also the series editor of the \u003ci\u003eBest New Singaporean Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e anthology series, editor of \u003ci\u003eFish Eats Lion\u003c\/i\u003e (2012, 2014), and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eA Field Guide to Surreal Botany\u003c\/i\u003e (2008) and \u003ci\u003eScattered, Covered, Smothered\u003c\/i\u003e (2004).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKristine Ong Muslim\u003c\/strong\u003e, poetry editor, is the author of nine books, including the short story collections \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAge of Blight\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Unnamed Press, 2016), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eButterfly Dream\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Snuggly Books, 2016), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Drone Outside\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Eibonvale Press, 2017), as well as the poetry collections \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLifeboat\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2015), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMeditations of a Beast\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Cornerstone Press, 2016), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlack Arcadia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (University of the Philippines Press, 2017).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdan Jimenez\u003c\/strong\u003e, comics editor, became an immigrant himself when he moved to Singapore after graduating from New York University with a Literature degree. He previously co-wrote a children’s book, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTwisted Journeys #22: Hero City\u003c\/em\u003e. He loves comics, LEGO®, books, movies, games (analog and video), Doctor Who and sandwiches, and one day hopes to own a store that sells all these things.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":8815301123,"sku":"9789814655187","price":18.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/LONTAR-5-CVF-300.jpg?v=1627034038"},{"product_id":"the-epigram-books-collection-of-best-new-singaporean-short-stories-volume-two","title":"The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Two","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Editor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/BNSSS2-Sample.pdf?17331253293047208091\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e  \u003cspan\u003eI\u003c\/span\u003e   \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/farisbooks.com\/book\/231\/The-Epigram-Books-Collection-of-Best-New-Singaporean-Short-Stories\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGet the E-book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Two \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003egathers twenty-four of the finest stories from Singaporean writers published in 2013 and 2014, selected from hundreds published in journals, magazines, anthologies and single-author collections. These pieces examine life in Singapore, as well as beyond its borders to Toronto, California, Shanghai, Andhra Pradesh, Pyongchon and Paris, as well as to the distant past and the far future. Accompanying the stories are the editor’s introduction and an extensive list of honourable mentions for further reading.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Singapore’s fiction revival is on track! Thirty-five years after Robert Yeo’s landmark curation of the best national stories of his time, the project re-begins with a fresh slate of short fiction that rightly welcomes several new names. Jason Erik Lundberg has done an outstanding job of choosing stories you will want to return to—like rooms in the head—for years to come!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Gwee Li Sui, author and illustrator of \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/myth-of-the-stone\"\u003eMyth of the Stone\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I recommend the \u003cem\u003eBest New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume One\u003c\/em\u003e, which showcases the best in contemporary Singaporean writing now, with a diverse multitude of local voices that tackle their subjects with tooth and claw, flair and finesse.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—O Thiam Chin, fiction writer, in “My Book of the Year”, \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/singaporepoetry.com\/2014\/12\/13\/my-book-of-the-year\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSingapore Poetry\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJason Erik Lundberg\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (series editor) is the fiction editor at Epigram Books. He was born in New York, grew up in North Carolina, and has lived in Singapore since 2007. He is the author and anthologist of over twenty books, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/diary-of-one-who-disappeared\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDiary of One Who Disappeared: A Novella\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2019), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/most-excellent-and-lamentable\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMost Excellent and Lamentable: Selected Stories\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2019), and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBo Bo and Cha Cha\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e picture book series (2012–2015); he is also the founding editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2012–2018), editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFish Eats Lion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2012), and co-editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Field Guide to Surreal Botany\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2008) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eScattered, Covered, Smothered\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2004). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":8823950979,"sku":"9789814615921","price":26.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/BNSSS-2-CVF-300.jpg?v=1444405224"},{"product_id":"lontar-the-journal-of-southeast-asian-speculative-fiction-issue-6","title":"LONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction – Issue #6","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Editors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/Lontar-6-Sample.pdf?9407173182872311347\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/Lontar-6-Sample.pdf?9407173182872311347\"\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis sixth issue of LONTAR presents speculative writing from and about Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Cambodia and Laos. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside these pages, you’ll find:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\" data-mce-style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003ethe high cost of cheap footwear by celebrated novelist and translator Ken Liu;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\" data-mce-style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003ethe consequence of domesticating mythical beasts by rising star Eka Kurniawan (translated by Asymptote’s Indonesia Editor-at-Large, Tiffany Tsao);\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\" data-mce-style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003ea mind-bending familial space opera by Victor Fernando R. Ocampo;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\" data-mce-style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003ethe connection between a talented girl and the toys she brings to life by JY Yang;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\" data-mce-style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003ea break-up that descends into artistic oblivion by Jennifer Anne Champion;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\" data-mce-style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003ean academic examination into the legend of Bukit Merah by award-winner Ng Yi-Sheng;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\" data-mce-style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003ea comic on the consuming danger of the manananggal by Budjette Tan \u0026amp; Kajo Baldisimo;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\" data-mce-style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003eand speculative poetry from Jonel Abellanosa, Ang Si Min, Russ Hoe, Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé, Christina Sng, Sokunthary Svay, Krishna Udayasankar, Brendan Walsh and Marco Yan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLONTAR is the world’s only biannual literary journal focusing on Southeast Asian speculative fiction. Our contributors have won major literary awards in Singapore, USA, UK, Taiwan, Japan and the Philippines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJason Erik Lundberg\u003c\/strong\u003e, founding editor, was born in Brooklyn, New York, and has lived in Singapore since 2007. He is the author of a dozen books, including the collection \u003ci\u003eStrange Mammals\u003c\/i\u003e (2013) and the \u003ci\u003eBo Bo and Cha Cha\u003c\/i\u003e children’s picture book series; he is also the series editor of the \u003ci\u003eBest New Singaporean Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e anthology series, editor of \u003ci\u003eFish Eats Lion\u003c\/i\u003e (2012, 2014), and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eA Field Guide to Surreal Botany\u003c\/i\u003e (2008) and \u003ci\u003eScattered, Covered, Smothered\u003c\/i\u003e (2004).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKristine Ong Muslim\u003c\/strong\u003e, poetry editor, is the author of nine books, including the short story collections \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAge of Blight\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Unnamed Press, 2016), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eButterfly Dream\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Snuggly Books, 2016), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Drone Outside\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Eibonvale Press, 2017), as well as the poetry collections \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLifeboat\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2015), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMeditations of a Beast\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Cornerstone Press, 2016), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlack Arcadia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (University of the Philippines Press, 2017).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdan Jimenez\u003c\/strong\u003e, comics editor, became an immigrant himself when he moved to Singapore after graduating from New York University with a Literature degree. He previously co-wrote a children’s book, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTwisted Journeys #22: Hero City\u003c\/em\u003e. He loves comics, LEGO®, books, movies, games (analog and video), Doctor Who and sandwiches, and one day hopes to own a store that sells all these things.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":18713830214,"sku":"9789814757386","price":18.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/LONTAR-6-CVF-300.jpg?v=1627034189"},{"product_id":"heaven-has-eyes","title":"Heaven Has Eyes","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/HeavenHasEyes-Sample.pdf\"\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/farisbooks.com\/book\/578\/Heaven-Has-Eyes\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGet the E-book\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.storytel.com\/sg\/en\/books\/2115078-Heaven-Has-Eyes?utm_source=Epigram\u0026amp;utm_medium=HeavenHasEyes\"\u003eListen to the audiobook\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA teacher and his wife get caught up in the drama of election politics and a Channel 8 soap opera. An invalid house-sits for his sister and has to care for his nephew’s pampered pet pig. A daughter travels overseas to convince her elderly father to move home with her. An academic must navigate an opaque bureaucracy to renew his Re-Entry Permit. A young Lee Kuan Yew finds camaraderie with a future Canadian Prime Minister in England, and relentless tenacity from a British student in Canada desperate for an interview. \u003cem\u003eHeaven Has Eyes\u003c\/em\u003e dramatises these small moments of transcendence in everyday life, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“By turns thoughtful, satirical, even dreamlike, these stories delve in and out of memory and alternative histories, capturing misconnections between characters that even include modern Singapore's founding father.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Cyril Wong, award-winning author of T\u003cem\u003een Things My Father Never Taught Me\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Quiet yet disquieting, these stories shimmer with the unsettling currents that stir beneath the placid surface of Singaporean life, here and elsewhere. Philip Holden's prose, meditative and thoughtful, has a sharp bite to it.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Jeremy Tiang, author of \u003cem\u003eIt Never Rains on National Day\u003c\/em\u003e, shortlisted for the 2016 Singapore Literature Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This collection of stories is refreshingly honest and daring in its treatment of Singapore’s history and quotidian life. The stories disturb; they are painfully truthful. This kind of storytelling is what is missing in Singaporean literature.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Lily Rose R. Tope, Professor of English, University of the Philippines\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Stories as complex, narrators as multi-lingual, and stylistics as code-switching as the island nation of Singapore from where they come, Philip Holden’s stunning three-decades-long-in-gestation collection is a wholly local-global achievement. His extraordinary multi-layered, poly-vocal, transnational fictions are absolutely worth the wait.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Shirley Geok-lin Lim, Commonwealth Poetry Prize and American Book Awards winner, and author of \u003cem\u003eAmong the White Moon Faces\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cem\u003eHeaven Has Eyes\u003c\/em\u003e unfurls a range of complex, uneasy and often difficult-to-define emotions and sensibilities, as well as thoughtfully sculptured scenarios both artfully simple and poetically nuanced. Philip Holden tackles the amnesiac confusion that comes with urban development and rapid change, the sacrifices made for material progress, the liminal suffering of bureaucracy’s insistence on its own schedule, and the anxiety of an increasingly borderless world. These effortlessly universal stories are told skilfully through self-reflexive, post-colonial lenses, stylishly and surgically executed by an insider-outsider storytelling sensibility.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Alvin Tan, founder and artistic director of The Necessary Stage \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The complexities of contemporary life in Singapore are revealed in subtle and nuanced ways in Philip Holden's first collection of short stories. Ruminative at times but always insightful, a good read.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Suchen Christine Lim, author of \u003cem\u003eThe River's Song\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Philip Holden's short stories are delicate, deliberately understated and poignant—but sometimes also pointed, despite a subtle use of irony. The stories range from Singapore to England to western Canada, but the point-of-view is never that of a freewheeling, privileged and rootless cosmopolitanism, but one that offers personal and also political perspectives on the struggles to unroot and to root again the self. The painful details of the quotidian are part and parcel of such struggles. The legacy of colonialism and the Cold War also make its presence felt, as past and present are shown to be linked in a Singaporean society that people like to say is dehistoricised. A few stories enquire: what happens to political idealism? Connections and interconnections are palpable concerns in this at times disquieting short fiction.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—C.J.W.-L. Wee, author of \u003cem\u003eCulture, Empire, and the Question of Being Modern\u003c\/em\u003e and Professor of English, Nanyang Technological University\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“With a gimlet eye for detail and an instinctive feel for the complex cadences of life, Holden ushers his reader into worlds disconcertingly surreal yet also strangely intimate. His stories—whether set in Singapore, Canada, England or the spaces in between—speak of the (im)possibilities of communication, connection and arrival, hinting at emotional truths always glimmering in the near distance and just out of reach. These are stories which hold you in their thrall because they embody imaginative intelligence leavened with compassion—read them!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Angelia Poon, Head of English Language and Literature, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Subtle and profound, this book is a letter to an old lover, carrying in it the intimacy, honesty and tenderness that only those who have truly loved can give.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Tan Dan Feng, co-founder of The Select Centre and co-editor of \u003cem\u003eSingapore Shifting Boundaries\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhilip Holden\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at the National University of Singapore. He is the author of several books of literary criticism and history, focusing on auto\/biography, and Singaporean and Southeast Asian literatures; these include the historical anthology \u003cem\u003eWriting Singapore\u003c\/em\u003e, co-edited with Angelia Poon and Shirley Geok-lin Lim. His short stories have been published in \u003cem\u003eWasafiri\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Carolina Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePrism International\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eQLRS\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCha\u003c\/em\u003e. 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Our many contributors have won major literary awards in Singapore, USA, UK, Taiwan, Japan and the Philippines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Learning real things about a region of the world relatively unknown to me is an unexpected bonus of the great stories in \u003cem\u003eLONTAR\u003c\/em\u003e. With each tale, I was allowed a view through the eyes of someone whose experiences and orientation are so far separated from my own and yet so similar that the journey is wondrous.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Andrea Pawley, Weightless Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJason Erik Lundberg\u003c\/strong\u003e, founding editor, was born in Brooklyn, New York, and has lived in Singapore since 2007. 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He previously co-wrote a children’s book, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTwisted Journeys #22: Hero City\u003c\/em\u003e. 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He previously co-wrote a children’s book, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTwisted Journeys #22: Hero City\u003c\/em\u003e. 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Instead she brings you tales of how what is reported is often less than what is said, and far less than what we mean to say–a debut collection of immense skill and wit.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e–Ann Ang, author of \u003ci\u003eBang My Car\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJennani Durai\u003c\/strong\u003e is a former journalist, a VONA\/Voices fiction fellow for 2016, and a co-author of the official commemorative book of Singapore’s 50th birthday, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci class=\"\"\u003eLiving the Singapore Story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2015). She was selected for the Ceriph Mentorship Programme (Prose) in 2014, and won both third prize and an honourable mention in the 2015 Golden Point Awards. Durai currently lives in Guatemala with her husband, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci class=\"\"\u003eRegrettable Things That Happened Yesterday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is her debut collection of short fiction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":711970816025,"sku":"9789814785228","price":20.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/Regrettable-2nd-CVF-300.jpg?v=1681268545"},{"product_id":"launch-pad","title":"Launch Pad","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/LaunchPad_Sample.pdf?18042975174684794872\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e  |   \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/farisbooks.com\/book\/607\/Launch-Pad\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGet the E-book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA science park creates synthetic life to repopulate the oceans, but to ruinous effect. A local retelling brings the tragic story of Sweeney Todd to colonial Singapore. And a far-future heiress falls in love with an alien life form and must make an existential decision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e “In this gem of a short story collection, Shelly Bryant explores the trajectory of Singapore as a launch pad—a bridge between worlds, a crossroads—taking the reader on a journey of discovery from the earliest days of Singapura to the far future. It is a journey into our past, present and future, one that seems at once astonishing and yet totally real, totally plausible.” –Tina Kanagaratnam, from the introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShelly Bryant\u003c\/strong\u003e divides her time between Shanghai and Singapore, working as a poet, writer, and translator. She is the author of seven volumes of poetry, a pair of travel guides for the cities of Suzhou and Shanghai, and a book on classical Chinese gardens. Shelly’s poetry has appeared in journals, magazines and websites around the world, as well as in several art exhibitions. Her translation of Sheng Keyi’s\u003ci\u003e Northern Girls\u003c\/i\u003e was longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize in 2012. \u003cem\u003eLaunch Pad\u003c\/em\u003e is her first fiction collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":755684179993,"sku":"9789814785204","price":20.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/LaunchPad_CVF_300.jpg?v=1627033620"},{"product_id":"copy-of-lontar-the-journal-of-southeast-asian-speculative-fiction-issue-9","title":"LONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction – Issue #9","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Editors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/Lontar-9-Sample.pdf?6829790132748407388\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis issue of LONTAR presents speculative writing from and about Vietnam, Brunei, Singapore, the Philippines and Indonesia. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eInside these pages, you’ll find treachery and exploitation in colonial Indochina by Aliette de Bodard; the rediscovery of statuary gods by Victor Fernando R. Ocampo; communicable scarification during Lunar New Year by Philip Holden; volcanic dragons in post-apocalyptic Indonesia by Sean Jones; a simian revolution in Brunei by KH Lim; and speculative poetry by Mariel Annarose Nicole Alonzo, Melvin Chen, Russ Hoe, DA Xiaolin Spires, Inez Tan and Lakan Umali.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAlso included is a special supplement: the continuing seralisation of Dean Francis Alfar’s brilliant novel \u003ci\u003eSalamanca\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Palanca Award Grand Prize for the Novel and the Gintong Aklat Award for Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eLONTAR\u003c\/i\u003e is the world’s only biannual literary journal focusing on Southeast Asian speculative fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJason Erik Lundberg\u003c\/strong\u003e, founding editor, was born in Brooklyn, New York, and has lived in Singapore since 2007. He is the author of a dozen books, including the collection\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eStrange Mammals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2013) and the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBo Bo and Cha Cha\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003echildren’s picture book series; he is also the series editor of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBest New Singaporean Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eanthology series, editor of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFish Eats Lion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2012, 2014), and co-editor of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Field Guide to Surreal Botany\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2008) and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eScattered, Covered, Smothered\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2004).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKristine Ong Muslim\u003c\/strong\u003e, poetry editor, is the author of nine books, including the short story collections \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAge of Blight\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Unnamed Press, 2016), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eButterfly Dream\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Snuggly Books, 2016), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Drone Outside\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Eibonvale Press, 2017), as well as the poetry collections \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLifeboat\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2015), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMeditations of a Beast\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Cornerstone Press, 2016), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlack Arcadia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (University of the Philippines Press, 2017).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdan Jimenez\u003c\/strong\u003e, comics editor, became an immigrant himself when he moved to Singapore after graduating from New York University with a Literature degree. He previously co-wrote a children’s book, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTwisted Journeys #22: Hero City\u003c\/em\u003e. He loves comics, LEGO®, books, movies, games (analog and video), Doctor Who and sandwiches, and one day hopes to own a store that sells all these things.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":907696341017,"sku":"9789814785266","price":18.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/LONTAR-9-CVF-300_d7b8b256-9fde-4cbf-a048-14c268aa030c.jpg?v=1508226016"},{"product_id":"the-epigram-books-collection-of-best-new-singaporean-short-stories-volume-three","title":"The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Three","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Editors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/BNSSS3-Sample.pdf?6829790132748407388\"\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e   |   \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/farisbooks.com\/book\/583\/The-Epigram-Books-Collection-of-Best-New-Singaporean-Short-Stories\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGet the E-book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Three\u003c\/i\u003e gathers the finest Singaporean stories published in 2015 and 2016, selected by guest editor Cyril Wong from hundreds published in journals, magazines, anthologies and single-author collections. Accompanying the stories are the editor’s preface and an extensive list of honourable mentions for further reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis volume features short story contributions from Eva Aldea, Joelyn Alexandra, Jennifer Anne Champion, Andrew Cheah, Clara Chow, Noelle Q. de Jesus, Melissa De Silva, SC Gordon, Jon Gresham, Philip Holden, Amanda Lee Koe, Su Leong, Leonora Liow, Manish Melwani, Sam Ng, Nuraliah Norasid, O Thiam Chin, Jollin Tan, Verena Tay, Jason Wee, Daryl Qilin Yam, Yeo Wei Wei, Yeoh Jo-Ann, Yeow Kai Chai, Ovidia Yu, and Andrew Yuen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Singapore’s fiction revival is on track! Thirty-five years after Robert Yeo’s landmark curation of the best national stories of his time, the project re-begins with a fresh slate of short fiction that rightly welcomes several new names. Jason Erik Lundberg has done an outstanding job of choosing stories you will want to return to—like rooms in the head—for years to come!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Gwee Li Sui, author and illustrator of \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/myth-of-the-stone\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMyth of the Stone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I recommend the \u003cem\u003eBest New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume One\u003c\/em\u003e, which showcases the best in contemporary Singaporean writing now, with a diverse multitude of local voices that tackle their subjects with tooth and claw, flair and finesse.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—O Thiam Chin, fiction writer, in “My Book of the Year”, \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/singaporepoetry.com\/2014\/12\/13\/my-book-of-the-year\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSingapore Poetry\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCyril Wong\u003c\/strong\u003e (guest editor) is the Singapore Literature Prize-winning author of a dozen collections of poetry—including \u003ci\u003eUnmarked Treasure\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), \u003ci\u003eTilting Our Plates to Catch the Light\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), \u003ci\u003eThe Dictator’s Eyebrow\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), \u003ci\u003eAfter You\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) and \u003ci\u003eThe Lover’s Inventory\u003c\/i\u003e (2015)—as well as a novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Lesson of Mrs de Souza\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), and two short story collections, \u003ci\u003eLet Me Tell You Something About That Night\u003c\/i\u003e (2009) and T\u003ci\u003een Things My Father Never Taught Me and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (2014). He is also the editor of \u003ci\u003eHere and Beyond: 12 Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) and the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eWe Contain Multitudes: Twelve Years of SOFTBLOW\u003c\/i\u003e (2016).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJason Erik Lundberg\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (series editor) is the fiction editor at Epigram Books. He was born in New York, grew up in North Carolina, and has lived in Singapore since 2007. He is the author and anthologist of over twenty books, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/diary-of-one-who-disappeared\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDiary of One Who Disappeared: A Novella\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2019), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/most-excellent-and-lamentable\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMost Excellent and Lamentable: Selected Stories\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2019), and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBo Bo and Cha Cha\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e picture book series (2012–2015); he is also the founding editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2012–2018), editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFish Eats Lion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2012), and co-editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Field Guide to Surreal Botany\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2008) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eScattered, Covered, Smothered\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2004).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":907704893465,"sku":"9789814785280","price":26.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/BNSSS-3-CVF-300.jpg?v=1508226853"},{"product_id":"lontar-the-journal-of-southeast-asian-speculative-fiction-issue-10","title":"LONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction – Issue #10","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Editors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/Lontar-10-sample.pdf?4759141568791302855\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/Lontar-10-sample.pdf?4759141568791302855\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis tenth and final double-sized issue of \u003cem\u003eLONTAR\u003c\/em\u003e presents speculative writing from and about Singapore, the Philippines, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Korea and Vietnam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside these pages, you’ll find: sightings of a strange astronaut in an infinite library by Victor Fernando R. Ocampo, illustrated by Eisner winner Sonny Liew; the meeting between weretigers and Sang Nila Utama by Manish Melwani; the enlightenment of a politician’s wife by Cyril Wong; a Pygmalion-esque tragic romance by comic artist Drewscape; weaponised merlions in WWII-era Singapore by Kevin Martens Wong; an unexpected offer of omniscient immortality by Eliza Victoria; gods and mango tree spirits united in song by Vida Cruz; post-apocalyptic satay cookery in Marina Bay Sands by Wayne Rée; domestic strife and changeling tigers by Natalie Wang; the magic of folding origami cranes by Topaz Winters; a panadería that guarantees pregnancy by Gabriela Lee; surrogate speaking to the dead by Patricia Karunungan; a dating app for interdimensional monstrosities by Marylyn Tan \u0026amp; Graeme Ford; and speculative poetry by Kevin Minh Allen, Davian Aw, F. Jordan Carnice, Genevieve DeGuzman, May Chong, Lawdenmarc Decamora, Joses Ho, Judith Huang, Sithuraj Ponraj, Bronwyn Sharman, Lakan Umali and Natalie Wang.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso included is a special supplement: the exciting conclusion of Dean Francis Alfar’s brilliant novel \u003cem\u003eSalamanca\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the Palanca Award Grand Prize for the Novel and the Gintong Aklat Award for Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLONTAR\u003c\/em\u003e is the world’s only biannual literary journal focusing on Southeast Asian speculative fiction. Our many contributors have won major literary awards in Singapore, the USA, UK, Taiwan, Japan and the Philippines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJason Erik Lundberg\u003c\/strong\u003e, founding editor, was born in Brooklyn, New York, and has lived in Singapore since 2007. He is the author of a dozen books, including the collection \u003ci\u003eStrange Mammals\u003c\/i\u003e (2013) and the \u003ci\u003eBo Bo and Cha Cha\u003c\/i\u003e children’s picture book series; he is also the series editor of the \u003ci\u003eBest New Singaporean Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e anthology series, editor of \u003ci\u003eFish Eats Lion\u003c\/i\u003e (2012, 2014), and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eA Field Guide to Surreal Botany\u003c\/i\u003e (2008) and \u003ci\u003eScattered, Covered, Smothered\u003c\/i\u003e (2004).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKristine Ong Muslim\u003c\/strong\u003e, poetry editor, is the author of nine books, including the short story collections \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAge of Blight\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Unnamed Press, 2016), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eButterfly Dream\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Snuggly Books, 2016), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Drone Outside\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Eibonvale Press, 2017), as well as the poetry collections \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLifeboat\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2015), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMeditations of a Beast\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Cornerstone Press, 2016), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlack Arcadia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (University of the Philippines Press, 2017).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdan Jimenez\u003c\/strong\u003e, comics editor, became an immigrant himself when he moved to Singapore after graduating from New York University with a Literature degree. He previously co-wrote a children’s book, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTwisted Journeys #22: Hero City\u003c\/em\u003e. He loves comics, LEGO®, books, movies, games (analog and video), Doctor Who and sandwiches, and one day hopes to own a store that sells all these things.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":8649361490033,"sku":"9789814655538","price":26.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/LONTAR-10-CVF-300.jpg?v=1626923938"},{"product_id":"this-is-where-i-wont-be-alone","title":"This Is Where I Won't Be Alone","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/ThisIsWhere-Sample.pdf?10449416085283184176\"\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/farisbooks.com\/book\/590\/This-Is-Where-I-Wont-Be-Alone\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGet the E-book\u003c\/a\u003e     \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.storytel.com\/sg\/en\/books\/1741029-This-Is-Where-I-Won-t-Be-Alone?utm_source=Epigram\u0026amp;utm_medium=ThisIsWhereIWontBeAlone\"\u003eListen to the audiobook\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA pair of twins tries desperately to survive their education. A sentient oyster ponders the concept of making time. An unemployed man devises a social experiment with ants. A runaway sees a vision. From the 1990’s to a future where people access information through chips implanted in their heads, from the Singaporean heartland to London, San Francisco and the moon, these stories hold in tension the strangeness of displacement and a deep yearning for connection in their relentless search for who and what to call home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This collection of short stories really speaks to the experience of in-betweenness for people who don't feel as if they fully belong in the place they're supposed to call home. Inez Tan's perspective as somebody who straddles both insider and outsider status in Singapore gives the stories dimension, wit, and assuredness. It takes a bit of stepping back and observing from a distance, to be able to write truthfully about a place that feels familiar and foreign to many of us.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Balli Kaur Jaswal, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/sugarbread?_pos=2\u0026amp;_sid=eba7b4bdf\u0026amp;_ss=r\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSugarbread\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, in \"My Book of the Year 2019\", \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/singaporeunbound.org\/blog\/2019\/11\/11\/my-book-of-the-year-2019\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSingapore Unbound\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“There is much to admire about this collection: precision, humor, audacity. But what gives these stories depth is that, beneath the experimentation with form and tone is an emotional honesty that manifests in the telling details, in the occasional sentence that knocks you back, and in many of the stories' endings, which are often sudden and bracing and true. This is the first I've read of Tan's work, but it won't be the last.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Charles Yu, acclaimed author of\u003ci\u003e Sorry Please Thank You\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“What is it like to be caught between several cultures? Inez Tan’s spare, observant stories brilliantly capture the complexities of navigating multiple generations and cultures while searching for love, community, and one's own identity. These are stories to cherish.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Andrea Barrett, National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eShip Fever\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“This Is Where I Won’t Be Alone is hilarious and heartbreaking on the nature of home, and on the fearsome and magnificent force of family, and especially about Singapore—a place as well as a state of mind, rendered with a devastating deadpan wit, enormous compassion and a furious love. This is a hugely impressive collection.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Jim Shepard, Story Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eLike You'd Understand, Anyway\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“A beautifully well-written collection of poignant short stories about home and belonging. Inez Tan's heartwarming authenticity will touch the heart of every Singaporean reader, no matter which corner of the world we currently reside in.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Ning Cai, bestselling author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/misdirection-book-one-of-the-savant-trilogy\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eMisdirection\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThis is Where I Won’t Be Alone\u003c\/i\u003e marks the debut of a thrillingly inventive talent. Inez Tan’s stories of Singapore and Singaporeans—by turns knowingly affectionate and deeply affecting—positively shimmer with wit and insight.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Peter Ho Davies,\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eBooker-longlisted author of \u003ci\u003eThe Welsh Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInez Tan\u003c\/strong\u003e holds a Master of Fine Arts in fiction from the University of Michigan, and is currently pursuing an MFA in poetry at the University of California, Irvine. Her work has appeared in \u003ci class=\"\"\u003eQuarterly Literary Review Singapore\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci class=\"\"\u003eSoftblow\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci class=\"\"\u003eRattle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci class=\"\"\u003eFairy Tale Review\u003c\/i\u003e and the anthology \u003ci class=\"\"\u003eA Luxury We Must Afford\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci class=\"\"\u003eThis Is Where I Won’t Be Alone\u003c\/i\u003e is her debut short story collection. Find her online at \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/ineztan.com\/\" class=\"\"\u003eineztan.com\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12862116167793,"sku":"9789814785440","price":20.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/ThisIsWhere-CVF-300-2nd.jpg?v=1627027271"},{"product_id":"lion-city","title":"Lion City","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e\u003cb data-stringify-type=\"bold\"\u003eCo-Winner of the Singapore Literature Prize 2020 (English, Fiction)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003eWinner of the 2019 Singapore Book Awards for Best Literary Work\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/LionCity-Sample.pdf?3197125348824993940\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/a\u003e   |   \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/farisbooks.com\/book\/592\/Lion-City\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGet the E-book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003eA man learns that all the animals at the Zoo are robots. A secret terminal in Changi Airport caters to the gods. A prince falls in love with a crocodile. A concubine is lost in time. The island of Singapore disappears. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003eThese are the exquisitely strange tales of Lion City, the first collection of short fiction by award-winning poet and playwright Ng Yi-Sheng. Infused with myth, magical realism and contemporary sci-fi, each of these tales invites the reader to see this city-state in a new and darkly fabulous light.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e“Beyond succinct speculative re-imaginings and cultural subversions, these stories cut to the quick of fragile relationships and the tired assumptions about what we tell ourselves regarding our hyper-modern paradise.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Cyril Wong, Singapore Literature Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eUnmarked Treasure\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e“Ng Yi-Sheng’s surreal and intoxicating imagination is on full display in \u003ci\u003eLion City\u003c\/i\u003e, taking readers on a breathtaking tour of secret places above, below, and beyond the Singapore of his dreams. At times lyrical and quiet, majestic and oracular, but always powerful, these stories brim with nuanced observations of people in a crisis of identity, at a crossroads culturally and geographically, seeking definition in the comfort of the past and the promise of the future. This mesmerising collection is the opening salvo of a startling and important voice in contemporary Singaporean fiction.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Dean Francis Alfar, Palanca Grand Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eSalamanca\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Field Guide to the Roads of Manila\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e“Combining the dark fairytale visions of Neil Gaiman and Intan Paramaditha with the deadpan wit of Etgar Keret, \u003ci\u003eLion City\u003c\/i\u003e is a wildly imaginative collection of stories centred around the past, present and future trajectories of Singaporean consciousness. Ng Yi-Sheng is a natural storyteller full of insight and humour.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Sharlene Teo, author of \u003ci\u003ePonti\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e“\u003ci\u003eLion City\u003c\/i\u003e’s short sharp shocks of short stories surprise and delight in equal measure; always conceptually arresting and beautifully executed. Wonderful.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Lavie Tidhar, World Fantasy Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eOsama\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Man Lies Dreaming\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e“Dazzlingly original, wickedly inventive.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Amanda Lee Koe, multi-award-winning author of \u003cem\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #404040;\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/ministry-of-moral-panic-new-edition?variant=31306389580\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMinistry of Moral Panic\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e\"Wildly inventive, constantly surprising, \u003cem\u003eLion City, \u003c\/em\u003ea collection of short stories by Ng Yi-Sheng, puts many familiar myths through the wringer and turns them on their head. What emerges is an intoxicating blend of stories that transport the readers to literally new realms of imagination.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—William Phuan, arts administrator, in \"My Book of the Year 2019\", \u003cem\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #404040;\" href=\"https:\/\/singaporeunbound.org\/blog\/2019\/11\/11\/my-book-of-the-year-2019\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSingapore Unbound\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e\"Being a big of science fiction and not much of a fan of Singapore, I see Ng Yi-Sheng's collection of short stories in Lion City as the perfect publication for me. He's done amazingly well at capturing the imagination of this 22nd Century Neo-Taoist!\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Seelan Palay, artist, in \"My Book of the Year 2018\", \u003ca style=\"color: #404040;\" href=\"https:\/\/singaporeunbound.org\/blog\/2018\/11\/4\/my-book-of-the-year-2018-1?mc_cid=01cadc6581\u0026amp;mc_eid=a7bc05dbd6\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eSingapore Unbound\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e\"This collection takes apart the tropes trumpeted ad infinitum about Singapore – the Lion City, gone from fishing village to having great food and a world-class airport – and reveals the magic of myth that underpins them all. The stories, with their subtle explorations of colonialism, capitalism and alienation, are delightful and discomfiting in equal measure ... Ng shows not just keen awareness of the existing canons of genre, but a blithe faith that Singapore belongs in these canons. This clever, colourful collection certainly makes a good case for that.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e—Olivia Ho, \u003ca style=\"color: #404040;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/lifestyle\/arts\/book-review-ng-yi-shengs-clever-colourful-collection-lion-city-puts-a-fantasy-twist\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eStraits Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e“A fine collection of short stories by a writer worth learning about.”\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Samuel R. Delany, SFWA Grand Master and celebrated author of \u003cem\u003eDhalgren\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eReturn to Nevèrÿon\u003c\/em\u003e series\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNg Yi-Sheng\u003c\/strong\u003e is a poet, fictionist, playwright, journalist and activist. He is the second-youngest winner of the Singapore Literature Prize, which he received for his debut poetry collection, \u003ci\u003elast boy\u003c\/i\u003e (2006). His publications also include a spiritual sequel to that work, called \u003ci\u003eA Book of Hims\u003c\/i\u003e (2017); a compilation of his best spoken-word pieces, \u003ci\u003eLoud Poems for a Very Obliging Audience\u003c\/i\u003e (2016); the bestselling non-fiction book, \u003ci\u003eSQ21: Singapore Queers in the 21st Century\u003c\/i\u003e (2006); and a novelisation of the Singapore gangster movie, \u003ci\u003eEating Air\u003c\/i\u003e (2008). He also co-edited \u003ci\u003eGASPP: A Gay Anthology of Singapore Poetry and Prose\u003c\/i\u003e (2010) and \u003ci\u003eEastern Heathens: An Anthology of Subverted Asian Folklore\u003c\/i\u003e (2013). He recently completed his MA from the University of East Anglia’s creative writing programme. \u003ci\u003eLion City\u003c\/i\u003e is his first fiction collection.\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hpOoL9h8nPs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":15438755102833,"sku":"9789811700743","price":20.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/LionCity-CVF-300.jpg?v=1626923750"},{"product_id":"the-angel-tiger-and-other-stories","title":"The Angel Tiger and Other Stories","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner for the 2020 Singapore Book Awards \u003c\/strong\u003e(Best Book Cover Design) \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/TheAngelTiger-Sample.pdf?977\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/a\u003e   |   Get the E-book on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B07ZZ7VT74\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAmazon\u003c\/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details?id=wPO7DwAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGoogle Play\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA couple's cat leaves offerings of dead birds freighted with mysterious import. A foreign worker helps construct a concert hall that reawakens his musical longings. A young diver hunts venomous cone snails for a lovelorn researcher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith disarming simplicity, Barrie Sherwood charts how the complex bonds between lovers are unravelled to the point of breaking, and the often strange and touching ways we define ourselves and our relationships in a fluctuating world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Droll, whimsical and tender, these stories feature individuals teetering delicately on the edge, waiting to fall into each other or into a startling revelation about themselves.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Cyril Wong, award-winning author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/ten-things-my-father-never-taught-me\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTen Things My Father Never Taught Me\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“In Barrie Sherwood’s deft hands, the most banal aspects of daily life morph into the weird and wondrous—airports evolve into dystopian landscapes, dead city birds mutate into sacred offerings, high-end supermarkets transform into museums of treasure. Like all the best writers, Sherwood shows us the incontrovertible magic in the mundane. Tender, funny and laced with a dash of the absurd, these stylish stories will seduce, intrigue and most of all, endure.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Kirstin Chen, author of \u003cem\u003eBury What We Cannot Take\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Beneath the placid surface of these stories lies all the pain and joy of human life as people struggle—sometimes quietly, sometimes less so—to make sense of their place in a changing, multicultural world. Barrie Sherwood has created some truly memorable characters who act as a reflecting pond to our own hopes and insecurities.”\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e—Tash Aw, critically acclaimed author of\u003cem\u003e We, The Survivors\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Barrie Sherwood has created some truly memorable characters who act as a reflecting pond to our own hopes and insecurities.”\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Tash Aw, critically acclaimed author of We, The Survivors\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarrie Sherwood\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of two novels: \u003cem\u003eThe Pillow Book of Lady Kasa\u003c\/em\u003e (2000) and \u003cem\u003eEscape from Amsterdam\u003c\/em\u003e (2007). A Hong Kong native of Canadian and French nationality, he now lives in Singapore and is the assistant professor in the School of Humanities at Nanyang Technological University. This is his first-short story collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":29252861132913,"sku":"9789814845281","price":20.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/TheAngelTiger-CVF-300.jpg?v=1626947271"},{"product_id":"most-excellent-and-lamentable","title":"Most Excellent and Lamentable","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/MostExcellentAndLamentable-Sample.pdf?976\"\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e  |  Get the E-book on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B08116PQR6\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAmazon\u003c\/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details?id=DTm8DwAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGoogle Play\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEnter the strange mind of Jason Erik Lundberg, hailed by \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e for “achieving emotionally resonant effects within just a few pages”. Let his imagination introduce you to an unearthly star girl, a foul-mouthed wombat, slithering immortals, a fish with premonitions, and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThese short stories, painstakingly selected from Lundberg’s first three collections, include a brand-new novelette—“Slowly Slowly Slowly” takes place in a future Singapore where an old folks' home takes the form of an actual zoo—and the author's preferred texts of “The Stargirl and the Potter” and “Ikan Berbudi (Wise Fish)”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“This is a superb collection of beautifully crafted stories. They range from exquisite miniatures that render entire worlds within a few words to longer stories rich with the complexities of human interactions with the Other—where the Other might be a foreign tourist, a shaman, a fish that speaks or a wombat. Infused with a Southeast Asian sensibility, these tales transcend boundaries in the best tradition of speculative fiction.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Vandana Singh, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmbiguity Machines and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Phlogiston (I am assured by usually reliable sources) does not exist…and yet\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003esomething\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003erare is powering these shimmering, surprising, infinitely combustible stories. Strange energies crackle throughout this most excellent collection.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Andy Duncan, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Agent of Utopia\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand three-time World Fantasy Award winner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Lundberg has the enviable talent of achieving emotionally resonant effects within just a few pages.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Lundberg explores the randomness of magical occurrences and how a life without magic can be just as deadening as it is safe.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe Green Man Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Jason Erik Lundberg’s stories, launched from the real world on a trajectory to the surreal, fuse the idle daydream with the desperate heart. You should read them.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—John Kessel, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePride and Prometheus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“What is deemed ‘strange’ becomes movingly conjoined with the familiar and the universal.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Cyril Wong, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/ten-things-my-father-never-taught-me\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTen Things My Father Never Taught Me\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Lundberg’s writing is that of an Old Soul who views the world through Young Eyes; his work is jamais vu of the highest order: these stories are memories encountered for the first time, but never to be forgotten once they’ve been experienced.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—James A. Owen, author and illustrator of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJason Erik Lundberg\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was born in New York, grew up in North Carolina, and has lived in Singapore since 2007. He is the author and anthologist of over two dozen books, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/a-fickle-and-restless-weapon\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eA Fickle and Restless Weapon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2020), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/most-excellent-and-lamentable?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=302a0c714\u0026amp;_ss=r\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMost Excellent and Lamentable\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2019), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/diary-of-one-who-disappeared\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDiary of One Who Disappeared\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2019), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCarol the Coral\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2016), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eStrange Mammals\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2013), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eEmbracing the Strange\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2013), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Alchemy of Happiness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2012), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFish Eats Lion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2012), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRed Dot Irreal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2011), the six-book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBo Bo and Cha Cha\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e children’s picture book series (2012–2015), and the biennial \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/the-epigram-books-collection-of-best-new-singaporean-short-stories-volume-four?_pos=4\u0026amp;_sid=302a0c714\u0026amp;_ss=r\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBest New Singaporean Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e anthology series (est. 2013).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe is also the fiction editor at Epigram Books (where the books he’s edited have won multiple awards, and made various year’s best lists since 2012), as well as the founding editor of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=*lontar*\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2012–2018). His writing has been anthologised widely, shortlisted for multiple awards, honourably mentioned twice in The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, and translated into half a dozen languages.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Fickle and Restless Weapon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis his first novel, and twenty-fifth book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/money-fm-893\/read-jason-erik-lundberg-author-of-most-excellent\/embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180px\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":29367258120305,"sku":"9789814845489","price":20.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/MEAL-CVF-300.jpg?v=1626925814"},{"product_id":"the-epigram-books-collection-of-best-new-singaporean-short-stories-volume-four","title":"The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Four","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Editors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/BNSSS4_sample.pdf?1007\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/a\u003e   |   \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/farisbooks.com\/book\/705\/The-Epigram-Books-Collection-of-Best-New-Singaporean-Short-Stories\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGet the E-book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContaining the best short fiction published by Singaporean writers in 2017 and 2018, the entries in \u003cem\u003eThe Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Four\u003c\/em\u003e was selected by guest editor Pooja Nansi from hundreds published in journals, magazines, anthologies and single-author collections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccompanying the stories are the editor’s preface and an extensive list of honourable mentions for further reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The stories range from intimate family portraits to speculative science fiction, but every piece speaks to universal experiences of love, loss, desire, and disappointment ... If you've either never read Singaporean literature, this would be a good place to start. If \u003cem\u003eCrazy Rich Asians \u003c\/em\u003ewas the last thing you read by a local author, even better.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e— \u003cem\u003eWonderwall.sg\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePooja Nansi\u003c\/strong\u003e (guest editor) is the author of two collections of poetry, \u003cem\u003eStiletto Scars\u003c\/em\u003e (2007) and \u003cem\u003eLove Is An Empty Barstool\u003c\/em\u003e (2013). Her key performance work includes her one-woman show \u003cem\u003eYou Are Here\u003c\/em\u003e (2015), which explores issues of migration through personal family histories. She also wrote and performed \u003cem\u003eThick Beats for Good Girls\u003c\/em\u003e with Checkpoint Theatre, which opened in April 2018 and explored the intersections between feminism, identity and Hip Hop. Her work has been described as “unflinching, lyrical and quietly honest”. She was a recipient of the Young Artist Award in 2016, and co-founder of Other Tongues, a literary festival of minority voices that ran its first edition in 2018. She teaches creative writing at Nanyang Technological University and is the current festival director of the Singapore Writers Festival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJason Erik Lundberg\u003c\/strong\u003e (series editor) is the fiction editor at Epigram Books. He was born in New York, grew up in North Carolina, and has lived in Singapore since 2007. He is the author and anthologist of over twenty books, including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/diary-of-one-who-disappeared\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDiary of One Who Disappeared: A Novella\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (2019), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/most-excellent-and-lamentable\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMost Excellent and Lamentable: Selected Stories\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (2019), and the \u003cem\u003eBo Bo and Cha Cha\u003c\/em\u003e picture book series (2012–2015); he is also the founding editor of \u003cem\u003eLONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e (2012–2018), editor of \u003cem\u003eFish Eats Lion\u003c\/em\u003e (2012), and co-editor of \u003cem\u003eA Field Guide to Surreal Botany\u003c\/em\u003e (2008) and \u003cem\u003eScattered, Covered, Smothered\u003c\/em\u003e (2004).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":29367364124785,"sku":"9789814845465","price":26.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/BNSSS4-CVF-300.jpg?v=1627005423"},{"product_id":"a-mosque-in-the-jungle","title":"A Mosque in the Jungle: Classic Ghost Stories by Othman Wok","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/A_Mosque_in_the_Jungle_Sample.pdf?v=1634542644\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e    |    \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/farisbooks.com\/book\/839\/A-Mosque-in-the-Jungle\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGet the E-Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e    |    \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.storytel.com\/sg\/en\/books\/a-mosque-in-the-jungle-1415849https:\/\/www.storytel.com\/sg\/en\/books\/a-mosque-in-the-jungle-1415849\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eListen to the audiobook\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eYears before his political career took off, Othman Wok pioneered the writing of ghost stories and horror fiction in Singapore and Malaysia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOthman Wok left an indelible mark on Singaporean politics and society: signing the Independence of Singapore Agreement 1965, overseeing the construction of Singapore’s first large-scale sporting arena, working to advance the quality of social welfare services, developing the Mosque Building Fund, and being (in the words of PM Lee Hsien Loong) “steadfast and unwavering in believing in a multiracial, multi-religious, meritocratic Singapore”, among many other accomplishments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition, he pioneered the writing of ghost stories and horror fiction in Malay while working as a young reporter for \u003ci\u003eUtusan Melayu\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMustika\u003c\/i\u003e magazine between 1952 and 1956. These stories were fantastically popular, making him a household name in the Malay-speaking world, years before his political career took off. In fact, these tales may have been the first examples of horror fiction in either Singapore or Malaysia, in any language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Mosque in the Jungle\u003c\/i\u003e assembles two dozen of the best stories from his three fiction collections in English: \u003ci\u003eMalayan Horror\u003c\/i\u003e (1991), \u003ci\u003eThe Disused Well\u003c\/i\u003e (1995) and \u003ci\u003eUnseen Occupants\u003c\/i\u003e (2006). Curated by award-winning poet and fictionist Ng Yi-Sheng, this book provides an entry point into Othman’s fiction, and a window into the work of a “literary genius” (Farouk A. Peru, \u003ci\u003eMalay Mail Online\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOthman Wok\u003c\/strong\u003e was Singapore's first Minister for Social Affairs, serving from October 1963 to June 1977. He was also Singapore's ambassador to Indonesia and served on the boards of the Singapore Tourism Board and Sentosa Development Corporation. For his political, economic and social contributions to the nation-building of Singapore, he was awarded the Order of Nila Utama (2nd Class) in 1983 by President Devan Nair.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAfter retiring from politics in 1981, Othman was able to devote more time to writing, and became a regular writer of horror tales for a Malaysian weekend newspaper, Mingguan Malaysia. He published his biography, Never in My Wildest Dreams, in 2000, a project he agreed to in 1994 at the suggestion of his daughter, Lily. Othman also began compiling the short stories that he had written for various newspapers and \u003cem\u003emagazines\u003c\/em\u003e over the years. 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Rajagopal, called \u003ci\u003eLizard on the Wall\u003c\/i\u003e. Her second novel, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/sugarbread\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eSugarbread\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, was shortlisted for the 2015 Epigram Books Fiction Prize and the 2018 Singapore Literature Prize, while her third book, \u003ci\u003eErotic Stories for Punjabi Widows\u003c\/i\u003e, was a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick in 2018. Born in Singapore and raised in Japan, Russia and the Philippines, she studied creative writing in the United States, and has received writing fellowships from the University of East Anglia and Nanyang Technological University. Her most recent novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e, was released in 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJason Erik Lundberg\u003c\/strong\u003e (series editor) is the fiction editor at Epigram Books. He was born in New York, grew up in North Carolina, and has lived in Singapore since 2007. He is the author and anthologist of twenty-five books, including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/a-fickle-and-restless-weapon\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Fickle and Restless Weapon \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e(2020), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/most-excellent-and-lamentable\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eMost Excellent and Lamentable \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e(2019), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/diary-of-one-who-disappeared\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiary of One Who Disappeared \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e(2019) and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/collections\/series_all\/series_bo-bo-and-cha-cha\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eBo Bo and Cha Cha \u003c\/i\u003epicture book series\u003c\/a\u003e (2012–2015); he is also the founding editor of \u003ci\u003eLONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction \u003c\/i\u003e(2012–2018), editor of \u003ci\u003eFish Eats Lion \u003c\/i\u003e(2012), and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eA Field Guide to Surreal Botany \u003c\/i\u003e(2008) and \u003ci\u003eScattered, Covered, Smothered \u003c\/i\u003e(2004).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39510468100209,"sku":"9789814901147","price":26.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/BNSSS5_CVF-300_RGB.jpg?v=1631005229"},{"product_id":"best-singaporean-short-stories-1-uk-edition","title":"Best Singaporean Short Stories 1 (UK Edition)","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Editor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume collects some of the best short fiction written by Singapore's most imaginative minds, including \u003cstrong\u003eBalli Kaur Jaswal\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eJeremy Tiang\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eCyril Wong\u003c\/strong\u003e and more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver the past decade, Singaporean literature has experienced a massive sea change, with the short story form enjoying a powerful renaissance. As a result, an explosion of fiction from the island-nation has erupted onto the literary scene, by both emerging and established writers. This groundbreaking anthology showcases breathtaking literary insights into what it means to live in Singapore at this particular time, and why the country is much more than simply a playground for the crazy rich.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A real delight to discover this feast of remarkable Singaporean short stories from well-known established voices as well as fresh new ones, stylishly served up by the admirable Epigram Books.” —\u003cstrong\u003eRomesh Gunesekera\u003c\/strong\u003e, Booker Prize-shortlisted author of \u003cem\u003eReef and Suncatcher\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“You know how it is at your favourite hawker centre: a real rojak of scents, colours, flavours, voices, mixing into uncanny harmony. So it is with this die-die-must-try collection of fifteen short stories, each revealing one of Singapore’s many facets. Someone once said that poetry is a luxury Singapore couldn’t afford; these writers prove that statement wrong in the poetry of their shared experience. The Lion City’s huge history is theirs to unspool—of their city, country, culture: their Singapore, an epic like no other. Read it!” —\u003cstrong\u003eMiguel Syjuco\u003c\/strong\u003e, Man Asian Literary Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eIlustrado\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJason Erik Lundberg\u003c\/strong\u003e is the fiction editor at Epigram Books. He was born in New York, grew up in North Carolina, and has lived in Singapore since 2007. He is the author and anthologist of over twenty-five books, including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/a-fickle-and-restless-weapon\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Fickle and Restless Weapon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (2020), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/most-excellent-and-lamentable\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMost Excellent and Lamentable\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (2019), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/diary-of-one-who-disappeared\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDiary of One Who Disappeared\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (2019) and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/collections\/series_all\/series_bo-bo-and-cha-cha\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBo Bo and Cha Cha\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e picture book series (2012–2015); he is also the series editor of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/collections\/series_all\/series_best-new-singaporean-short-stories\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBest New Singaporean Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (est. 2013), founding editor of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/collections\/series_all\/series_lontar\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (2012–2018), editor of \u003cem\u003eFish Eats Lion\u003c\/em\u003e (2012), and co-editor of \u003cem\u003eA Field Guide to Surreal Botany\u003c\/em\u003e (2008) and \u003cem\u003eScattered, Covered, Smothered\u003c\/em\u003e (2004).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39807216353393,"sku":"9781912098767","price":20.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/7_BSSS-1-CVF.jpg?v=1654846130"},{"product_id":"fish-eats-lion-redux-more-new-singaporean-speculative-fiction","title":"Fish Eats Lion Redux: More New Singaporean Speculative Fiction","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Editor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/Fish_Eats_Lion_Redux-Sample.pdf?v=1667014283\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/a\u003e   |   \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookfies.com\/ebook\/916\/fish-eats-lion-redux\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eGet the E-book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2012, author and editor \u003cstrong\u003eJason Erik Lundberg\u003c\/strong\u003e released \u003cem\u003eFish Eats Lion\u003c\/em\u003e, the first anthology of literary speculative fiction to be published in Singapore, a groundbreaking work that opened the floodgates of acceptability for the genre in the island-nation, forever changing the landscape. Now, a decade later, he returns with \u003cem\u003eFish Eats Lion Redux\u003c\/em\u003e, proving that SF is still alive and strong in the Lion City, and exploring Singapore from the distant past to the far future and many points between, as well as alternate versions along the multiverse. With original stories by \u003cstrong\u003eMeihan Boey\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eNg Yi-Sheng\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eNuraliah Norasid\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eVictor Fernando R. Ocampo\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eSuffian Hakim\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eInez Tan\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eCyril Wong\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eDaryl Qilin Yam\u003c\/strong\u003e and many more, this new collection shows beyond doubt that the realm of the imagination has never been so strange or so local.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJason Erik Lundberg\u003c\/strong\u003e (editor) is the fiction editor at Epigram Books. He was born in New York, grew up in North Carolina, and has lived in Singapore since 2007. He is the author and anthologist of over twenty-five books, including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/a-fickle-and-restless-weapon\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Fickle and Restless Weapon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (2020), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/most-excellent-and-lamentable\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMost Excellent and Lamentable\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (2019), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/diary-of-one-who-disappeared\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDiary of One Who Disappeared\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/a\u003e(2019) and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/collections\/series_all\/series_bo-bo-and-cha-cha\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBo Bo and Cha Cha\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e picture book series (2012–2015); he is also the series editor of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/collections\/series_all\/series_best-new-singaporean-short-stories\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBest New Singaporean Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (est. 2013), founding editor of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/collections\/series_all\/series_lontar\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (2012–2018), editor of \u003cem\u003eFish Eats Lion\u003c\/em\u003e (2012), and co-editor of \u003cem\u003eA Field Guide to Surreal Botany\u003c\/em\u003e (2008) and \u003cem\u003eScattered, Covered, Smothered\u003c\/em\u003e (2004).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39967701041265,"sku":"9789814984751","price":20.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/FishEatsLionRedux-CVF-300.jpg?v=1663831488"},{"product_id":"fright-1-winners-of-the-2022-storytel-epigram-horror-prize","title":"Fright 1: Winners of the 2022 Storytel Epigram Horror Prize","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Prize\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/Fright_1_Sample.pdf?v=1669440843\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/a\u003e   |   \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.storytel.com\/sg\/en\/series\/93835-Storytel-Epigram-Horror-Prize\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eListen to the audiobook\u003c\/a\u003e   |   \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookfies.com\/ebook\/918\/fright-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eGet the E-book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first volume of a brand new horror anthology series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGhost stories and tales of fright have a long verbal and written tradition in Singapore, and so Epigram Books is proud to present a new annual anthology series of terrifying local fiction. Featuring all the winners of the 2022 Storytel Epigram Horror Prize, Fright 1 celebrates all subsets of the horror genre, told with a Singaporean twist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe contributors include \u003cstrong\u003eMeihan Boey\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eDew M. 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The judging panel for the 2022 Storytel Epigram Horror Prize consists of Gwee Li Sui, Annaliza Bakri and Jason Erik Lundberg.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr Gwee Li Sui\u003c\/strong\u003e is a poet, graphic artist and literary critic, and has written and lectured on a range of subjects. He’s published seven volumes of verse to date, most recently \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/this-floating-world\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis Floating World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. He wrote Singapore’s first English-language graphic novel \u003cem\u003eMyth of the Stone\u003c\/em\u003e in 1993, re-released in 2013.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnnaliza Bakri\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer, translator and researcher. Her work has been published at \u003cem\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e Brooklyn Rail\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTransnational Literature\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003es\/pores\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBudi Kritik\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAsymptote\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCentre for Stories\u003c\/em\u003e. In 2017, she edited and translated the poetry anthology \u003cem\u003eSikit-Sikit Lama-lama Jadi Bukit\u003c\/em\u003e, featuring places in Singapore and surrounding islands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJason Erik Lundberg\u003c\/strong\u003e is Epigram Books’s fiction editor, and the author and anthologist of over twenty-five books, including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/a-fickle-and-restless-weapon\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Fickle and Restless Weapon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/most-excellent-and-lamentable\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMost Excellent and Lamentable\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/diary-of-one-who-disappeared\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDiary of One Who Disappeared\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/collections\/series_all\/series_bo-bo-and-cha-cha\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ethe \u003cem\u003eBo Bo and Cha Cha\u003c\/em\u003e picture book series\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/collections\/series_all\/series_best-new-singaporean-short-stories\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ethe biennial \u003cem\u003eBest New Singaporean Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e anthology series\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39986900107377,"sku":"9789814984775","price":20.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/FRIGHT1_CV.jpg?v=1665379326"},{"product_id":"this-is-where-i-wont-be-alone-uk-edition","title":"This Is Where I Won't Be Alone (UK Edition)","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eA pair of twins tries desperately to survive their education. A sentient oyster ponders the concept of making time. An unemployed man devises a social experiment with ants. A runaway sees a vision. From the 1990’s to a future where people access information through chips implanted in their heads, from the Singaporean heartland to London, San Francisco and the moon, these stories hold in tension the strangeness of displacement and a deep yearning for connection in their relentless search for who and what to call home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This collection of short stories really speaks to the experience of in-betweenness for people who don't feel as if they fully belong in the place they're supposed to call home. Inez Tan's perspective as somebody who straddles both insider and outsider status in Singapore gives the stories dimension, wit, and assuredness. It takes a bit of stepping back and observing from a distance, to be able to write truthfully about a place that feels familiar and foreign to many of us.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Balli Kaur Jaswal, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/sugarbread?_pos=2\u0026amp;_sid=eba7b4bdf\u0026amp;_ss=r\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSugarbread\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, in \"My Book of the Year 2019\", \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/singaporeunbound.org\/blog\/2019\/11\/11\/my-book-of-the-year-2019\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSingapore Unbound\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“There is much to admire about this collection: precision, humor, audacity. But what gives these stories depth is that, beneath the experimentation with form and tone is an emotional honesty that manifests in the telling details, in the occasional sentence that knocks you back, and in many of the stories' endings, which are often sudden and bracing and true. This is the first I've read of Tan's work, but it won't be the last.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Charles Yu, acclaimed author of\u003ci\u003e Sorry Please Thank You\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“What is it like to be caught between several cultures? Inez Tan’s spare, observant stories brilliantly capture the complexities of navigating multiple generations and cultures while searching for love, community, and one's own identity. These are stories to cherish.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Andrea Barrett, National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eShip Fever\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“This Is Where I Won’t Be Alone is hilarious and heartbreaking on the nature of home, and on the fearsome and magnificent force of family, and especially about Singapore—a place as well as a state of mind, rendered with a devastating deadpan wit, enormous compassion and a furious love. This is a hugely impressive collection.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Jim Shepard, Story Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eLike You'd Understand, Anyway\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“A beautifully well-written collection of poignant short stories about home and belonging. Inez Tan's heartwarming authenticity will touch the heart of every Singaporean reader, no matter which corner of the world we currently reside in.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Ning Cai, bestselling author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/misdirection-book-one-of-the-savant-trilogy\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eMisdirection\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThis is Where I Won’t Be Alone\u003c\/i\u003e marks the debut of a thrillingly inventive talent. Inez Tan’s stories of Singapore and Singaporeans—by turns knowingly affectionate and deeply affecting—positively shimmer with wit and insight.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Peter Ho Davies,\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eBooker-longlisted author of \u003ci\u003eThe Welsh Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInez Tan\u003c\/strong\u003e holds a Master of Fine Arts in fiction from the University of Michigan, and is currently pursuing an MFA in poetry at the University of California, Irvine. Her work has appeared in \u003ci class=\"\"\u003eQuarterly Literary Review Singapore\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci class=\"\"\u003eSoftblow\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci class=\"\"\u003eRattle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci class=\"\"\u003eFairy Tale Review\u003c\/i\u003e and the anthology \u003ci class=\"\"\u003eA Luxury We Must Afford\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci class=\"\"\u003eThis Is Where I Won’t Be Alone\u003c\/i\u003e is her debut short story collection. Find her online at \u003ca class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/ineztan.com\/\"\u003eineztan.com\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44319817171241,"sku":"9781912098958","price":20.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/5_ThisIsWhereIWon_tBeAlone_UK-CVF-300.jpg?v=1674698372"},{"product_id":"eternal-summer-of-my-homeland","title":"Eternal Summer of My Homeland","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/Eternal_Summer_of_My_Homeland-Sample.pdf?v=1685082453\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/a\u003e   |   \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookfies.com\/ebook\/929\/eternal-summer-of-my-homeland\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGet the E-book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe stories in Agnes Chew’s first fiction collection illuminate the complexity of choice when duty and desire collide, and what a person is willing to sacrifice. 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Moment by moment, Chew deftly interweaves these keenly observed portraits of Singapore with the luminous interiors of her characters’ hearts. This is a collection to savour.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e— Inez Tan, bestselling author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/this-is-where-i-wont-be-alone-uk-edition\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis Is Where I Won’t Be Alone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Stories of gentle nuance and emotional sensitivity…a delight.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e— Melissa De Silva, Singapore Literature Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003e'Others' Is Not a Race\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgnes Chew\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Desire for Elsewhere\u003c\/em\u003e (2016). Her work has appeared in Necessary Fiction, Litbreak Magazine and NonBinary Review, among others, and her story, \u003cem\u003e“Oceans Away from My Homeland”\u003c\/em\u003e, was the Asian winner for the 2023 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe holds a Master’s degree in international development from the London School of Economics; her prize-winning dissertation, which examines inequality and societal well-being in Singapore, was featured in Singapore Policy Journal. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn and raised in Singapore, she is currently based in Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44862092542249,"sku":"9789815105049","price":20.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/EternalSummerofMyHomeland-CV-300.jpg?v=1682055798"},{"product_id":"the-epigram-books-collection-of-best-new-singaporean-short-stories-volume-six","title":"The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Six","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Editors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Popular Readers’ Choice Awards 2024, English (Adult) Category\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/BNSSS6_Sample.pdf?v=1701215728\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe best short fiction published by Singaporean writers in 2021 and 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Six\u003c\/em\u003e gathers the finest Singaporean stories published in 2021 and 2022, selected by guest editor Gwee Li Sui from hundreds published in journals, magazines, anthologies and single-author collections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing Clara Chow, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/collections\/authors\/author_dave-chua\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDave Chua\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/collections\/authors\/author_nuraliah-norasid\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNuraliah Norasid\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/collections\/authors\/author_rachel-heng\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRachel Heng\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/collections\/authors\/author_warran-kalasegaran\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWarran Kalasegaran\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/collections\/authors\/author_yu-mei-balasingamchow\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eYu-Mei Balasingamchow\u003c\/a\u003e and many more!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“If you’ve never read Singaporean literature, this would be a good place to start. 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He’s published seven volumes of verse to date, most recently \u003cem\u003eThis Floating World\u003c\/em\u003e in 2021. He wrote Singapore’s first English-language graphic novel \u003cem\u003eMyth of the Stone\u003c\/em\u003e in 1993, re-released in 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJason Erik Lundberg\u003c\/strong\u003e (series editor) is the fiction editor at Epigram Books. He was born in New York, grew up in North Carolina, and has lived in Singapore since 2007. 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The winner of a beauty pageant bursts into flames the moment she is crowned. A man enters a dream and re-encounters a former lover in Pyongyang, North Korea. A gaggle of hipsters catches news of a secret Bon Iver concert playing somewhere on Dempsey Hill, only to risk the survival of their friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDaryl Qilin Yam’s long-awaited first collection of short fiction combines magical realism, speculative autobiography and ekphrasis to weave illusory figures out of gung-ho millennials and the well-meaning mentor figures who fail them, and unveils the strange quests queer folk must embark on in order to keep a hold on love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“An intimate portrayal of connections formed between friends, lovers and strangers, and the stories we tell in order to find meaning. Reminiscent of Rachel Cusk’s \u003cem\u003eThe Outline Trilogy\u003c\/em\u003e but distinct in its observations of millennial life in Singapore, reading \u003cem\u003eBe Your Own Bae\u003c\/em\u003e is like eavesdropping on the conversations of strangers and coming away with a richer understanding of ourselves.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/collections\/authors\/author_balli-kaur-jaswal\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBalli Kaur Jaswal\u003c\/a\u003e, bestselling author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/now-you-see-us\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eNow You See Us\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Daryl’s stories are a paradox: breathtakingly experimental in form, but refusing melodrama and flourish. They’re like finely crafted bulbs of clear glass, capturing a queer-inclusive transnational Asian everyday with all their tensions and heartbreaks.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/collections\/authors\/author_ng-yi-sheng\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNg Yi-Sheng\u003c\/a\u003e, multi-award-winning author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/lion-city\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLion City\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Yam’s liquid prose carries us, dreamlike, through these stories. We flow through them and somehow they flow through us as well. The physical places his characters inhabit are as vivid as the rich inner worlds that they navigate. Their conversations sparkle with words spoken, words unspoken and words unspeakable.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Tania de Rozario, author of \u003cem\u003eDinner on Monster Island\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Daryl Qilin Yam masterfully traces quiet heartbreaks, unseen intimacies and urgent longings—the moments of inner epiphany that change everything. \u003cem\u003eBe Your Own Bae\u003c\/em\u003e is an expansive collection of stories charged with the pulse of the millennial generation. It is as brave and electrifying as a hand held open in the dark to the possibility of touch. It will arrest your heart.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/collections\/authors\/author_amanda-chong\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAmanda Chong\u003c\/a\u003e, poet and playwright\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaryl Qilin Yam\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer and editor of prose and poetry, born and based in Singapore. His novella, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/shantih-shantih-shantih-a-novella\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eShantih Shantih Shantih\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (2021), optioned for the screen by Fiction Shore, was shortlisted for the 2022 Singapore Literature Prize for Fiction and was subsequently awarded by popular vote the Readers’ Favourite English Book; it will be released in a new edition in 2025 by Epigram Books. The manuscript of his second novel, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/lovelier-lonelier\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLovelier, Lonelier\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (2021), received a National Arts Council Creation Grant in 2017, and became a finalist for the 2021 \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/collections\/series_all\/series_epigram-books-fiction-prize\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eEpigram Books Fiction Prize\u003c\/a\u003e; the published work was then nominated by the National Library Board for the 2023 International Dublin Literary Award. His first novel, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/kappa-quartet\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eKappa Quartet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (2016), was longlisted for the inaugural Epigram Books Fiction Prize and was released by Epigram Books in Singapore and the UK; it was selected by \u003cem\u003eThe Business Times\u003c\/em\u003e as one of the best novels of 2016. His writing has also appeared in periodicals and publications such as \u003cem\u003eBerlin Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMekong Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSewanee Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Straits Times\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eBest New Singaporean Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e anthology series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130859626793,"sku":"9789815105346","price":20.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/BYOB-CVF-300.jpg?v=1723706701"},{"product_id":"best-new-singaporean-short-stories-volume-seven","title":"The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Seven","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Editors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/BNSSS7_Sample.pdf?v=1758533554\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe best short fiction published by Singaporean writers in 2023 and 2024.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Seven\u003c\/em\u003e showcases the finest short fiction from Singapore, published in 2023 and 2024. Curated by guest editor Nuraliah Norasid, this volume brings together outstanding stories from journals, magazines, anthologies and single-author collections. Featuring \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/collections\/authors\/author_agnes-chew\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAgnes Chew\u003c\/a\u003e, Clara Chow, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/collections\/authors\/author_ng-yi-sheng\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNg Yi-Sheng\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/collections\/authors\/author_prasanthi-ram\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePrasanthi Ram\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/collections\/authors\/author_daryl-qilin-yam\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDaryl Qilin Yam\u003c\/a\u003e and many more!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNuraliah Norasid\u003c\/strong\u003e (guest ed.) is a writer and educator with a PhD in Creative Writing from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), where she currently teaches writing and communication. Her work has appeared in various publications, including \u003cem\u003eWasafiri\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/fish-eats-lion-redux-more-new-singaporean-speculative-fiction\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFish Eats Lion Redux\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/singa-pura-pura-malay-speculative-fiction-from-singapore\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSinga Pura-Pura\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMynah Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e. Her debut novel, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/the-gatekeeper\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Gatekeeper\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, won the Epigram Books Fiction Prize in 2016 and was named Best Fiction Title at the Singapore Book Awards in 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJason Erik Lundberg\u003c\/strong\u003e (series ed.) is the award-winning author and anthologist of thirty books, including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/a-fickle-and-restless-weapon\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Fickle and Restless Weapon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/fish-eats-lion-redux-more-new-singaporean-speculative-fiction\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFish Eats Lion Redux\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/most-excellent-and-lamentable\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMost Excellent and Lamentable\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/diary-of-one-who-disappeared\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDiary of One Who Disappeared\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/collections\/series_all\/series_bo-bo-and-cha-cha\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBo Bo and Cha Cha\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e picture book series. He established the biennial \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/collections\/series_all\/series_best-new-singaporean-short-stories\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBest New Singaporean Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e anthology series in 2013 and serves as series editor. He lectures at NTU in the Master of Arts in Creative Writing and Publishing programme.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51192636506409,"sku":"9789814785341","price":26.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/BNSSS7-CV_787c6177-357a-4768-962a-d91352ce1969.jpg?v=1752785960"}],"url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/collections\/short-stories-1.oembed","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}