{"product_id":"the-epigram-books-collection-of-best-new-singaporean-short-stories-volume-five","title":"The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Five","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003cbr\u003e\n\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\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/BNSSS5_Sample.pdf?v=1635490434\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e    \u003cstrong\u003e| \u003c\/strong\u003e   \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/farisbooks.com\/book\/869\/the-epigram-books-collection-of-best-new-singaporean-short-stories\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGet the e-book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Five \u003c\/i\u003egathers the finest Singaporean stories published in 2019 and 2020, selected by guest editor Balli Kaur Jaswal from hundreds published in journals, magazines, anthologies and single-author collections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBalli Kaur Jaswal\u003c\/strong\u003e (guest editor) is the recipient of the 2014 Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelist Award for \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/inheritance-balli-kaur-jaswal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eInheritance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, which inspired a film adaptation directed by K. 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","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/the-epigram-books-collection-of-best-new-singaporean-short-stories-volume-five","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}