Singapore Writers Festival returns in November 2021
The 2020 Singapore Writers Festival drew to a close just last November in its first ever digital edition, but it’s already gearing up for its 2021 edition this year. The […]
By The Book: New Epigram Releases – January 2021
Start off the new year with some brand new books from local publishers Epigram, perfect for getting a head start on new year’s vows to read more, and expand your […]
By The Book: 2021 Epigram Books UK to cease publishing in January
Epigram Books UK is set to stop publishing from January 2021. “Our business in Singapore has suffered to such an extent that we are unable to support our UK arm […]
By The Book: 2021 Epigram Books Fiction Prize Award Ceremony open to public
The Epigram Books Fiction Prize Award is upon us again, and before you know it, the local publisher will be crowning the 2021 recipient at the ceremony on 16th January. […]
★★★☆☆ Book Review: GE2020 – Fair or Foul? by Bertha Henson
A useful compendium for all that went down in GE2020. The 2020 Singapore General Elections were an unprecedented one – who would ever have expected to vote during a pandemic? […]
★★★☆☆ Book Review: Robert Yeo at Eighty – A Celebration (edited by Dr Ismail S. Talib)
A celebration of a literary pioneer in one book. Birthday parties are all about making the birthday boy feel good about himself. After all, it’s his special day. And in […]
By The Book: An Interview with Ashley Chan and Gerrie Lim, co-authors of Scarlet Harlot – My Double Life
Ashley Chan seems to have it all figured out. University student by day, she’s somehow managed to find a night job that she’s good at pays the bills, and she […]
★★★★☆ Book Review: Scarlet Harlot – My Double Life by Ashley Chan and Gerrie Lim
Revealing the life of a Singaporean sex worker in this tell-all memoir. It’s 2020, and high time we acknowledge that sex work is, well, work. And with an entire industry […]
★★★★☆ Book Review: Calm – A Journal For Myself by PK Poniah
Keep calm and carry on. With how awful 2020 has turned out to be, it’s more important than ever to embrace the idea of mindfulness, and learn how to take […]
