Book review

Book review

Epigram Books Fiction Prize winner Mind The Gap dives into the psyche of a model minority student

Ratna Damayanti Taha is the author of Mind The Gap, which won the 2026 Epigram Books Fiction Prize.

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Poet Theophilus Kwek mourns migrant worker friend’s death in mesmerising Odeon

Non-fiction author Theophilus Kwek (left) titled Odeon: An Ode after Odeon Towers, a building Bangladesh national Fazley Elahi Rubel helped build and in which he once surreptitiously slept after being fired.

SingLit 101

Why Mohamed Latiff Mohamed’s Confrontation should be re-read after The Albatross File

Confrontation by Mohamed Latiff Mohamed looks at the events leading up to Singapore’s independence through the eyes of its Malay characters.

Raphael Millet’s Singapore: A Cinematic Portrait a comprehensive survey of 125 years of film-making

The Asian Film Archive published Raphael Millet’s Singapore: A Cinematic Portrait on its 21st anniversary.

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British Fantasy Awards: Shortlisted Wolf’s Path is Joyce Chng’s howl against societal rules

Wolf’s Path is titled after Joyce Chng’s own fascination with wolves and how the animal learns about, and expands, its territory through sniffing and exploring.

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Catherine Cho centres women in her gripping gangster drama The Devoted

Catherine Cho, author of The Devoted. The Devoted is a deftly plotted Hong Kong gangster drama.

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Asako Yuzuki’s Butter follow-up, Hooked, dissects complexities of female friendships

Hooked by Asako Yuzuki.

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Quirky characters and Singapore history anchor Ovidia Yu’s The Tembusu Tree Mystery

The Tembusu Tree Mystery is the latest instalment in Ovidia Yu's long-running Crown Colony series.

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Eat Bitter a raw exploration of food and endurance

Eat Bitter is a memoir by Lydia Pang.

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In Dorothy Tse’s chilling City Like Water, Hong Kong cannot remember itself

Hong Kong writer Dorothy Tse's latest book City Like Water is a surrealist novella in which a Hong Kong-like city is inundated with water.

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