Fiction

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.

BookTalk

Award-winning screenwriter Michael Tay watches readings of books to decide if they are worth it

Michael Tay is staging his one-man play Mom And I Go To The Temple in New York.

‘Public servants are the No. 1 wordsmiths’: poet Joshua Yap’s lessons on leadership in sonnet form

Sing Lit Station director Joshua Yap with his new poetry collections published by Landmark Books.

Author Rae Tan is first Singaporean to win Book of the Year at Australia’s CBCA awards

Rae Tan won in the early childhood category at the long-running literary award set up in 1946.

Clare Willis visited every MRT station before writing debut novel The Singapore Secret

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.

Book review

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.

17 Singapore books to look forward to for the rest of 2026

Tentative cover of Snakes Of Singapore: A Slightly Unhinged Field Guide by Juliette Yu-Ming Lizeray.

Japanese author Haruki Murakami releases first novel in 3 years

This is the first time Murakami has depicted a woman as the lone protagonist of a novel.

Singapore superheroes take flight in law graduate Camille Chong’s debut fantasy Love, Gods & Sinners

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