Singapore books

A Singaporean goes on the run in Yu-Mei Balasingamchow’s Names Have Been Changed

Boston-based Singaporean writer Yu-Mei Balasingamchow's debut novel Names Have Been Changed follows a fugitive Singaporean on the run as she encounters unconventional fellow citizens abroad.

Cheng Puay Koon, Linda Yew named 2026 Illustrators of the Year at Singapore Children’s Book Festival

Linda Yew (left) and Cheng Puay Koon jointly won the 2026 Illustrator of the Year Award.

Singaporean ex-teacher Joyce Chng, 51, shortlisted for British Fantasy Awards

Joyce Chng’s retrospective collection Wolf’s Path (2025) is one of five candidates in the Best Collection category in the British Fantasy Awards.

New book on Creative Technology founder Sim Wong Hoo begins from his kampung childhood

Sim Wong Hoo: The Light We Remember pays tribute to the late founder of Creative Technology. When a young Sim Wong Hoo enrolled in Bukit Panjang English School, he did not know that what his name was when the teacher called him.

The Straits Times Weekly Bestsellers June 13

‘No Candy Crush’: Free To Play is Singapore’s first video game literary anthology

Natalie Wang and Daryl Lim Wei Jie, editors of Difference Engine's new anthology on video games, Free To Play: A Video Games Anthology.

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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.

Over 1,100 SingLit book titles added to SG Culture Pass list

Book displays bearing SG Culture Pass stickers at the Books Kinokuniya main store in Takashimaya Shopping Centre.

Futuristic pop-up library brings sci-fi books and art to Parkway Parade

The newly opened sci-fi themed pop-up library at Parkway Parade on May 14, 2026.

ST Press’ The Albatross File: Inside Separation named Book of the Year

The Straits Times chief columnist and senior editor of publications Sumiko Tan receives the Book Of The Year award from NLB CEO Melissa Tam (left, white top) at the Singapore Book Awards.

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