Singapore books

What we really lose when the phone replaces a book and we read only social media

Perhaps, if we focus more on cultivating a love of reading in the next generation rather than an immediate result, there’s hope for us yet, says the writer.

BookTalk

The Lunch Break Investor author Thomas Chua seeks out books that disagree with him

The Lunch Break Investor author Thomas Chua recommends three books to ST readers.

Kasan Goh casts off literary inheritance of dad Goh Poh Seng in debut novel on squatting in London

Kasan Goh’s debut novel Billy, Seetoh & Co took 30 years to gestate.

Forum: To win readers, SingLit must earn them

SingLit hang-out Book Bar to migrate to Tiong Bahru Community Centre by end-2026

Book Bar in Duxton Road has played host to book clubs and readings but also food pop-ups.

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.

Singapore Literature Prize releases first longlist after cutting categories from 18 to 8

Singaporean author Jemimah Wei’s The Original Daughter is longlisted for the SIngapore Literature Prize 2026.

2 free children’s books bring Singapore’s past to life through kaya toast and ice-cream bread

Children’s books Bo’ Hou And The Grand Feast (left) introduces traditional Hainanese food such as mooncake ge bia while My Ice Cream Uncle spotlights roadside ice-cream hawkers.

‘It’s hard to be a snake’: S’pore artist draws 65 ‘vilified’ native species in colourful field guide

Author and illustrator Juliette Yu-Ming Lizeray’s Snakes Of Singapore: A Slightly Unhinged Field Guide is a quirky panorama of all 65 known species of snakes found in Singapore.

New book charts Lee Hsien Loong’s two decades of steering Singapore through change

(From left) Dr Gillian Koh, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies, Associate Professor Terence Ho, Associate Professor (Practice) from the Singapore University of Social Sciences, and Chua Mui Hoong, former Opinion Editor of The Straits Times at the launch of Lee Hsien Loong and Singapore on Sept 8.

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