Catalogue 2015 JAN-JUN

CATALOGUE JAN-JUN 2015

Cover art by James Tan (Danger Dan series) Back cover art by Drewscape (Sherlock Sam series)

Last year, Amanda Lee Koe’s Ministry of Moral Panic won the Singapore Literature Prize for English Fiction, Oh Yong Hwee and Koh Hong Teng’s Ten Sticks and One Rice took Bronze at the 7th International MANGA Award and Drewscape was shortlisted for an Eisner. These honours for our authors strengthen our conviction that there are more good Singapore stories waiting to be told. Even for the very young. Edmund Lim’s Where Grandma? bagged the Hedwig Anuar Children’s Book Award a year earlier.

So despite the financial pressures, we will not slacken. We will persevere to find and tell the Singapore Story—for everyone from toddlers to adults.

Like Ming Cher’s Big Mole. After 20 years, the sequel to his seminal Spider Boys is finally here. The long-awaited The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye by Sonny Liew will also be released, here and in the US. Our series of middle grade fiction for boys and girls remain strong. The Diary of Amos Lee, Sherlock Sam, Danger Dan, Girl Overboard! and the Triple Nine Sleuths will continue to hold their own among our schoolchildren.

But we will not ignore the world. Our series of picture books from around the world will add tales from Portugal, Belgium and Norway, plus Jerks Won’t Give You Flowers, a graphic novel from Spain, for the modern girl about town.

Happy reading and thank you for your support.

Edmund Wee CEO & Publisher

We Believe in Singapore Stories

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THE TRAVEL DIARY OF AMOS LEE

SEOUL SEARCHING!Adeline Foo

Everyone was excited about our family holiday to Seoul, South Korea—except me. I knew we’d surely FEUD! And I was right. Dad couldn’t tune out from work. Mum planned to stalk Korean celebs. Whoopie wanted to grow thicker eyelashes, while Everest planned to win a choco pie eating contest. And Grandma kept nagging at Grandpa for being forgetful. I tuned them all out and focused on winning the Instagram Prize for Popular Youth. #FAME! But then Grandpa disappeared in the middle of Everest’s contest, and we had to rally together to track him down.

ADELINE FOO is an MFA graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Asia.

She has published 24 children’s books, including seven national bestsellers. The Diary of Amos Lee: I Sit, I Write, I Flush! won the inaugural Red Dot award for Best Junior Fiction presented by the International School Libraries Network (Singapore) in 2009. It also won the Popular Readers’ Choice Award in 2011.

A well-loved character returns for new adven-tures in THE TRAVEL DIARY OF AMOS LEE series. Third stop: Seoul, Korea.

978981 4615389 Paperback, 144pp 140 x 215mmS $12.90 UK £6.99 US $9.90 Rights: World May 2015

THE TRAVEL DIARY

OF AMOS LEE

WINNER 1st Runner Up, Popular Readers’

Choice Award 2014, English Children’s

Books category (The Travel Diary of

Amos Lee: Lost in Taipei)

WINNER Red Dot Award 2009 (The Diary of

Amos Lee: I Sit, I Write, I Flush!)

Popular Readers’ Choice 2011 (The Diary of

Amos Lee: I’m Twelve, I’m Tough, I Tweet!)

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ALSO IN THE SERIES:

The Diary of Amos Lee: Girls, Guts and Glory!978981 0726782 Rights: World, except China, India, Turkey and Indonesia.

The Diary of Amos Lee: I Sit, I Write, I Flush!978981 0824846 Rights: World, except China, India, Indonesia, Turkey and Slovakia.

The Diary of Amos Lee: I’m Twelve, I’m Tough, I Tweet!978981 0871321 Rights: World, except China, India, Turkey and Indonesia.

The Diary of Amos Lee: Your D.I.Y. Toilet Diary to Fame!978981 0707576 Rights: World, except Turkey

The Diary of Amos Lee: Lights, Camera, Superstar!978981 0735180 Rights: World, except China, Turkey and India.

The Travel Diary of Amos Lee: Lost in Taipei!978981 0778729 Rights: World

The Travel Diary of Amos Lee: Monkeying in Malaysia!978981 0794194 Rights: World

Whoopie Lee: The Big Spell Off978981 0747800 Rights: World

Whoopie Lee: Almost Famous978981 0884130 Rights: World

THE DIARY OF AMOS LEE series is an international bestseller, with over 220,000 copies sold in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China, India, Indonesia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Turkey.

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978981 4615679 Paperback, 144pp 140 x 215mmS $9.90 UK £4.99 US $7.90 Rights: World April 2015

SHERLOCK SAM AND THE FIENDISH MASTERMIND IN JURONGA.J.Low

James Mok has kidnapped Sherlock Sam’s robot sidekick, Watson. He leaves clues around Singapore that will eventually lead Sherlock Sam and the Supper Club to Watson’s hidden location. When Sherlock Sam finally finds Watson and confronts James Mok, he discovers that his arch-nemesis has a bigger scheme in mind. Readers will enjoy this thrilling finale in the Fiendish Mastermind trilogy.

A.J. LOW is the husband-and-wife team of Adan Jimenez and Felicia Low-Jimenez. Adan has co-written a children’s book, Twisted Journeys #22: Hero City, published in the US. Felicia was born and raised in Singapore and works in book retailing.

The final instalment of the Fiendish Mastermind Trilogy.

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Sherlock Sam and the Cloaked Class-mate in MacRitchie 978981 0778651

Sherlock Sam and the Stolen Script in Balestier978981 4655330

Sherlock Sam and the Vanished Robot in Penang 978981 0769178

Sherlock Sam and the Missing Heirloom in Katong978981 0747503

Sherlock Sam and the Ghostly Moans in Fort Canning978981 0751296

Sherlock Sam and the Sinister Letters in Bras Basah978981 0758899

Sherlock Sam and the Alien Encounter on Pulau Ubin978981 0766740

ALSO IN THE SERIES:

“Definitely a middle-grade series that I would unreservedly recommend to teachers, parents, and fellow bibliogeeks. Science!”— Dr Myra Garces-Bascal, National Institute

of Education

“A.J. Low has conceived a series sure to have long-term appeal.”— Ken Spillman, author of the Jake series

More than 24,000 SHERLOCK SAM books sold.

A National Library of Singapore

S.U.R.E. Campaign Ambassador

WINNER International School Libraries Network’s

Red Dot Award 2013-2014, Younger Readers’ Category

SELECTED TITLE Read! Singapore 2014

(Sherlock Sam and the Missing Heirloom in Katong)

WINNER 2nd Runner Up, Popular Readers’ Choice Awards

2013, English Children’s Books category (Sherlock Sam

and the Ghostly Moans in Fort Canning)

Rights: World except Turkey

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978981 4615259 Paperback, 136pp 140 x 215mmS $10.90 UK £5.99 US $8.90 Rights: World January 2015

DANGER DAN CREATES THE ULTIMATE UTAMA UPROARLesley-Anne and Monica Lim

Danger Dan creates the ultimate Utama uproar in this thrilling series finale! It all started four time-travelling adventures ago and now, Danny and Melody have to go back to the very beginning of Singapore’s history. The year is 1299 and the legendary Sang Nila Utama has just landed on the island of Temasek. He sees something terrifying in the jungle. Is it a ravenous lion or something even more sinister?

LESLEY-ANNE AND MONICA LIM are a mother-and-daughter writing team. Monica runs her own writing business and has a blog on education. Lesley-Anne is still in school so she mostly writes essays and papers, which isn’t quite as fun.

The thrilling final episode in the DANGER DAN series!

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Danger Dan Confronts the Merlion Mastermind978981 0778439 Rights: World

Danger Dan Traces the Perilous Poison978981 4615235 Rights: World

Danger Dan Spooks the Peculiar Peranakan Pirate978981 4615211 Rights: World

The Good, the Bad and the PSLE978981 0765996 Rights: World

Danger Dan Tackles the Majulah Mayhem978981 0785024 Rights: World

“An exciting, fast-paced series that cleverly blends Singapore history with science fiction, adventure and comedy.”— Janice Koh, actress and former Nominated

Member of Parliament

“A fun alternative to boring textbook versions of local history.”— Clara Chow, journalist and parenting columnist

“A page-turner!”— Yao Lingyun, educator, Nanyang Girls’

High School

“Very addictive books that draw readers in like an action-packed movie!”— Chow Yian Ping, journalist, Lianhe Zaobao

ALSO IN THE SERIES:

ALSO BY MONICA LIM:

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978981 4615419Paperback, 128pp 140 x 215mmS $10.90 UK £5.99 US $8.90 Rights: World March 2015

GIRL OVERBOARD!

EVERYTHING’S COMING UP ROSIESheri Tan

Now feeling a little more comfortable in her new school in Singapore, 13-year-old New York transplant Rosie is all excited about getting more involved in school activities. She’s even thinking of signing up for water polo (yes, seriously, water polo!). But then Ben accidentally signs Rosie up for student council, and she finds herself running for president—against Sharon! Could middle school get any worse?

SHERI TAN worked as a children’s book editor in New York City for many years. She is also the author of a wide range of titles, including non-fiction books and books featuring licensed characters such as the Smurfs, SpongeBob SquarePants and Dora the Explorer.

Rosie faces off against her rival, Sharon, in another funny, exciting adventure.

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A Rose Among Thorns978981 0795740 Rights: World

A Rose Grows in the Jungle978981 4615273 Rights: World

“A very promising voice…Rosie is bright and spunky, headstrong yet endearing—a girl who knows her mind. She is sure to find a lot of devoted readers in Singapore.”— Dr Myra Garces-Bacsal, National Institute of Education

“Read GIRL OVERBOARD! for Tan’s honest story; for Hierro’s spirited illustrations; and, above all, for Rosie, an appealing and realistically flawed protagonist whose struggles lead her to growth, understanding and hope.”— Pooja Makhijani, author of Mama’s Saris and editor of

Under Her Skin: How Girls Experience Race in America

“Hooray! At last a book for ever-increasing third culture kids. What a joy.”— Fran Lebowitz, author of Tales from A Broad

ALSO IN THE SERIES:

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978981 0791698 Paperback, 128pp 130 x 215mmS $10.90 UK £5.99 US $8.90 Rights: World May 2015

TRIPLE NINE SLEUTHS

DANGEROUS REVELATIONSMaranna Chan

Get ready for high adventure. The Triple Nine Sleuths are Singapore’s latest amazing teen detective trio, using their creativity and intelligence to solve mysteries, even when the police are stumped! But there is one mystery that remains unsolved, a puzzle that Stacy, Corey and Colton are desperate to solv–who is Stacy’s real father? As the Triple Nine Sleuths race against time for answers, each mystery brings them closer to answering this ultimate question.

In this thrilling conclusion to TRIPLE NINE SLEUTHS, Corey, Colton and Stacey are off to a farm stay! The peaceful Lim Chu Kang countryside is shattered when the Sleuths learn that Stacy’s missing parents are alive–but not for long. To save them, the trio must solve a series of cryptic, life-or-death riddles. Just next door, a very old house in a cemetery is awaiting them. The answer to all their questions could just lie within!

MARANNA CHAN is a full-time mystery writer with a background in education, having taught preschoolers to secondary school students. Maranna enjoys studying human behaviour and figuring out the personality types of those around her. A wife, and a mother to a young child and two hamsters, Maranna loves staying up late to watch back-to-back episodes of her favourite criminal investigation television series. That, she justifies, is for research.

Meet the TRIPLE NINE SLEUTHS as they solve a series of intriguing mysteries, facing danger and shadowy suspects along the way.

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“If Alfred Hitchcock’s Three Investigators were reincarnated as Singaporeans, they would probably be a lot like the Triple Nine Sleuths.”— The Sunday Times

“A fun adventure brimming with delicious local flavour.”— Emily Lim, award-winning author of

Prince Bear & Pauper Bear

“An entertaining detective story with charming characters.”— Dave Chua, Singapore Literature Prize

Commendation Award winner for Gone Case

“Full of non-stop thrills, suspense and humour. A truly gripping mystery!”— Jessica Alejandro, award-winning author of

The Singapore Kid and Extraordinary Losers

A National Library of Singapore

S.U.R.E. Campaign Ambassador

Dangerous Conspiracy978981 0780326 Rights: World

Dangerous Symbol978981 0791674 Rights: World

Dangerous Disapperance978981 0780340 Rights: World

Dangerous Despair978981 0754549 Rights: World

Dangerous Island978981 0757441 Rights: World

Dangerous Schemes978981 0757779 Rights: World

Dangerous Message978981 0767976 Rights: World

Dangerous Limelight978981 0751067 Rights: World

ALSO IN THE SERIES:

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PICTURE BOOKS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

HURRY UP, SLOW DOWNIsabel Minhós Martins Illustrated by Bernardo Carvalho

“Hurry Up!” “Slow Down!” These are words that children hear every day. We may not hear the clocks ticking, but from morning to bedtime, they go on relentlessly, making us rush or wait, even when we don’t feel like it. Sometimes, we need time to stop so that we can appreciate those around us.

ISABEL MINHÓS MARTINS graduated in Communication Design from Lisbon College of Fine Arts and set up the publishing company Planeta Tangerina with three friends. Amongst other awards, she won an Honorable Mention in the First International Prize for Picture Books of Compostela.

BERNARDO CARVALHO attended the College of Fine Arts in Lisbon and is a co-founder of Planeta Tangerina. He has won numerous awards for illustration, including an Honourable Mention Award in the Best Book Design from All Over the World, sponsored by Book Art Foundation in 2008.

978981 4615945 Paperback, 32pp 210 x 260mmS $14.90 UK £6.99 US $11.90 Rights: Southeast Asia only January 2015

A children’s book about the busyness of life.

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THE LITTLE KANGAROOGuido van Genechten

Little Kangaroo does not want to leave his mother’s comfortable pouch, but there is so much in the big world to discover. How can Mother Kangaroo persuade him to let go of her, and to make it in the big world on his own?

GUIDO VAN GENECHTEN was born in 1957 in Mol, Belgium. He studied drawing and painting, graphics and photography at the Academy of Fine Arts in Mol. For many years he worked in the graphic industry. Ten years ago he began his successful career in publishing, winning the International Illustrator’s Award of the City of Hasselt for Rikki, which was translated into 18 languages. In 2007 he won the Reader’s Digest Award for Best Children’s Book Illustrator and The Little Kangaroo was declared Picture Book of the Year 2007 in the Netherlands.

978981 4615969 Paperback, 32pp 210 x 260mmS $14.90 UK £6.99 US $11.90 Rights: Southeast Asia only January 2015

Mother Kangaroo persuades Little Kangaroo to become independent.

A long line of people stretches through the pages of this book.

The first page starts with the last person in line. Some of them are daydreaming. Some are anxious. Some try to sneak down the line; others read a book or play an instrument. Some strike up conversations with each other. They are all waiting for one thing—but what is it?

Written and illustrated by Kristin Roskifte, this children’s picture book heaves with quirky, offbeat drawings that will appeal to children and adult alike.

KRISTIN ROSKIFTE is a Norwegian illustrator and author of children’s picture books. Her work is characterised by intimate detail and warm humour. She has written and illustrated seven picture books, and has won many prizes for her illustrations and books.


GET IN LINE!Kristin Roskifte

978981 4615952 Paperback, 32pp 144 x 292mmS $14.90 UK £6.99 US $11.90 Rights: Southeast Asia only February 2015

A long line of people are waiting impatiently for something—but what? This children’s picture book from Norway with quirky and offbeat illustrations by Kristin Roskifte, is translated into English for the first time.

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THE AMAZING SARONGQuek Hong Shin

Adi and Dwi are about to go to the beach when their mother takes off her sarong baby sling and tells the two older children to take it. They find that the sarong can be used for so many things: as a towel, a canopy, a blindfold—even as a safety net.

QUEK HONG SHIN is a graphic designer and illustrator. He graduated from LaSalle-SIA College of the Arts. This is his first children’s book. 978981 4615860

Paperback, 32pp 210 x 260mmS $14.90 UK £6.99 US $11.90 Rights: World June 2015

KARANG GUNI BOY Lorraine Tan

Ming loves to make things. One day, hearing the “beep, beep, beep” of the Karang Guni man’s car horn, he is inspired to make something out of things he collects. In the end, Ming surprises everyone with a wonderful creation that they can also use.

LORRAINE TAN is a lecturer in the School of Humanities & Social Sciences, Ngee Ann Polytechnic. Her first children’s book, Pip’s Garden, won the MD-backed First-Time Writers and Illustrators Award in 2009.


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HARRY GROWS UPTHE EARLY YEARS OF LEE KUAN YEW

Patrick Yee

The second book in the series of picture books about the life of Singapore’s beloved leader, Lee Kuan Yew. This book describes his college years, the years of the Japanese Occupation, as well as his marriage to Kwa Geok Choo and starting his own family. It also talks about his determination to change the way Singapore was governed, through his founding of the People’s Action Party.

PATRICK YEE is an award-winning illustrator of more than 100 children’s books. He has won the Macmillan Prize for Children’s Book Illustration twice. He currently teaches at Nanyang Polytechnic, the Nanyang Academy Of Fine Arts, the Spastic Children’s Association and the AWWA Special School.

978981 4615310 Paperback, 40pp 210 x 260mmS $14.90 UK £6.99 US $11.90 Rights: World February 2015

ALSO IN THE SERIES:

COMING SOON:

A Boy Named Harry978981 4615297 Rights: World

Harry Builds a Nation978981 4615433 Rights: World July 2015

Harry Grows Up tells about the early years of Lee Kuan Yew, from his college days to the founding of the People’s Action Party.

SHORTLISTED Red Dot Award 2014-2015

(A Boy Named Harry)

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BO BO AND CHA CHA AND THE LOST CHILDJason Erik Lundberg Illustrated by Patrick Yee

Oh, no! A little girl is lost at the zoo and is having trouble getting back to her parents. Luckily Bo Bo and Cha Cha are around to help. Together they are able to show the little girl how to use landmarks to find her way—and meet some new friends as well.

JASON ERIK LUNDBERG is the author and editor of over a dozen books, and writer of more than 100 short stories, articles and book reviews. He is the author of the Bo Bo and Cha Cha series.


ALSO IN THE SERIES:

A New Home for Bo Bo and Cha Cha978981 0739980 Rights: World

Bo Bo and Cha Cha’s Big Day Out978981 0755508 Rights: World

Bo Bo and Cha Cha and the New Year Gift978981 0767099 Rights: World

Bo Bo and Cha Cha Cook Up a Storm978981 4615334 Rights: World

Bo Bo and Cha Cha help a little girl find her way back to her parents when she gets lost at the zoo.

FINALIST Crystal Kite Member Choice Awards,

Middle East/India/Asia Category (A New Home

for Bo Bo and Cha Cha)

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THE GREAT DRAGON WARRIOR Ng Swee San Illustrated by Tan Wen Dee

Basmi the dragon has always dreamt of becoming a great dragon warrior. Now it looks like his dream might come true, as a great dragon warrior is living in the cave right by him. Oh, the things he could learn from this warrior! But Basmi learns an unexpected lesson when the creature finally reveals himself.

NG SWEE SAN is a freelance writer with TV screen credits for prime-time dramas, children’s shows, infotainment and documentaries. Her first feature film screenplay Funeral Ties was awarded second prize at the MDA National Scriptwriting Competition 2003 (Feature Film category). Since 2008, she has been teaching screenwriting at Puttnam School of Film, Lasalle.

TAN WEN DEE is an illustrator and graduate of the Cambridge School of Arts. In 2013, she won third prize in the Macmillan Prize, an award established by Macmillan Children’s Books to encourage and support new work from young illustrators in UK schools.

978981 4615822 Paperback, 32pp 210 x 260mmS $14.90 UK £6.99 US $11.90 Rights: World March 2015

A dragon learns how to be a Great Warrior from one hiding in a cave next to him.

JACK AND JILL AT BUKIT TIMAH HILLGwen Lee

In this new collection of nursery rhymes, Gwen Lee has given traditional favourites a Singaporean twist, blending local flavour and humour to create memorable poems which Singaporeans of all ages can relate to and enjoy.

GWEN LEE is the author of City of Waves: Vivo City and the editor-at-large of Singapore Architect. Her first children’s book, Little Cloud Wants Snow!, was the winner of the National Arts Council’s Beyond Words Young and Younger initiative.

978981 4615853 Paperback, 32pp 210 x 260mmS $14.90 UK £6.99 US $11.90 Rights: World June 2015

This collection of traditional nursery rhymes are told with a Singaporean twist.

There Was a Peranakan Women Who Lived in a Shoe 978981 0778675 Rights: World

ALSO FROM THE AUTHOR:

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OTHER PICTURE BOOKS

Little Red in the Hood Glen Goei, Drewscape

S $16.90 UK £7.99 US $12.90 Rights: World

978981 0732233

978981 0716769

Hansel and Girl Girl Adrian Pang, Milenko Prvacki


978981 0731816

Farrer Park

Ann Peters, Lydia Yang


The Crane and the Crab

SR Nathan, Anngee Neo


Blanket Travel Kim Da-Jeong

S $14.90 UK £6.99 US $11.90 Rights: Singapore and Malaysia Only

The Run of the Snail Manuela Monari, Philip Giordano


Goh Bee Lock and the Three BoarsKF Seetoh, Gavin Goo


978981 0760168

978981 0735906

978981 0732189 978981 0738891

The Robot in My Playground Pauline Loh, Avina Tan


Tibby and Duckie Emily Lim, Jade Fang


978981 4615716 978981 0755836

Sam, Sebbie and Di-Di-Di: At the S.E.A. Aquarium David Seow, Soefara Jafney


978981 0765972

Sam, Sebbie and Di-Di-Di: At the Night Safari David Seow, Soefara Jafney


978981 0765958

978981 0726171

FANN

Patrick Yee


Tibby, the Tiger Bunny Emily Lim, Jade Fang

S $14.90 UK £6.99 US $11.90 Rights: World978981 0758349

SHORTLISTED Hedwig Anuar

Children’s Book Awards 2013


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Why Cats Don’t Wear Hats Victoria Pérez Escrivá, Ester García


Where’s Grandma? Edmund Lim, Tan Zi Xi

S $18.90 UK £9.99 US $14.90 Rights: World except South Korea

The Rock and the Bird

Chew Chia Shao Wei, Anngee Neo

S $16.90 UK £7.99 US $12.90 Rights: World except Germany

I Love Chocolate Davide Calì, Evelyn Daviddi


The King and the Frog Alain Chiche, Slyvain Diez


978981 0732202

978981 0720780978981 0755553

978981 0732219 978981 0732226

Tim’s Moving Day Anke Wagner, Eva Eriksson

S $14.90 UK £6.99 US $11.90 Rights: Singapore and Malaysia Only978981 0739188

The Nightingale Who Couldn’t Sing Angie Featherstone, Stephanie Wong


The Very Solid Adventures of Handsome Hock and Champion Poh Phua San San


Justice Bao: The Case of the Missing Coins Catherine Khoo, Chen Ziyue


978981 0758103 978981 0726188

Sam, Sebbie and Di-Di-Di: The Lion Dance David Seow, Soefara Jafney


978981 0778590

Sam, Sebbie and Di-Di-Di: A Day with the Duchess David Seow, Soefara Jafney


978981 0778613

Sam, Sebbie and Di-Di-Di: Sebbie’s First Day of School David Seow, Soefara Jafney


978981 0778576

978981 0755850

WINNER Hedwig Anuar

Children’s Book Awards 2013

WINNER Eurochocolate

WINNER First Prize, Class A,

The Royal Commonwealth Society,

Commonwealth Essay Competition

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JERKS WON’T GIVE YOU FLOWERS Moderna de Pueblo

Jerks Won’t Give You Flowers is a graphic novel documenting the trials and tribulations of one young woman’s quest to find love in the big city. Too cool for her small hometown, yet too provincial for the metropolis, she’s the Moderna de Pueblo (Small-town Hipster). In her search for a job, an apartment and love, she finds that big city life isn’t all she imagined. With the wealth of new experiences comes an equal wealth of jerks in all shapes and sizes: the Classic Jerk, the Cultural Snob Jerk, the Tough Guy Jerk, the One-Night-Only Jerk, the Jerk Jerk (whose jerk-like behaviour is self aware and premeditated)… it’s a tough world out there. But, armed with two unshakeable girlfriends and a generous dose of gumption, our heroine takes the city on, one jerk at a time.

Worldly yet naïve, jaded yet eternally hopeful, perpetually plugged in yet painfully adrift, the Moderna de Pueblo is an achingly accurate representation of dating in a Millenial’s world. By turns wry, knowing and gently humourous, this graphic novel will be sure to resonate with the young and the restless, navigating relationships, jobs, friends and love in the city.

A wry, sometimes cutting but always light-hearted portrayal of the plight of a modern girl in the city, searching for love but surrounded by jerks.

978981 4655200 Paperback, 160pp 152 x 230mmS $24.90 Rights: Singapore and Malaysia only February 2015

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MODERNA DE PUEBLO (Small-town Hipster) is the pseudonym of Raquel Córcoles, an illustrator and writer. She has worked for Cuore and El Jueves (Spanish magazines), and published her first book Soy de Pueblo (I’m from a Small Town) under Glénat. It has been followed by two more wildly popular sequels: Jerks Won’t Give You Flowers, and Cooltureta. Her portrayal of naval-gazing Millenials has struck a chord with readers: she has over 50,000 followers on Twitter, 100,000 on Facebook and over 10,000 visitors daily to her blog www.modernadepueblo.com.

Since its release in March 2013, Jerks Won’t Give You Flowers has sold 15,000 copies in Spanish.

THE ART OF CHARLIE CHAN HOCK CHYE Sonny Liew

The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye is a biography showcasing the life and work of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, a pioneering but largely forgotten comic artist in Singapore. With a career spanning more than five decades, from pre-independence Singapore through its three prime ministers, Chan’s work reflects the country’s changing political and economic environment.

Containing Chan’s original illustrations, paintings and sketches, this is a ground-breaking work and labour of love aimed at recapturing the portrait of an artist, whose deep passion for comics and country is given a fitting tribute by Eisner-nominated comic artist Sonny Liew.

SONNY LIEW is a comic artist, painter and illustrator whose work includes titles for DC Vertigo, Marvel Comics, Image Comics and First Second Books. He has received Eisner nominations for his art on Wonderland (Disney), as well as for spearheading Liquid City (Image Comics), a multi-volume comics anthology featuring creators from Southeast Asia. His Malinky Robot series is a Xeric grant recipient and winner of the Best Science Fiction Comic Album Award at the Utopiales SF Festival in Nantes (2009). He received the Singapore National Arts Council’s Young Artist Award in 2010. He lives in Singapore.

Eisner-nominated artist Sonny Liew pays homage to the unjustly overlooked works of local comics pioneer Charlie Chan Hock Chye.

978981 0731069 Paperback, 328pp 170 x 255mmS $24.90 UK £12.99 US $19.90 Rights: Singapore and Malaysia only March 2015

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“The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye is a joy to read. Sonny Liew masterfully weaves the history of Singapore with the history of comics into something you’ve never experienced before.”— Gene Yang, author of American Born Chinese

and Boxers and Saints

“This book is a joyous, beautiful, million-faceted thing—a celebration of the comic book medium, a technical masterclass, a thrill ride, a bildungs-roman and an unflinching retrospective of the post-war-into-modern era. I love it, and I’m in awe of it.”— Mike Carey, author of Lucifer, The Unwritten

and The Girl with All the Gifts

“The more I see of The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, the more it looks like it’s going to be Liew’s magnum opus.”— Zainab Akhtar, Comics&Cola

The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye

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MORE GRAPHIC NOVELS

Date King #1: Singapore Dating Adrian Teo, Kenfoo


Date King #2: Mating Season Adrian Teo, Kenfoo


Tiananmen: 25th Anniversary EditionMorgan Chua

S $24.90 UK £12.99 US $19.90 Rights: World, except for India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka

Myth of the Stone: 20th Anniversary Edition Gwee Li Sui


LKY: Political CartoonsMorgan Chua


Monsters, Miracles & Mayonnaise

Drewscape


Scenegapore Miel


The Girl Under the Bed Dave Chua, Xiao Yan


Last Train from Tanjong Pagar Koh Hong Teng


978981 4615723 978981 0779276

978981 0766160

978981 0766054

978981 0769215 978981 0769192

The Bicycle Cheah Sinann


978981 4615501

978981 0731090

978981 0731076

978981 0731106

Ten Sticks and One Rice Oh Yong Hwee, Koh Hong Teng


978981 0731083

WINNER Bronze Award, 7th Inter-

national MANGA Awards 2014

SHORTLISTED Eisner Awards 2013,

Best Short Story “Moving Forward”


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Short stories by Cultural Medallion recipient You Jin, of a Singaporean coping with life in Saudi Arabia.

SANDSTORMS AND SORROW You Jin Translated from the Chinese by Jeremy Tiang

How will a young Singaporean writer with an infant son cope with life in the strange, often hostile, environment of Saudi Arabia, in a time before the Internet and cheap air travel? With her trademark chatty style and wry humour, You Jin chronicles her encounters with bored expat wives, mistreated migrant workers and foreigners who unwittingly fall foul of draconian local laws, as well as her many misadventures negotiating an unfamiliar culture. What strategies will she need to survive life in the desert?

YOU JIN has published more than 150 books in Chinese, including novels, short story collections, travelogues and essays. She is the first recipient of both the Singapore Chinese Literary Award and the Montblanc-NUS Centre for the Arts Literary Award. She has been a schoolteacher for nearly 30 years and received Singapore’s Cultural Medallion in 2009.

JEREMY TIANG won the Golden Point Award in 2009, and has been shortlisted for the Bridport and Iowa Review Prizes. In 2011, he represented Singapore at the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program. He has translated six books from the Chinese, and was awarded a PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant in 2013.

978981 4615020 Paperback, 256pp 153 x 225mmS $24.90 UK £12.99 US $19.90 Rights: World English Language January 2015

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IN TIME, OUT OF PLACEYou Jin Translated from the Chinese by Shelly Bryant

You Jin brings to her travel writing the same wit and storytelling ability evident in her fiction, adept at capturing whimsical incidents and weaving them into narratives both compelling and amusing. Nearly every continent is represented in this volume, beautifully captured with her trademark spirited good humour, bringing to life the vastness of the globe we inhabit, as well as more intimate encounters with the people she meets along the way.

SHELLY BRYANT is the translator of Chew Kok Chang’s Other Cities, Other Lives, and Sheng Keyi’s Northern Girls, which was published by Penguin Books and longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize. She is also the author of four volumes of poetry and two travel guides on Suzhou and Shanghai.

978981 4615044 Paperback, 416pp 153 x 225mmS $24.90 UK £12.99 US $19.90 Rights: World English Language March 2015

Compelling and whimsical travel essays by You Jin.

ALSO FROM THE AUTHOR:Teaching Cats to Jump Hoops

978981 0736576 Translated from the Chinese by Slyvia Li-chun Lin


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978981 4615129 Paperback, 208pp 153 x 225mmS $24.90 UK £12.99 US $19.90 Rights: World English Language March 2015

LOVE’S PILGRIMMohamed Latiff Mohamed Translated from the Malay by Alfian Sa’at

This is the story of a man grieving after the sudden death of his wife in a car accident. Camping out beside her grave, he reminisces about their past together. His memories become increasingly blurred and fragmented, as he grapples with his past as a political detainee and literary activist, and very soon he is unable to distinguish between fantasy and reality. Mohamed Latiff Mohamed’s novel, hailed as a landmark in modernist Malay fiction, is an unsettling tale of psychic disintegration and obsessive love.

MOHAMED LATIFF MOHAMED is one of the most prolific writers to come after the first generation of writers in the Singapore Malay literary scene. His many accolades include the SEA Write award, the Cultural Medallion and the Singapore Literature Prize. His works revolve around the life and struggles of the Malay community in post-independence Singapore, and have been translated into Chinese, English, German and Korean.

ALFIAN SA’AT is known for his provocative works and is often referred to as Singapore’s enfant terrible. A prolific playwright and poet in both English and Malay, he has won multiple awards for his writing.

A grieving widower remembers his past, and descends into psychosis.

Confrontation

978981 4615754 Translated from the Malay by Shafiq Selamat

S $17.90 UK £8.99 US $13.90 Rights: World English Language

ALSO FROM THE AUTHOR

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CULTURAL MEDALLION COLLECTION The series pairs winners of Singapore’s highest arts award with some of the finest translators working in the field today.

The Tower Isa Kamari Translated from the Malay by Alfian Sa’at


Trivialities About Me and Myself Yeng Pway Ngon Translated from the Chinese by Howard Goldblatt


978981 4615105

Durians Are Not the Only Fruit:Notes from the Tropics

Wong Yoon Wah Translated from the Chinese by Jeremy Tiang


Penghulu

Suratman Markasan Translated from the Malay by Solehan Ishak


Flower At DawnSingai Ma Elangkannan Translated from the Tamil by A.R. Venkatachalapathy

S $17.90 UK £8.99 US $13.90 Rights: World English Language978981 0735364 978981 0735357

978981 0766702

Other Cities, Other Lives

Chew Kok Chang Translated from the Chinese by Shelly Bryant


The Earnest Mask

Xi Ni Er Translated from the Chinese by Howard Goldbatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin


Under the Bed, Confusion

Wong Meng Voon Translated from the Chinese by Howard Goldbatt


978981 0736613 978981 0736590

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Son of Singapore Tan Kok Seng

S $17.90UK £8.99US $13.90 Rights: World

Scorpion Orchid Lloyd Fernando


The Scholar and the Dragon Stella Kon


Man of Malaysia Tan Kok Seng


Three Sisters of Sze Tan Kok Seng


Ricky Star Lim Thean Soo


Green is the Colour Lloyd Fernando


Spider Boys Ming Cher

S $17.90UK £8.99US $13.90 Rights: Singapore and Malaysia

Glass Cathedral Andrew Koh


The Adventures of Holden Heng Robert Yeo


The Immolation Goh Poh Seng


SINGAPORE CLASSICS COLLECTION A series of unforgettable out-of-print novels by Singapore’s best writers, republished for a new generation of readers.

978981 0768324

978981 0768348

978981 0726881

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The long-awaited sequel to the critically acclaimed Spider Boys.

978981 4655354 Paperback, 240pp 200 x 130mmS $24.90 UK £12.99 US $19.90 Rights: World October 2015

BIG MOLEMing Cher

In the fight for independence, one girl seeks freedom for herself. Born an orphan with an unlucky blemish under her eye, Big Mole is stuck running a fish shop with her roguish boyfriend Hong. When their friend is killed in cold blood on his first day as a secret society gangster, Hong forms a band of brothers and swears ruthless revenge. Big Mole finds herself reeled into a brutal mass murder and tumultuous opposition politics, with the colonial police and local investigators hot on their heels.

This thrilling sequel to the seminal Spider Boys marks Ming Cher’s long-awaited return after two decades. Crackling with the seedy spirit of 1950s Singapore, rife with possibilities, Big Mole will transport and invigorate you as, with the tenacity of an exotic fighting fish, one blemish turns into a beauty spot.

Born in Singapore in 1947, MING CHER was a street boy in the manner of the characters in his critically acclaimed debut novel, Spider Boys (1995), republished by Epigram Books in a new edition in 2012. The 1995 recipient of the Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship, Ming Cher has lived in New Zealand since 1977.

978981 0726874

Spider Boys Ming Cher

S $17.90UK £8.99US $13.90 Rights: Singapore and Malaysia


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LONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction —Issue #3 978981 4615754 S $14.90 UK £7.99 US $11.90 Rights: World


LONTARTHE JOURNAL OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN SPECULATIVE FICTION —ISSUE #4

Edited by Jason Erik Lundberg

This issue of LONTAR presents speculative writing from and about Singapore, the Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand.

Inside these pages, you’ll find: the harsh realities of living as a refugee within a calorie-based economy by acclaimed award-winner Paolo Bacigalupi; the uneasy combination of domestic troubles and virtual reality from Palanca Prize winner Kate Osias; the unexpected and complete disappearance of Singapore itself from Singapore Literature Prize winner Ng Yi-Sheng; a surreal trip through alternate worlds from Philippines Free Press Literary Prize winner Eliza Victoria; an eerie meeting with chanteuse Faye Wong during a Malaysian holiday from Andrew Cheah; a night of transnational hedonism and enlightenment from HV Chao; and speculative poetry from Michael Gray, Joses Ho, Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé, Cyril Wong and Jerrold Yam.

JASON ERIK LUNDBERG, founding editor, was born in Brooklyn, New York, and has lived in Singapore since 2007. He is the author of a dozen books, including the new collection Strange Mammals (2013); he is also the series editor of The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories, editor of Fish Eats Lion (2012, 2014) and co-editor of A Field Guide to Surreal Botany (2008) and Scattered, Covered, Smothered (2004).

The fourth issue of the world’s only biannual literary journal of Southeast Asian speculative fiction.

ALSO IN THE SERIES:

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The Goddess in the Living Room Latha Translated from the Tamil


The Space Between the Raindrops Justin Ker


Ten Things My Father Never Taught Me and Other StoriesCyril Wong


MORE FICTIONThe Last Lesson of Mrs de Souza Cyril Wong


A Certain Exposure Jolene Tan


Ministry of Moral Panic Amanda Lee Koe


The Wayang at Eight Milestone: Stories & Essays Gregory Nalpon


The Good, the Bad and the PSLE Monica Lim


The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume One Edited by Jason Erik Lundberg


Nurse Molly Returns Katherine Soh


The Short Stories and Radio Plays of S.Rajaratnam Edited by Irene Ng


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978981 4615143

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978981 0757328

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978981 0764579

978981 0765996

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WINNER Singapore Literature Prize

for English Fiction 2014

LONGLISTED for the Frank O’Connor

International Short Stories Award 2014

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THE (M)AD TOWKAY Adrian Tan

Featuring 15 lessons gathered while heading Singapore’s largest independent advertising agency, this indispensible guide is perfect for making the most of your handicaps, doing things unconventionally and getting ahead in life.

Diagnosed with ADHD, OCD, dyslexia and Asperger’s syndrome at an early age, Adrian Tan defied expectations to start his own ad agency, now comprising 10 award-winning firms. In this book, he shares his insights into why smaller is better, why evolution is the lifeblood of any company, and how to take advantage of a recession. Providing a unique glance into the world of local advertising, he offers inspirational advice applicable to business, management and life.

ADRIAN TAN is the founder and managing director of Ad Planet, Singapore’s largest independent advertising agency group. Under his helm, Ad Planet’s clients have included Estee Lauder, Hong Leong Holdings and Wearnes, and the group has won numerous local and international advertising awards, including honours from DA&D, the One Show, Clio Awards, Cannes Lions and the Art Director’s Club, New York.

978981 0791711 Paperback, 128pp 120 x 178mmS $16.90 UK £7.99 US $13.00 Rights: World January 2015

Take advantage of your disadvantages and triumph like Towkay Adrian Tan!

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This book seeks to capture the stories of 12 heroes from each major Asian country, and the social causes they champion.

DOING GOOD GREAT12 ASIAN HEROES AND THEIR SOCIAL CAUSES

Willie Cheng, Shaifah Mohamed and Cheryl Tang

Willie Cheng—volunteer, board director and keen observer of the charity scene—along with Shaifah Mohamed and Cheryl Tang, bring together a collection of stories of heroes from Asia. Each story focuses on a major social cause in each country, how the hero was moved to do good within their country, as well as within a global context, and the challenges and controversies they endeavoured to overcome. Heroes profiled include Master Cheng Yen (Tzu Chi Foundation) from Taiwan, Abed Hasan (BRAC) from Bangladesh and Tony Meloto (Gawad Kalinga) from the Philippines.

WILLIE CHENG was the former partner of Accenture, a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing firm, the director of its Singapore branch and the managing partner of its Communications and High Tech practice.


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A memoir of a childhood spent in the twilight of colonialism in Asia.

THE FALL OF EMPIRE A SCHOOLBOY IN COLONIAL SINGAPORE

David T. K. Wong

David T. K. Wong is a journalist and writer who spent his formative childhood years in Hong Kong, Singapore and Perth. Childhood is, for most, a memorable and idyllic time, but for Wong, it was complicated by his family structure (his father had nine wives), trans-continental moves and the Second World War. This first of three volumes traces his birth in Hong Kong, his boyhood at No. 10 Blair Street in Singapore, and his lean and tumultuous early teens in Perth while escaping from the Japanese Occupation. This is a unique psychological journey of a young man growing up in the twilight of colonialism.


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DAVID T. K. WONG was born in Hong Kong and received his early education in China, Singapore and Australia. He has degrees in political science and journalism from Stanford University in America and post-graduate diploma in public administration from the Institute of Social Studies at The Hague and was a Fellow in economics at Queen Elizabeth House at Oxford.

He worked as a journalist in Hong Kong, London and Singapore for a number of years before joining the Administrative Service of the Hong Kong Government. After retirement from government service, he became the Managing Director of an international trading firm for nine years before embarking on a writing career.

He has since published four collections of short stories and two novels set in Hong Kong. Many of his short stories have appeared in magazines and have been broadcast in several countries. He is currently working on the second book of his three-part memoir. He is currently living in Malaysia.

He is the founder of the annual David T. K. Wong Fellowship in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom. The fellowship awards £26,000 to each successful candidate writing an English-language work of fiction set in the Far East.

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A light-hearted, unconventional book about surviving pregnancy and motherhood.

ABSOLUTE MADNESS AND LOVING EVERY MINUTE OF IT AN UNCONVENTIONAL GUIDE TO PREGNANCY AND MOTHERHOOD

Jasmine Han and Shelly Holly

What is it to be a “normal” mom? Other than keeping my family happy, safe and loved, everything else is absolute madness. This book is about some of the things I would do to avoid a tantrum, get five extra minutes of sleep, ensure that my kids get some form of nutrition (never mind what they actually eat) and try my best not to punch my husband in the throat while he is trying to be helpful…and surviving motherhood while doing all the things that the Perfect Neurotic Mom (PNM) and parenting books tell me not to do.


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JASMINE HAN was educated in the US, and is the co-owner of Bobbi’s Pole Studio. She met her husband in a pub that she used to run, got knocked up, got married, and moved back to her hometown of Singapore, where her family lives. She is a working mom with two kids (and no helper), and wants more kids.

SHELLY HOLLY hails from Texas, and she met her husband on Match.com. She recently relocated to Singapore because of her husband’s work, and became an expat mom. She has come to realise that for every culture, there are different ideas as to how children should be raised. She has one kid, no helper, no car, and no pay cheque.

MORE NON-FICTION

Let the People Have HimChiam See Tong: The Early Years

Loke Hoe Yeong


Letters to AlySurviving My BFF’s Suicide

Lee-Ann


978981 0768119

Sushi and TapasEdited by Pepukaye Bardouille and Neo Gim Huay


978981 0728182

Iskandar Ismail The Music Man

Monica Gwee


978981 0768881

Malaysia Bagus!Travels Through My Homeland

Sharon Cheah


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A WHITE ROSE AT MIDNIGHTLim Chor Pee

On the cusp of independence, cultures collide in a bedroom in Singapore. English-educated scholar Hua Min is disillusioned until he meets the Chinese-educated ex-nightclub singer Ching Mei. When Su-Ling, Hua Min’s ex-classmate, returns from London, Hua Min is torn between the women’s advances. Humorous, witty and prescient, A White Rose at Midnight is a pithy portrait of a soul—and nation—divided.

Pioneer playwright Lim Chor Pee’s second and final play after the landmark Mimi Fan (1962), A White Rose at Midnight was first staged to critical acclaim by the Experimental Theatre Club in 1964.


Born in Penang, LIM CHOR PEE was a pioneer Singapore playwright writing in English in the early 1960s. The founder president of the Experimental Theatre Club, Lim’s first play Mimi Fan is widely considered to be Singapore’s first English-language play written by a local.

English and Chinese worlds collide in a bedroom in a Singapore on the cusp of independence.

978981 0714598

Mimi FanLim Chor Pee

Rights: World


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“Rich with humour, romance and realism.”— Lim Tiong Wah, Malaya Times

“Full of wit and humour…Though the humour is unending this play has a serious theme—the search for identity by the present day generation.”— The Straits Times

“[Lim Chor Pee has] a mind that has something original to say to an audience which is sympathetic to the growth of Malayan theatre.” — The Straits Times

FROM STAGE TO PRINT SERIES A series that highlights Singaporean plays— from classics to contemporary favourites.

Mimi FanLim Chor Pee

978981 0714598 Rights: World

Model CitizensHaresh Sharma

978981 0714611 Rights: World

BoomJean Tay

978981 0840174 Rights: World

Fear of Writing Tan Tarn How

978981 0714529 Rights: World

Those Who Can’t, TeachHaresh Sharma

978981 0855109 Rights: World

Everything but the BrainJean Tay

978981 0855116 Rights: World

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978981 0884956

978981 0756918

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PLAYWRIGHT’S OMNIBUS SERIES A career-encompassing collection of the finest dramatists in the canon of Singaporean literature.

Student PlaysDesmond Sim


Six PlaysDesmond Sim


Eight PlaysOvidia Yu


Six PlaysTan Tarn How


Four PlaysChong Tze Chien


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SINGAPORE PIONEER POETS SERIES A showcase of the best works by local literary giants, featuring new and previously unpublished poems.

The Best of Edwin Thumboo


The Best of Kirpal Singh


The Best of Robert Yeo S $21.90 UK £10.99 US $18.00 Rights: World

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978981 0741822

OTHER POETRYClear BrightnessBoey Kim Cheng

S $19.90 UK £9.99 US $15.90 Rights: World except Australia

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UNCLE ANTHONY’S HOKKIEN RECIPESAnthony Loo Hock Chye and Samantha Lee

Enjoy the rich culinary heritage of the Hokkiens with this slim, elegant cookbook, featuring over 80 authentic family recipes.

Besides Hokkien classics such as braised pork knuckle and bak kut teh, this book features many little-known traditional Hokkien dishes—some even exclusive to the author’s family, such as sticky mee sua soup and Grandma’s stewed chicken in soya sauce.

ANTHONY LOO was born to a quintessentially Hokkien family in Singapore. His grandparents moved to Singapore from Xiamen, China, in the 1920s; it was from them he learnt the many heritage recipes compiled in this book. Growing up amongst the braises and stir-fries of the Hokkien diaspora, Anthony developed a passion for cooking which culminated in hawker businesses—but his greatest joy comes from preparing Hokkien feasts for friends and family.

This book is compiled by Anthony’s niece, Samantha Lee, who is a food writer and cookbook editor.

Uncle Anthony’s Hokkien Recipes is part of Epigram Books’ award-winning Heritage Cookbook series.

SAMANTHA LEE, who compiled the recipes in this book and wrote the introduction, is a food writer and cookbook editor.

978981 0797980 Flexi-bound, 128pp 125 x 220mmS $22.90 UK £10.90 US $19.00 Rights: World January 2015

A compilation of authentic Hokkien recipes in a slim, elegant volume.

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Madam Choy’s Cantonese RecipesChoy Wai Yuen and Lulin Reutens

978981 0594022 S $22.90 UK £10.90 US $19.00 Rights: World

Irene’s Peranakan RecipesIrene Yeo and Elaine Yeo


HERITAGE COOKBOOKS This award-winning heritage cookbook series showcases the best of Singapore’s major cuisines through family recipes.

Madam Krishnan’s South Indian Recipes Ambrose Krishnan and Padma Krishnan


Robin’s Eurasian Recipes Robin Pereira and Quentin Pereira


Uncle Lau’s Teochew RecipesLau Chiap Khai and Tan Lee Leng


“I could not resist this elegantly packaged volume published by Epigram [Books] which comes with colourful ribbon bookmarks and illustrated chapter title pages that give the book an old-world air…The range of dishes here is quite comprehensive and any home cook who masters the recipes will be well-armed for the task of feeding a family in tasty and varied ways for a very long time.”— Ong Sor Fern, The Sunday

Times, on Irene’s Peranakan Recipes

ALSO IN THE SERIES:

WINNER Best Chinese Cuisine Book, Gourmand World Cookbook Award 2012, Singapore.

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NERDBAKEREXTRAORDINARY RECIPES, STORIES & BAKING ADVENTURES FROM A TRUE OVEN GEEK

Chris Tan

Learn things about baking you never knew you needed to know.

You’ve never baked like this before. Chris Tan, food writer, editor, consultant and certified baking nerd, reveals his experiments (triumphant or otherwise) with his oven and the decidedly tasty results. He also kindly lays down, in exacting detail, how to recreate them. Drawing influences from travels, inadvisable one-night-only food orgies and Singapore’s rich heritage, the over 50 recipes range from the historic (e.g. a Dutch-Eurasian breudher) to the esoteric (e.g. an ‘intelligent’ black rice cake). From accounts of meeting Clint Eastwood lookalikes in a Lhasa bakery to heaty tales of a Spam-themed feast; from the fading glory of the pang Susie to making your own mock Pocky—or Mocky—at home, NerdBaker will make sure you never look at your oven the same way again.


Improbable stories and in-depth baking recipes from a certified oven geek.

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Learn how to make: • Upside-down spam

and pineapple cake• Black rice cupcakes• Chris’ custard creams• Oven-fried spicy

buttermilk chicken • Not-quite-Tibetan naan• Softly-softly chocolate cake• White truffle button cookies• Cauliflower cheese

manchurian

CHRIS TAN is a writer, cooking instructor and photographer. He writes for local and international publications such as The Sunday Times, The Peak, and America’s Saveur magazine. He also conducts talks and cooking classes on cuisine and culture, at venues which have included Singapore’s museums, Paris’ Le Musée Quai Branly, the Culinary Institute of America’s Napa Valley campus, the Singapore Writers’ Festival, and the Sydney International Food Festival. He has authored and co-authored over 10 books.

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Upside-down spam and pineapple cakeNerdbaker

MORE FOOD BOOKS

PLUSIXFIVE A Singaporean Supper Club Cookbook

Goz Lee and Friends


Onaka Vibrant Recipes from a Wholesome Restaurant

Rosalind Lim and Jason Vito


Artichoke Recipes and Stories from Singapore’s Most Rebellious Kitchen

Bjorn Shen


978981 4615525

978981 0797737

978981 0759063

Only the Best! The ieatishootipost Guide to Singapore’s Shiokest Hawker Food

Dr Leslie Tay

S $15.90 UK £7.99 US $ 12.90 Rights: World978981 0778323

Mum’s Not Cooking!Favourite Singaporean Recipes for the Near Clueless or Plain Lazy

Denise Fletcher


There’s No Carrot in Carrot Cake101 Hawker Dishes Singaporeans Love

Ruth Wan and Roger Hiew

S $13.90 UK £6.99 US $ 11.00 Rights: World

The End of Char Kway Teow and Other Hawker MysteriesDr Leslie Tay

S $24.90 UK £11.99 US $ 19.90 Rights: World

978981 0897321

978981 0865153

978981 0828653

WINNER Best Chef Cookbook, Gourmand World Cookbook Award 2014, Singapore

WINNER Best Illustrations, Gourmand World Cookbook Award 2014, Singapore

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SEASONSThomas Lim

Thomas Lim, one of Singapore’s premier florists and interior designers, presents the highlights of his stellar 30-year flower arrangement career. Stunning full-colour photography captures the intricacies of his work, from elegant fresh flower bouquets to silk floral creations. Personal photographs of weddings, interiors and festive celebrations are testament to his infectious desire to breathe life and warmth into his surroundings—an inspiration to aspiring florists, amateur hobbyists and industry professionals alike.

978981 4615792 Hardcover, 144pp 250 x 335mmS $119.90 UK £60.00 US $95.00 Rights: World Just Published

A stylish coffee table book detailing the 30-year professional history of Thomas Lim, an international award-winning florist and interior designer.

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WEE EDITIONSAn imprint featuring works by Singaporean designers, photo-graphers and artists.

Our Gurkhas: Singapore Through Their EyesZakaria Zainal


The Fish BookErnest Goh


100 SingaporeansWesley Loh Kar-Wai


CocksErnest Goh

978981 0756260 S $24.90 UK £11.99 US $20.00 Rights: Singapore and Malaysia only

ALSO IN THE SERIES:

THOMAS LIM is an international award-winning florist and interior designer. He was the first Singaporean to be inducted into The Society of Floristry UK (1987) and the American Institute of Floral Design (1989).

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WE LOVE CHINATOWN Established by the colonial government to house Chinese immigrants, Chinatown is today a bustling destination. The pre-war shophouses that once housed coolies and opium dens are now occupied by souvenir shops, spas, bars and boutiques. The food stalls on Smith Street pay homage to hawkers of the past, while early malls like People’s Park Complex have been modernised with rooftop gardens.

Designated a conservation area by the Urban Redevelopment Authority in 1989, the multi-ethnic neighbourhood also houses Singapore’s oldest Hindu temple and the prominent Jamae Mosque. We Love Chinatown offers a glimpse into this vibrant neighbourhood through the eyes of the talented artists from Urban Sketchers Singapore.

URBAN SKETCHERS SINGAPORE is an informal group of artists who draw the places they visit, capturing what they see from direct observation on location. Visit www.usk.sg for more details of their sketching sojourns.


Visit the bustling and multi-ethnic Chinatown with Urban Sketchers Singapore.

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OUR NEIGHBOURHOODSA series of sketches and thoughts on local neighbourhoods by the Singapore chapter of the international Urban Sketchers movement.

ALSO IN THE SERIES:

We Love Katong978981 0766078 Rights: World

We Love Queenstown978981 0766016 Rights: World

We Love Tiong Bahru978981 0736255 Rights: World

We Love Toa Payoh978981 0736231 Rights: World

We Love Bedok987981 0754327 Rights: World

We Love Little India978981 0778217 Rights: World

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EPIGRAM NOTBOOKS say who you really are. Let our NOTBOOKS be your witty companions, perfect for scribbles and sketches.

I AM NOT INDECISIVE. I AM KEEPING MY OPTIONS OPEN. Indigo

I AM NOT PROCRAS-TINATING. TOMORROW IS MY FAVOURITE DAY. Grass Green

I AM NOT KANCHIONG. I AM ON THE BALL. Denim

I AM NOT MESSY. I KNOW WHERE EVERYTHING IS. Bondi Blue

I AM NOT A CYNIC. I AM A REALIST. Rose-tint

I AM NOT A COUCH POTATO. I NEED MY REST.Leather Brown

I AM NOT BLUR. WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?Gunmetal Grey

I AM NOT PERFECT. BUT PARTS OF ME ARE PRETTY AMAZING.Violet

I AM NOT KIASU. I AM SINGAPOREAN. Singapore Red

I AM NOT FUSSY. I AM DISCRIMINATING. Eggshell Blue

I AM NOT EMOTIONAL. I AM IN TOUCH WITH MY FEELINGS. Pink

I AM NOT RECKLESS. I AM A RISK TAKER. Jaguar Green

I AM NOT PRICKLY. I AM SHARP. Lime

I AM NOT AGGRESSIVE. I AM ASSERTIVE. Teal

I AM NOT PARANOID. EVERYONE IS AFTER ME.Turquoise

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I AM NOT A SHOPAHOLIC. I AM HELPING THE ECONOMY. Magenta

I AM NOT A GEEK. SUPERHEROES ARE REAL.Forest Green

I AM NOT A DREAMER. I AM A VISIONARY.Sky Blue

I AM NOT WEIRD. I AM UNIQUE. Silver

I AM NOT FORGETFUL. I AM HAVING A SENIOR MOMENT. Cerulean

I AM NOT LATE. YOU ARE EARLY.Red

I AM NOT GRUMPY. I AM MARRIED. Purple

I AM NOT IMPULSIVE. I AM SPONTANEOUS. Amethyst

I AM NOT DEMANDING. I AM A PERFECTIONIST. Cobalt Blue

I AM NOT BOSSY. I AM TAKING CHARGE.Black

I AM NOT A BUM. I AM AN ARTIST. White

I AM NOT SLEEPING. I AM MEDITATING. Beige

I AM NOT STUBBORN. I AM COMMITTED. Khaki

I AM NOT HYPERACTIVE. I AM ENERGETIC. Saffron

I AM NOT HIGH. I AM HAPPY. Yellow

Available in 30 colours and designs, and in a handy size, they ensure you’ll always have the right accessory for your lifestyle.

A6 (148 x 105mm) 128 blank pages Matt hardcover Flexi-bound and threadsewn S $9.90 UK £4.99 US $7.90

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