2021

The Straits Times: 5 books to get for kids this festive season and school holidays
December 5, 2021
Listicle featuring Secrets of Singapore: Chinatown

The Straits Times: Singapore Shelf: Ning Cai's thriller trilogy comes to a twisty end
December 4, 2021
Listicle featuring Metamorphosis (Book 3 of the Savant Trilogy), Diard & Duvaucel and Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume 5

Girlstyle.com: 20 New Things To Do In Singapore In December 2021 For Dates With Bae & 5 Pax Outings With Your Squad
December 1, 2021
Listicle featuring Epigram Bookshop’s pop-up at 267 Beach Road

The Straits Times: Singapore Shelf: Chinese fantasy of war and magic in Jade Fire Gold
November 23, 2021
Listicle featuring Kopi, Puffs and Dreams and White Cloud Mountain

Wonderwall.sg: This Book Is The 19th-Century Version Of The Singapore Wildlife Sightings Facebook Group
November 16, 2021
Book review of Diard & Duvaucel

Zafigo: 15 Malaysian Authors You Should Check Out This Book Lovers Day
November 6, 2021
Listicle featuring Marriage and Mutton Curry, How the Man in Green Saved Pahang, and Possibly the World and Tinhead City, KL

Esquire Singapore: Daryl Qilin Yam bridges loneliness in Shantih Shantih Shantih and Lovelier, Lonelier
November 5, 2021
Interview with Daryl Qilin Yam on Lovelier, Lonelier and Shantih Shantih Shantih

Tatler Asia: Singapore Writers Festival 2021: Meet the Writer Unpacking the Complexities of Growing Up in Singapore (Print/Web)
November 5, 2021
Interview with Suffian Hakim

Lianhe Zaobao: 本地导演阿鲁佐为无名男仆、妓女立传
November 2, 2021
Interview with The Punkhawala and the Prostitute author Wesley Leon Aroozoo

Women’s Weekly: Reads For Kids: 7 Local Books Perfect For Six To Nine-Year-Olds
November 2, 2021
Listicle featuring The Crane and the Crab, Sengkang Snoopers (Book 1) and Danger Dan Confronts the Merlion Mastermind

TimeOut: The best Christmas gifts for families
November 1, 2021
Listicle featuring How To Cook Everything Singaporean

The Straits Times: Singapore children's book Lemonade Sky makes international catalogue
October 26, 2021
Feature on Lemonade Sky

Wonderwall.sg: Singlit Spotlight: New Children's Book Charmingly Depicts How The Blind Experience Colour
October 26, 2021
Book review of Uncle Daniel’s Favourite Colour

The Straits Times: Fun With Kids: Halloween fun with the Minions, book to help parents with only child
October 17, 2021
Listicle featuring Why Do You Always Say No? and Why Am I A Lonely Only?

Chan Chun Sing FB Review
October 17, 2021
Book review of Bold Vision: The Untold Story of Singapore’s Reserves and Its Sovereign Wealth Fund

Northwest Asian Weekly: Leong’s boyhood in Seattle inspires latest children’s book
October 14, 2021
Interview with Robin Leong

SBO.sg: 11 Best Bookstore In Singapore To Purchase Books From 2021
October 5, 2021
Listicle featuring the Epigram Bookshop

The Straits Times: Fun With Kids: Play tips from Joanne Peh, new animated series, book on hawker food
September 26, 2021
Listicle featuring Makan Mischief

The Straits Times: Fun with kids: Science Centre's learning festival, pancake treat, picture book
September 19, 2021
Listicle featuring The Kung Fu Force and the Perilous Boba Whirlpool

The Straits Times: Book review: The Formidable Miss Cassidy is an utter delight
September 18, 2021
Book review of The Formidable Miss Cassidy

The Straits Times: New S'pore institute to study local, regional plants for health, medical advancements
September 17, 2021
Mention of Linda Locke and Agnes and Her Amazing Orchid

Bakchormeeboy: Yellow Man: Lee Wen, the Artist Who Dared
September 7, 2021
Book review of Yellow Man: Lee Wen, the Artist Who Dared

The Straits Times: Singapore Shelf: A look into a suicidal mind in A Good Day To Die
September 4, 2021
Listicle featuring Blue Sky Mansion and Yellow Man: Lee Wen, the Artist Who Dared

The Straits Times: Doing good vs looking good in Sebastian Sim's comic novel
September 4, 2021
Book review of And the Award Goes to Sally Bong!

Honeycombers: Into the local literary scene: Singaporean novelist Daryl Qilin Yam on his passion for writing
September 3, 2021
Interview with Daryl Qilin Yam

Mackerel: Unsaid Ingredients: Never Leave Home Without Your Chilli Sauce by Constance Singham
September 1, 2021
Book review of Never Leave Home Without Your Chilli Sauce

The Star: A young woman's epic journey of survival from China to George Town
September 1, 2021
Book review of Blue Sky Mansion

Little Day Out: Epigram Opens 5 Month Pop-Up Store Featuring New Partnerships With Local Brands
August 16, 2021
Feature on the Epigram Bookshop pop-up at 267 Beach Road

TimeOut: Epigram Bookshop Pop-up
August 15, 2021
Feature on the Epigram Bookshop pop-up at 267 Beach Road

The Straits Times: Home-grown publisher Epigram opens Beach Road pop-up bookshop
August 15, 2021
Feature on the Epigram Bookshop pop-up at 267 Beach Road

Sassy Mama: What’s New Mama? Great World Playground, Kids’ ATV Park, Tesla Singapore Showroom & more
August 6, 2021
Listicle featuring the Epigram Bookshop pop-up at 267 Beach Road

The Business Times: Eight great reads for National Day
August 6, 2021
Listicle featuring Chronicles of a Circuit Breaker and A Mosque in the Jungle

Bakchormeeboy: What If the Wind Tears My Kite?
July 28, 2021
Book review of What If the Wind Tears My Kite?

Bakchormeeboy: The Woodsman
July 28, 2021
Book review of The Woodsman

Bakchormeeboy: Makan Mischief
July 28, 2021
Book review of Makan Mischief

L’Officiel: Suffian Hakim draws from "a deep well of personal grief" for his latest book
July 26, 2021
Interview with Suffian Hakim

The Star: Pioneer Malaya-era pulp horror fiction author's scary stories return to haunt
July 19, 2021
Book review of A Mosque in the Jungle

The Straits Times: Singapore Shelf: Murder, she wrote
July 17, 2021
Listicle featuring The Flesh Hunters and Manipulation

The Straits Times: Ordinary lives in the spotlight on NUS History Prize shortlist
July 15, 2021
Listicle featuring State of Emergency

The Karyawan: The Years of Forgetting
July 15, 2021
Book review of The Years of Forgetting

The Straits Times: Old ghost stories by late minister
July 12, 2021
Book review of A Mosque in the Jungle

New Straits Times: Inspired reads during tough times—Here are our picks!
July 11, 2021
Listicle featuring Homeless

The Straits Times: From Harris bin Potter to retelling legends
July 11, 2021
Interview with Suffian Hakim

HYPE Singapore: A Bloody Fantasy Tale of Revenge
July 4, 2021
Book review of The Woodsman

City Nomads: On The Same Page: Powerful LGBTQ+ Books by Local Authors to Read This Pride Month
June 23, 2021
Listicle featuring A Certain Exposure

Bakchormeeboy: The Elephant and the Tree
June 21, 2021
Book review of The Elephant and the Tree

Bakchormeeboy: The Womps: Chick Bee’s Charming Cha-Cha
June 21, 2021
Book review of The Womps: Chick Bee’s Charming Cha-Cha

National Library Board, Singapore: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Read Them
June 17, 2021
Listicle featuring LONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction – Issue #10 and Altered Straits

TimeOut: 14 books we've read and loved so far in 2021
June 17, 2021
Listicle featuring A Mosque in the Jungle and The Keepers of Stories

International Journal of Comic Art Blog: Book Review
June 13, 2021
Book review of Chronicles of a Circuit Breaker

Words Without Borders: Children’s Literature in Translation: Epigram Books
June 4, 2021
Feature on Edmund Wee and local children’s books

Bakchormeeboy: The Years of Forgetting
May 28, 2021
Book review of The Years of Forgetting

TimeOut: Bookstores that deliver to your doorstep in Singapore
May 27, 2021
Listicle featuring the Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop

Honeycombers: What to listen, watch and read: A comedy short, a funky fresh single and a book on inequality
May 25, 2021
Listicle featuring Kappa Quartet

Head Topics Malaysia: M'sian writer's debut imagines a future 'KL' torn apart by cyborgs and rebels
May 23, 2021
Book review of Tinhead City, KL

@mypreciouzkids IG Review and Giveaway
May 17, 2021
Book review of Ace Agent Spycat and the Mayonnaise Mayhem

@gothookedonbooks IG Review
May 16, 2021
Book review of the Ace Agent Spycat series

Mekong Review: Riding it Out
May 1, 2021
Feature on Edmund Wee

SethLui: Get your bowls, books & coffee with Bowl Chap now available at Huggs-Epigram
May 1, 2021
Feature on the Bowl Chap X Huggs Collaboration at the Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop

Cha: An Asian Literary Journal: [Review] Identity Is a Constant Negotiation and Struggle for a Self-Worth Fighting For
April 29, 2021
Book review of A Fickle and Restless Weapon

@gothoookedonbooks IG Review
April 29, 2021
Book review of The Good Guys

Malay Mail: KL-born Stuart Danker gives up day job at local airline to pursue true calling as an author
April 27, 2021
Interview feature with Stuart Danker on his book Tinhead City, KL

@hweezbooks IG Review
April 24, 2021
Book review of Ace Agent Spycat and the Mayonnaise Mayhem

@journeyingjo.reads IG Review
April 24, 2021
Book review of Mr Tino Vol. 1 and 2

Wonderwall.sg: Singlit Spotlight
April 23, 2021
A listicle of Singapore’s next crop of writers including Balli Kaur Jaswal, Darren Chen, Nuraliah Norasid and Suffian Hakim

@thistrekkiereads: IG Review
April 23, 2021
Book review of Chronicles of a Circuit Breaker

International Examiner: Arts Etc
April 21, 2021
Arts listings mentioning Harris bin Potter and the Stoned Philosopher and Lion Boys and Fan Girls

@curiousbookreviewer IG Review
April 20, 2021
Book review of Children of the Ark

Little Day Out: Book Review
April 19, 2021
Book review of Chronicles of a Circuit Breaker

SingaporeMotherhood: 5 Librarian-recommended Singapore Children’s Books
April 19, 2021
Listicle featuring There Was a Peranakan Woman Who Lived in a Shoe

@apollosmichioreads IG Review
April 17, 2021
Book review of White Coat Tales

Maple Comics FB: Arif Rafhan
April 14, 2021
Part 2 for an interview with Arif Rafhan

Campus Magazine: Good Reads
April 13, 2021
Listicle featuring Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop

Sydney Review of Books: Many Shells in a Windy Place
April 12, 2021
Interview with author-poet Boey Kim Cheng

@weehoursreads IG review
April 11, 2021
Book review of My BFF Is an Alien

Straits Times: Singaporean child sex abuse survivor writes memoir
April 10, 2021
Feature article with Sofia Abdullah on her book, The Years of Forgetting

@xavvylicious IG Review
April 10, 2021
Review of The Good Guys

Straits Time: Singapore Shelf
April 10, 2021
Listicle featuring Ace Agent Spycat and the Mayonnaise Mayhem and Tinhead City, KL

Bakchormeeboy Book Review
April 7, 2021
Book review of Ace Agent Spycat and the Mayonnaise Mayhem

Maple Comics: Arif Rafhan
April 5, 2021
Part 1 of an interview with Arif Rafhan

TimeOut: Local authors on telling dark stories
April 5, 2021
Interview feature with Suffian Hakim and Jocelyn Suarez

@michiryuaquila_reads IG Review
April 4, 2021
Book review of White Coat Tales

@bookandbriefcase IG Review
April 1, 2021
Book review of The Good Guys

@letmereadthis IG Review
March 31, 2021
Book review of How to Cook Everything Singaporean

@journeyingjo.reads IG Review
March 31, 2021
Book review of Reality Bitchslap

CNA938: Singapore Stories
March 30, 2021
Podcast feature with author Ng Swee San

@jois IG Review
March 27, 2021
Book review of The Good Guys

Money FM89.3: Weekends
March 27, 2021
Interview with Margaret Thomas and Kawaljit Soin about Awesome Women of Singapore

Writer’s Digest: Finding the Words
March 27, 2021
Feature on book translation, with mentions by Shelly Bryant and Jason Erik Lundberg

Boston Review: Writing Our Ancestors
March 25, 2021
Video featuring, among others, author Yeoh Jo-Ann

@libraryhermit IG Review
March 25, 2021
Book review of Let’s Give It Up For Gimme Lao!

Singapore Unbound: Buried Treasure
March 24. 2021
Book review of The Java Enigma

@bluebottlebooks IG Review
March 23, 2021
Book review of Awesome Women of Singapore

Asian Books Blog: Through Teacher’s Eyes
March 23, 2021
Poetry article featuring Inez Tan

Straits Times: Right Time to Write Crime
March 21, 2021
Feature on crime novels featuring The Good Guys and The Flesh Hunters

@apollosmichioreads IG Review
March 21, 2021
Book review of The Good Guys

YouTube: Past and Present
March 20, 2021
Video feature on the Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop

@curiousbookreviewer IG Review
March 20, 2021
Book review of The Good Guys

Art And Market: The Past Is in the Present
March 18, 2021
Video feature with authors Robert Yeo and Alfian Sa’at

CNA938: Singapore Stories
March 18, 2021
Podcast feature with Teo Xue Shen

Singapore Tatler: Edmund Wee of Epigram Books has no ambitions of becoming the world’s biggest publisher
March 18, 2021
Feature about Edmund Wee and Epigram Books

@mumscallingblog IG Review/giveaway
March 18, 2021
Book review/giveaway of Lemonade Sky

CNA938: Singapore Stories
March 18, 2021
Podcast feature with Erni Salleh

@readingwiththetans IG Review
March 14, 2021
Book review of Annabelle Thong

TimeOut: The best things to do with kids in Singapore
March 13, 2021
51 activities for kids including visiting the Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop

Asian Review of Books: The Java Enigma
March 12, 2021
Book review of The Java Enigma

Honecombers: Best bookstores for local lit
March 11, 2021
Listicle featuring the Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop (HECB)

The Straits Times: Book on Women Trailblazers to be Used as Teaching Guide
March 10, 2021
Feature on Awesome Women of Singapore

Zaobao: Writing anti-discrimination novels on your phone
March 10, 2021
Interview with Children of the Ark author Teo Xue Shen

@mumscallingblog IG review/giveaway
March 10, 2021
Book review of Suka-Suka the Cement Truck

The No Bull Channel: Book Review
March 10, 2021
Book review of Suka-Suka the Cement Truck

Singapore Tatler: 7 Outstanding Honourees Inducted Into Singapore Women’s Hall of Fame 2021
March 8, 2021
Mention of the book, Awesome Women of Singapore

The Straits Times: Female Power
March 8, 2021
Feature on the book, Awesome Women of Singapore

Wonderwall.sg: Singlit Spotlight
March 8, 2021
Feature on the book, Awesome Women of Singapore

Kinokuniya Singapore: #KinoViews
March 7, 2021
Interview with Meihan Boey

@journeyingjo.reads IG Review
March 6, 2021
Bite-sized reviews of Elmer, Reality Bitchslap, Mr Tino Vol 1 and Mr Tino Vol 2

Brutal Asians: 4 SG Women Writers and Their Books to Read this Month
March 5, 2021
Listicle featuring the book, The Lights That Find Us

@xavvylicious IG review/giveaway
March 4, 2021
Book review/mention of Lemonade Sky

Singapore Motherhood: IWD 2021 Singapore
March 4, 2021
Listicle featuring the book, Awesome Women of Singapore

SilverKris: 8 Ways to Celebrate Int’l Women’s Day
March 3, 2021
Listicle featuring Awesome Women of Singapore

Singapore Tatler: The Culture List
March 3, 2021
Feature mentioning Edmund Wee

@slightlyliterary IG Review
Feb 28, 2021
Book review of State of Emergency

Little Day Out: Parent Review
Feb 28, 2021
Book review of My BFF Is an Alien

Fernweholism: Encounter Singapore
Feb 27, 2021
Feature with Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop

Kinokuniya Singapore: #KinoViews
Feb 27, 2021
Interview with Sebastian Sim

@museum.goer IG Review
Feb 27, 2021
Book review of Secrets of Singapore: National Museum

Bakchormeeboy Book Review
Feb 26, 2021
Review of The Good Guys

@libraryhermit IG Review
Feb 25, 2021
Book review of The Movie That No One Saw

@books_blues IG Review
Feb 24, 2021
Book review of The Good Guys

Bakchormeeboy Book Review
Feb 23, 2021
Review of Children of the Ark

Bakchormeeboy Book Review
Feb 22, 2021
Review of Mr Tino Vol. 2

Neocha: Local Reads
Feb 22, 2021
Feature article on the Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop

Malaysia Tatler: Trailblazers
Feb 19, 2021
Gunn Chit Wha is featured

Bakchormeeboy: By the Book interview
Feb 19, 2021
Interview with The Good Guys author Darren Chen

@mylifeoftext Review
Feb 19, 2021
Review of The Good Guys

Expat Living: Book Shops and Cafes Bookworms Will Love
Feb 19, 2021
Listicle featuring the Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop

The Finder: 5 Cosy Bookstore Cafes in Singapore
Feb 18, 2021
The Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop is mentioned

Bakchormeeboy: By the Book
Feb 17, 2021
Feature on submissions for 2022 Epigram Books Fiction Prize (EBFP)

BFM 89.9: By The Book
Feb 16, 2021
Interview with Joshua Kam

The Honeycomber’s Hot List
Feb 16, 2021
Listicle featuring Kappa Quartet

Wonderwall.sg: Singlit Spotlight
Feb 15, 2021
Feature on Children of the Ark author Teo Xue Shen

@pagesofelly IG review
Feb 14, 2021
Book review of Confrontation

@libraryhermit IG Review
Feb 9, 2021
Book review of The Gatekeeper

NSMan: 10 Best Bookstores to Visit in Singapore
Feb 8, 2021
Listicle featuring the Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop

@mylifeoftext IG Review
Feb 4, 2021
Book review of Now That It’s Over

The Independent SG: Student by Day, Escort by Night
Feb 4, 2021
Interview with Gerrie Lim for Scarlet Harlot

Bakchormeeboy Book Review
Feb 3, 2021
Review of Suka-Suka the Cement Truck

Bakchormeeboy Book Review
Feb 3, 2021
Review of Lemonade Sky

Mekong Review: Political terror
Feb 1, 2021
Book review of A Good True Thai

Straits Times: Author wrote four books on his mobile phone
Feb 1, 2021
Interview with Children of the Ark author Teo Xue Shen

QLRS: The Skin We Live In
Jan 31, 2021
Review of A Fickle and Restless Weapon

TimeOut Singapore: Sebastian Sim
Jan 26, 2021
Interview with Sebastian Sim, author of And the Award Goes to Sally Bong!

TimeOut Singapore: Meihan Boey
Jan 25, 2021
Interview with Meihan Boey, author of The Formidable Miss Cassidy

Straits Times Book Box
Jan 24, 2021
Book Review of The Fisherman King

Straits Times Book Box
Jan 24, 2021
Book review of A Good True Thai

Straits Times: Visual Storytelling of the Unseen
Jan 23, 2021
Mention of Epigram Book’s graphic novels

Bakchormeeboy: By The Book
Jan 17, 2021
A news feature about winners of the 2021 EBFP

Straits Times: EBFP splits award for the first time
Jan16, 2021
A news feature about winners of the 2021 EBFP

Asian Books Blog
Jan 16, 2021
Article feature on the 2021 EBFP winners

Bakchormeeboy: By The Book
Jan 14, 2021
Feature on Epigram UK office closing

Bakchormeeboy: By The Book
Jan 14, 2020
Feature on Epigram Books Singapore’s new Jan releases

@kopireads
Jan 13, 2021
Book review of How the Man in Green Saved Pahang and Possibly the World

Straits Times: Epigram Books to stop publishing in Britain
Jan 13, 2021
Feature on Epigram UK office

Honey Kids Asia: How to get your books published in Singapore
Jan 13, 2021
Feature including children’s book author David Seow

Brown: Finding Home
Jan 12, 2021
Quarterly magazine feature on Sunisa Manning

Bakchormeeboy: By The Book
Jan 7, 2021
News feature on the 2021 Epigram Books Fiction Prize (EBFP) ceremony being open to public

@snehmv IG review
Jan 5, 2021
Review of Understanding Singaporeans

TimeOut: The best bookstores in Singapore
Jan 5, 2021
Listicle featuring the Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop

Singapore Unbound: Ironic Historian
Jan 4, 2021
Review of A Good True Thai

@rixrixreplies
Jan 1, 2021
Review of Everything But the Brain

@today.weread
Dec 30, 2020
Review of Karung Guni Boy

Female: Books by Singapore Authors for a Holiday Read
Dec 29, 2020
Listicle that features Robert Yeo at Eighty and GE2020: Fair or Foul

@pagesofelly IG review
Dec 28, 2020
Book review of The Gatekeeper

The Star Malaysia: Cartoonist Arif Rafhan reflects on how travel shaped his way of thinking
Dec 27, 2020
Interview feature with Arif Rafhan

Prestige: 18 Malaysians who have received international recognition in 2020
Dec 24, 2020
Listicle feature with Joshua Kam

The Sisters Lim FB review
Dec 22, 2020
Review of How the Man in Green Saved Pahang and Possibly the World

@weehoursreads IG review
Dec 21, 2020
Review of Sherlock Sam’s Orange Shorts

@twentycharm IG review
Dec 20, 2020
Review of The Fisherman King

Straits Times Singapore Shelf
Dec 19, 2020
Short book listicle that features Robert Yeo at Eighty and GE2020: Fair or Foul

Families for Life: NLB Book Recommendations for December
Dec 18, 2020
Listicle featuring Agnes and Her Amazing Orchid

Beauty Undercover: Made in Singapore Christmas Gifts
Dec 15, 2020
Listicle featuring Harris bin Potter and the Stoned Philosopher

Asian Review of Books podcast and also
New Books Network
Dec 10, 2020
Podcast featuring Sunisa Manning

Bakchormeeboy: Book Review
Dec 10, 2020
Review of GE2020: Fair or Foul

Bakchormeeboy: Book Review
Dec 10, 2020
Review of Robert Yeo at Eighty

@melati.reads IG review
Dec 9, 2020
Book review of Dying to Meet You

Straits Times: Five Singaporeans, one Malaysian on EBFP shortlist
Dec 9, 2020
Feature on the 2021 EBFP shortlist

The New Paper: Social escort reveals realities of life as a sex worker
Dec 7, 2020
Feature on Ashley Chan and Scarlet Harlot

The Independent SG: Young Singaporean escort tells all
Dec 5, 2020
Feature on Ashley Chan and Scarlet Harlot

@twentycharm IG review
Dec 2, 2020
Book review of The Fisherman King

Singapore Unbound: My Book of the Year 2020
Dec 1, 2020
Feature on favourite books including several from Epigram

Straits Times: Book Nook
Nov 29, 2020
Feature interview with Darren Lim

Bakchormeeboy: By The Book interview
Nov 28, 2020
Interview with Scarlet Harlot authors Ashley Chan and Gerrie Lim

Bakchormeeboy: Book Review
Nov 28, 2020
Book review of Scarlet Harlot

@mypreciouzkidz IG review
Nov 28, 2020
Book review of Calm: A Journal For Myself

Options: Malaysian doyenne Gunn Chit Wha's memoir recounts stories of breaking glass ceilings
Nov 28, 2020
Featuring Gunn Chit Wha and Waves of Indpendence

@yatzerooni IG review
Nov 27, 2020
Book review of Harris bin Potter and the Stoned Philosopher

Bangkok Post
Now 27, 2020
Interview with Sunisa Manning

@yatzerooni IG review
Nov 27, 2020
Book review of Sherlock Sam and the Missing Heirloom in Katong

@ashelfinspace IG review
Nov 22, 2020
Review of The Adventures of Holden Heng

@hweezbooks IG review
Nov 21, 2020
Review of My BFF Is an Alien: Sabotage

Bakchormeeboy: Book Review
Nov 21, 2020
Review of Calm: A Journal For Myself

Bakchormeeboy: Book Review
Nov 21, 2020
Review of Sherlock Sam and the Seafaring Scourge on Sentosa

@mypreciouzkidz IG review/giveaway
Nov 13, 2020
Book review Sherlock Sam and the Seafaring Scourge on Sentosa

Bakchormeeboy: By The Book interview
Nov 12, 2020
Interview with Sonny Liew and The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye

Bakchormeeboy: Book Review
Nov 12, 2020
Book review of The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye

@ns510reads IG review
Nov 10, 2020
Review of The Fisherman King

NME: The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye gets animated adaptation
Nov 9, 2020
Feature article & interview with Sonny Liew about The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye

@yatzerooni IG review
Nov 9, 2020
Book review of Annabelle Thong

The Japan Times: What Makes Someone a Real Citizen
Nov 7, 2020
Feature about A Good True Thai

@xavvylicious IG review/giveaway
Nov 7, 2020
Book review of Saturday’s Surprisingly Super-Duper Lesson

Jennifer Teo Photography: For Book Lovers
Nov 7, 2020
A feature on The Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop

Straits Times: 5 local reads for November
Nov 7, 2020
Listicle featuring cookbook How to Cook Everything Singaporean and The Fisherman King

The Business Times: Epigram Books Championing Regional Talents
Nov 6, 2020
Feature on Epigram Books’ Southeast Asian offerings

@ahappymum IG Review
Nov 4, 2021
Book review of My BFF Is an Alien

Wonderwall.sg: Sneak Peek
Nov 3, 2020
Book review of Scarlet Harlot

@ajugglingmum IG review
Nov 3, 2020
Book review of My BFF Is an Alien: Sabotage

Singapore Unbound: A Deepavali “Carol” in Singapore
Nov 2, 2020
Book review of The Lights That Find Us

Little Day Out: Epigram Books Releases New Sherlock Sam Title
Nov 2, 2020
News article about Sherlock Sam and the Seafaring Scourge on Sentosa and Calm: A Journal For Myself

Bakchormeeboy: By The Book
Oct 31, 2020
A news feature about the 2021 EBFP longlist

The Online Citizen: Epigram Books thanks chairman of PR agency for purchasing books for charity
Oct 30, 2020
News article about Yap Boh Tiong charity purchase of books from Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop

Straits Times: EBFP has longest longlist
Oct 30, 2020
News article on the 2021 EBFP longlist

@weehoursreads IG review
Oct 29, 2020
Review of Sherlock Sam and the Quantum Pair in Queenstown

We Go Native: For the Book Lovers
Oct 29, 2020
Listicle featuring Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop

@mypreciouzkidz IG review/giveaway
Oct 28, 2020
Review of My BFF Is an Alien: Sabotage

@xavvylicious IG review/giveaway
Oct 26, 2020
Book review of My BFF Is an Alien: Sabotage

Bakchormeeboy: Book Review
Oct 26, 2020
Book review of The Fisherman King

@mumscallingblog IG review/giveaway
Oct 26, 2020
Book review of My BFF Is an Alien: Sabotage

Rice Media: Art in Singapore Shouldn’t be Subject to Party Interests
Oct 24, 2020
Interview with The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye author Sonny Liew

@pagesofelly IG review
Oct 24, 2020
Book review of Flowers At Dawn

@xavvylicious IG review/giveaway
Oct 16, 2020
Book review of Ace Agent Spycat and the Flying Sidekick

Bakchormeeboy: Book Review
Oct 15, 2020
Book review of My BFF Is an Alien: Sabotage

Bakchormeeboy: Book Review
Oct 15, 2020
Book review of A Fickle and Restless Weapon

Bakchormeeboy: Book Review
Oct 15, 2020
Book review of The Marvellous Sugee Cake

Bakchormeeboy: Book Review
Oct 15, 2020
Book review of A Good True Thai

Malay Mail: Does folklore have a place in modern Malaysia?
Oct 13, 2020
News article featuring How The Man in Green Saved Pahang author Joshua Kam

Singapore Unbound: Heists and Hijinks
Oct 12, 2020
Book review of How The Man in Green Saved Pahang and Possibly the World

@ashelfinspace IG review
Oct 10, 2020
Review of The Java Enigma

@belandbray IG review
Oct 5, 2020
Review of Ace Agent Spycat and the Flying Sidekick

Straits Times: 8 local books to read
Oct 5, 2020
Book listicle featuring A Good True Thai and The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye

@belandbray IG review
Oct 3, 2020
Review of Saturday’s Surprisingly Super-Duper Lesson

@yatzerooni IG review
Oct 3, 2020
Review of The Java Enigma

Storm Asia: Does the Library Support Local Literature Enough
Oct 2, 2020
News article featuring Epigram Books

Kenyon Review: On Books and their Harbors
Oct 1, 2020
A Good True Thai author Sunisa Manning reveals her challenges as a writer living in the US

Bakchormeeboy: By The Book
Oct 1, 2020
News article about new books for October from Epigram Books

@be-yourshelf IG Review
Sep 28, 2020
Book review of How The Man in Green Saved Pahang and Possibly the World

Bakchormeeboy: By the Book
Sep 28, 2020
Feature on the nominees of the Hedwig Anuar Children’s Book Award, including Quek Hong Shin and Ken Kwek

@weehoursreads IG review
Sep 26, 2020
Review of Regrettable Things That Happened Yesterday

Straits Times: Pandemic leaves bookshops in a bind
Sep 24, 2020
News feature about SG bookshops, including Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop

Wonderwall.sg: Ng Yi-Sheng's Award-Winning Speculative Fiction Is Exquisitely Weird
Sep 24, 2020
Book review of Lion City

@yatzerooni IG review
Sep 23, 2020
Book review of Homeless

Straits Times: Bookshop trail
Sep 23, 2020
Listicle about SG bookshops, including Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop

@mypreciouzkidz IG review
Sep 16, 2020
Book review of Just a Little Mynah

Straits Times: Book review
Sep 15, 2020
Book review of The Java Enigma

Bakchormeeboy: Book Review
Sep 9, 2020
Book review of The Java Enigma

Bakchormeeboy: Book Review
Sep 9, 2020
Book Review of Just a Little Mynah

Bakchormeeboy: Book Review
Sep 9, 2020
Book Review of Mr Tino Vol. 1

Bakchormeeboy: The Serial Short Story Project
Sep 5, 2020
News feature including author Suffian Hakim

Vulcan Post: What Happens To Singlit if S’pore Closes Chapter on Epigram Books
Sep 3, 2020
Featuring an interview with Edmund Wee about Epigram Books

Bakchormeeboy: By the Book
Sep 3, 2020
Feature on new books by Epigram Books for September

Straits Times: Singapore Shelf
Aug 31, 2020
Book listicle featuring Mr Tino Vol. 1

Straits Times: Singapore Literature Prize winners
Aug 28, 2020
News feature about the Singapore Literature Prize (SLP) winners including Marylyn Tan, Ng Yi-Sheng and Akshita Nanda

Bakchormeeboy: By the Book
Aug 27, 2020
News feature on the winners of the SLP

@mypreciouzkidz IG review/giveaway
Aug 26, 2020
Book review of Ace Agent Spycat and the Flying Sidekick

Bakchormeeboy: By the Book
Aug 25, 2020
Feature story on new Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop menu with dishes from Wet Market to Table

Bakchormeeboy: Book Review
Aug 21, 2020
Book review of How the Man in Green Saved Pahang, and Possibly the World

Bakchormeeboy: Book Review'
Aug 21, 2020
Book review of Ace Agent Spycat and the Flying Sidekick

@weehoursreads IG review
Aug 19, 2020
Review of Sherlock Sam and the Obento Bonanza in Tokyo

@rixrixreplies
Aug 17, 2020
Review of Sugarbread

Straits Times: Heritage Cookbook takes home top prize at Singapore Book Awards
Aug 13, 2020
News article featuring The Way of Kueh

@weehoursreads IG review
Aug 9, 2020
Review of It Never Rains on National Day

Bakchormeeboy: By the Book
Aug 5, 2020
Feature on new books by Epigram for August

Straits Times: Singapore Shelf
Aug 3, 2020
Book listicle featuring A Fickle and Restless Weapon and Rational Conversations: The Trouble with Foreign Workers

Straits Times Book Review
Aug 3, 2020
Review of How the Man in Green Saved Pahang and Possibly the World

Bakchormeeboy: Book Review
Aug 1, 2020
Book review of Saturday’s Surprisingly Super-Duper Lesson

@weehoursreads IG review
July 31, 2020
Review of Sherlock Sam and the Fiendish Mastermind in Jurong

SIM M360: The Head Librarian Reads
June 30, 2020
Video review of Impractical Uses of Cake

Bakchormeeboy: Book Review
July 27, 2020
Book review of Reality Bitchslap

Straits Times: Singapore Literature Prize to go on but with prize cuts
July 24, 2020
News feature of SLP including a list of Epigram Books nominees

@weehoursreads IG review
July 13, 2020
Review of Sherlock Sam and the Stolen Scripts in Balestier

Bakchormeeboy: Book Review
July 13, 2020
Book review of 18 Walls

@weehoursreads IG review
July 10, 2020
Review of Let’s Give It Up for Gimme Lao!

Straits Times: Singapore Shelf
July 7, 2020
Book listicle featuring Waves of Independence

Straits Times: 5 things to do
July 5, 2020
Events listing including mention of Epigram Books

Bakchormeeboy: By the Book
July 2, 2020
Feature on Epigram releases for the rest of 2020

Bakchormeeboy: By the Book
July 2, 2020
Feature on new Epigram books for July

@pagesofelly IG review
June 30, 2020
Book review of Homeless

Straits Times: 9 reads for June
June 2, 2020
Book listicle featuring Button The Hokkien Therapy Dog

Bakchormeeboy: Book Review
May 29, 2020
Book review of Fall In! The Unofficial Guide to Surviving Basic Military Training

@mypreciouzkidz IG review
May 29, 2020
Book review of Sengkang Snoopers: Secret of the Tiger’s Den

Bakchormeeboy: By the Book
May 21, 2020
Feature on the judges for the 2021 EBFP

@weehoursreads IG review
May 17, 2020
Review of Sherlock Sam and the Vanished Robot in Penang

Straits Times Arts Picks
May 14, 2020
Event listings mentioning Ask Authors Anything programme

@yatserooni IG review
May 13, 2020
Review of Let’s Give It Up For Gimme Lao

Straits Times Things To Do Today
May 13, 2020
Listings mentioning Epigram Books events and promos

Straits Times: 6 reads for May
May 5, 2020
Book listicle featuring Fall In, Sengkang Snoopers: Secret of the Tiger’s Den and The Womps: Pinto’s Pinky Promises

Straits Times: Local writers on books that bring them comfort
April 29, 2020
Article featuring Nuraliah Norasid, Pooja Nansi, Haresh Sharma, Amanda Lee Koe

The Independent SG: Life under the circuit breaker
April 28, 2020
Interview with Edmund Wee

@weehoursreads IG review
April 26, 2020
Review of Sherlock Sam and the Alien Encounter on Pulau Ubin

AsiaOne: Things to surprise your friends during this extended CB period that aren’t food and bubble tea
April 21, 2020
Epigram books is mentioned in this article

Bakchormeeboy: Book Review
April 18, 2020
Book review of This Side of Heaven

Sassy Mama: 10 New Children’s Books by Singapore Authors
April 13, 2020
Listicle featuring several Epigram Books authors

Straits Times: Singapore Shelf
April 6, 2020
Book listicle featuring My BFF Is an Alien, This Side of Heaven and Lang Lieu

Bakchormeeboy: By the Book
April 3, 2020
Book review of My BFF Is an Alien

College of Humanities and Social Science News: My NC State Story
April 2, 2020
Feature article with Jason Erik Lundberg

A Magazine: Singapore Spotlight
April 1, 2020
Listicle/review with Make Animals Great Again, The Way of Kueh, Homeless, Harris bin Potter and the Stoned Philosopher and Button the Hokkien Therapy Dog

Seedly Reads: Best Online Bookstores with Delivery in Singapore
March 26, 2020
Article featuring Epigram Books

GirlStyle: 5 Insta-Worthy Book Cafe in SG
March 24, 2020
A listicle of bookshops including Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop

TimeOut Singapore: 8 Best Novels by local authors to read right now
March 24, 2020
Listicle featuring This Side of Heaven, Lion Boys and Fan Girls, Harris bin Potter and the Stoned Philosopher and Let’s Give It Up for Gimme Lao

Medium.com: Books to Read from a Social Distance
March 24, 2020
Book listicle featuring This Is Where I Won’t Be Alone

The Smart Local: 11 Online Bookstores with Delivery to Singapore
March 20, 2020
Epigram Books is featured in this listicle

Editor Group: Book Club
March 19, 2020
Book review of State of Emergency

@weehoursreads IG review
March 14, 2020
Review of Sherlock Sam and the Ghostly Moans in Fort Canning

SBO.sg: SBO Worth It
March 13, 2020
Video feature with Edmund Wee

Media Contex: How are books sold?
March 11, 2020
Interview with Edmund Wee

Buro 24/7: Hottest page-turners by local authors in 2020
March 9, 2020
Listicle featuring Epigram Books

Campus SG: Celebrate with Singapore’s Female Authors
March 6, 2020
A listicle featuring the books Impractical Uses of Cake, The Gatekeeper and Lion Boy and Drummer Girl

Esquire Magazine: 5 Singapore female authors to read now
March 4, 2020
Author/editor Pooja Nansi is featured in this story

A Magazine: Liyana Dhamirah was Once Homeless but she says it isn’t the problem, it’s just a symptom
March 2, 2020
Interview and feature on Liyana Dhamirah, author of Homeless

Entrevista: Balli Kaur Jaswal
Feb 28, 2020
Interview with Sugarbread author Balli Kaur Jaswal

Wonderwall.sg: Discovery of the Week
Feb 27, 2020
Book review of Harris bin Potter and the Stoned Philosopher

Her World: 5 latest books to read by Singaporean female authors
Feb 26, 2020
Listicle featuring Lion Boys and Fan Girls, The Java Enigma and The Lights That Find Us

The Honeycombers: The Singlit Movement
Feb 25, 2020
News article featuring Epigram Books

@weehoursreads IG review
Feb 24, 2020
Review of Sherlock Sam and the Missing Heirloom in Katong

Esquire Magazine Philippines: Will you save the world when you’re 66?
Feb 23, 2020
Feature about Sixty-Six, published by Epigram as Mr Tino

Lifestyle Asia: Must we define Singapore’s literary voice for it to be recognised?
Feb 21, 2020
Singapore authors featured in this article, including Cyril Wong, Nuraliah Norasid, Pooja Nansi, Desmond Kon and more

Here Be Geeks: Gerry Alanguilan’s legacy continues in Singapore edition
Feb 11, 2020
Featuring Elmer by Gerry Alanguilan

NST: Accidental author
Feb 8, 2020
Interview with How the Man in Green Saved Pahang author, Joshua Kam

The Peak: Forget baking a cake - make some homemade kueh for your next dinner party
Feb 6, 2020
Interview with The Way of Kueh author Christopher Tan

CNA938: Edmund Wee talks graphic novels
Feb 4, 2020
Interview with Edmund Wee on Elmer by Gerry Alanguilan and graphic novels

Lit Books Book Blag: Books on Love and its Many Guises
Feb 1, 2020
Features Impractical Uses of Cake in this list

Jason Erik Lundberg Wordpress: Transcript of Radio Interview with Melanie Oliveiro
Jan 29, 2020
Transcript of CNA938 interview conducted late 2019 with Jason Erik Lundberg

SilverKris: 3 unconventional bookstores to check out
Jan 29, 2020
The Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop is featured in this story

FASS NUS: The Protocol Wars of Laundry and Coexistence
Jan 20, 2020
Mention of this story from Best New Singaporean Short Stories Volume One

Says.com: Writer Wins Fiction Award With His Book On Malaysian Folklore
Jan 20, 2020
Features the 2020 Epigram Books Fiction Prize

Star Online: Malaysian writer Joshua Kam wins Singapore's richest literary prize
Jan 20, 2020
Features the 2020 Epigram Books Fiction Prize

Growing with the Tans: Friday Flips
Jan 17, 2020
Recommendations for Epigram Books to get for the family

Malay Mail: Malaysian wins Epigram Books Fiction Prize, Singapore's richest literary prize for debut book
Jan 17, 2020
Features the 2020 Epigram Books Fiction Prize award ceremony

The Straits Times: Malaysian Joshua Kam wins fifth Epigram Books Fiction Prize
Jan 16, 2020
Features the 2020 Epigram Books Fiction Prize

Spot.ph: 10 Places in Singapore for the Solo Traveler
Jan 14, 2020
Mention of Epigram Books in this list

2019

Blog.nus: Alumnus Khor Kuan Liang publishesf first novel, Kallang Basin Adagio
Dec 30, 2019
A feature interview with Khor Kuan Liang, author of Kallang Basin Adagio

Time Out: Wet Market to Table author Pamelia Chia gets real about food
Dec 27, 2019
A feature interview with Pamelia Chia, author of Wet Market to Table

The Edge Singapore: Doing it his way
Dec 27, 2019
Interview feature with Christopher Tan about his book, The Way of Kueh

8 Days: This Is The Best Kueh Bingka Ubi You’ll Ever Eat
Dec 26, 2019
Interview feature with Christopher Tan about his book, The Way of Kueh

Philippine Star: A harvest of Singaporean fiction
Dec 22, 2019
A feature about fiction from Singapore, mentioning the Epigram Books Fiction Prize, which is now open to ASEAN writers

Asia Tatler: The Most Definitive Book About Kueh In Singapore Makes its Debut
Dec 16, 2019
A feature on Christopher Tan’s book, The Way of Kueh

Malay Mail: Singapore’s Christopher Tan wants to save heritage ‘kueh’ by getting you to make it at home
Dec 16, 2019
An interview feature with Christopher Tan about his book, The Way of Kueh

SG Magazine: Independent Bookstores in Singapore
Dec 13, 2019
A listicle featuring the Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop

The Straits Times: Straits Times Press book on polar bear Inuka wins children category of Popular award
Dec 8, 2019
Mentioned in this article are author/illustrator Quek Hong Shin, Secrets of Singapore: Changi Airport and Sherlock Sam and the Mysterious Mastermind in Seoul

Channel NewsAsia: Changing the face of the wet market to appeal to new customers
Dec 1, 2019
Featuring Pamelia Chia, author of Wet Market to Table

The Australian: Past and future meet at Raffles
Dec 1, 2019
Article featuring Pico Iyer’s book, This Could Be Home

Money Mind: Top Recruitment Mistakes
Nov 29, 2019
Feature interview with Crystal Lim-Lange, co-author of Deep Human: The Secret Guide to a Future of Success

The Sun Malaysia: Steeped in Malay tradition
Nov 28, 2019
Interview with Epigram Books Fiction Prize 2020 finalist Joshua Kam

Yahoo! News: The ones left behind: Suicide survivors in Singapore
Nov 23, 2019
Featuring Wong Lai Chun, author of Do I Matter? A Journey to Building Your Self-Esteem

Channel News Asia: Our misuse, overuse of antibiotics comes with a huge cost
Nov 23, 2019
Featuring Dr Hsu Li Yang and Sonny Liew’s graphic novel, The Antibiotic Tales

Super Charmed Life: The best time travel stories from an author who writes and loves them
Nov 21, 2019
Interview with Low Ying Ping, author of the Mount Emily book series

The Straits Times: Why you shouldn't demand antibiotics for your flu
Nov 20, 2019
The Health Check podcast features Dr Hsu Li Yang, co-author of the graphic novel, The Antibiotic Tales

The Great Kidlit Showcase: Meet Ng Swee San, her book says change is possible no matter how pig-headed one is
Nov 18, 2019
Interview with Ng Swee San author of, Yaya the Double-decker Bus

The Straits Times: Writer had so many questions on kueh recipes, he wrote the book he was 'frantically looking for'
Nov 16, 2019
An interview feature with Christopher Tan about his book, The Way of Kueh

The Great Kidlit Showcase: Meet Linda Locke, one of her books is titled, “Do farts make old people go faster?”
Nov 13, 2019
Interview with Linda Locke, author of Agnes and Her Amazing Orchid and the Jack Is Curious series

National University of Singapore: World Antibiotic Awareness Week
Nov 11, 2019
Featuring Dr Hsu Li Yang and Sonny Liew’s graphic novel, The Antibiotic Tales

Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA): Passionate about Scriptwriting - Adeline’s Story
Nov 8, 2019
Featuring Adeline Foo, author of The World Famous Diaries of Amos Lee: 10th Anniversary Edition

YouTube: 2019 Aware Award Winners - Teo You Yenn, Monica Baey, Liyana Dhamirah
Nov 7, 2019
Featuring Liyana Dhamirah author of Homeless: The Untold Story of a Mother’s Struggle in ‘Crazy Rich’ Singapore

The Stuff Childhoods Are Made Of: Why you need to visit Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop at least once in your lifetime
Nov 5, 2019
Review of the Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop

Today Online: Monica Baey, who sparked a national debate on sexual harassment, among women awarded for gender equality efforts
Nov 3, 2019
Featuring Liyana Dhamirah, author of Homeless: The Untold Story of a Mother’s Struggle in ‘Crazy Rich’ Singapore

Aware awards Teo You Yenn, Monica Baey and Liyana Dhamirah, breaks fundraising record with $600,000 in donations at Time Traveller’s Ball
Nov 3, 2019
Featuring Liyana Dhamirah, author of Homeless: The Untold Story of a Mother’s Struggle in ‘Crazy Rich’ Singapore

The Business Times/Money FM podcast: From homeless to entrepreneur
Oct 31, 2019
A feature interview with Liyana Dhamirah, author of Homeless: The Untold Story of a Mother’s Struggle in ‘Crazy Rich’ Singapore

Eksentrika: 10 brilliant minds to selfie with at the George Town Literary Festival 2019
Oct 30, 2019
Featuring Jason Erik Lundberg, author of Diary of One Who Disappeared and Most Excellent and Lamentable

The Straits Times: Bestsellers
Oct 29, 2019
Featuring Crystal Lim-Lange and Dr Gregor Lim-Lange’s book, Deep Human: The Secret Guide to a Future of Success

The New Paper: Author celebrates Deepavali with debut novel
Oct 29, 2019
Interview with Anittha Thanabalan, author of The Lights That Find Us

Today Online: From a ‘nobody’ to Opposition legend, Chiam See Tong leaves behind a mixed legacy
Oct 26, 2019
Featuring Loke Hoe Yeong’s book, The First Wave: JBJ, Chiam and the Opposition in Singapore

Tamil Murasu: Author celebrates Deepavali with debut bookOct 25, 2019
A feature on author Anittha Thanabalan and her book, The Lights That Find Us

Woods In The Books Review: The Brilliant Oil LampOct 25, 2019
Book review of Quek Hong Shin’s book, The Brilliant Oil Lamp

The Straits Times: BestsellersOct 22, 2019
Featuring Sherlock Sam and The Burgled Book In Kampong Glam

The Straits Times: Loving portrait of Deepavali and family
Oct 22, 2019
Book review of Anittha Thanabalan’s The Lights That Find Us

Money FM 89.3: Crystal and Gregor Lim-Lange, Deep Human: Practical Superskills For a Future of Success
Oct 18, 2019
Radio interview with Crystal Lim-Lange and Dr Gregor Lim-Lange, authors of Deep Human: The Secret Guide to a Future of Success

Asian Books Blog: Lion City Lit by Ken Hickson
Oct 16, 2019
Featuring Simon Vincent and the Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop

The Straits Times: Dystopian novel high on levity, heavy on formula
Oct 15, 2019
Book review of Lu Huiyi’s Beng Beng Revolution

The New Paper: SOS senior assistant director pens book on self-esteem
Oct 14, 2019
A feature on Wong Lai Chun, author of Do I Matter? A Journey to Building Your Self-Esteem

Yahoo! News: 6 Most In-Demand Skills For Your Children To Excel In The Future
Oct 10, 2019
Interview with Crystal Lim-Lange and Dr Gregor Lim-Lange, authors of Deep Human: The Secret Guide to a Future of Success

Straits Times: 6 reads for October
Oct 8, 2019
Featuring Do I Matter? and Most Excellent and Lamentable

The Straits Times: Singapore Book Awards says yes to The Naysayer’s Book Club
Oct 2, 2019
Simon Vincent’s The Naysayer’s Book Club wins Book of the Year at the Singapore Book Awards

Time Out: Travel writer Pico Iyer tells us about his favourite haunts in Singapore
Sep 29, 2019
Interview feature with Pico Iyer about his book, This Could Be Home

The Peak: How Raffles Hotel changed author Pico Iyer’s life
Sep 25, 2019
Interview feature with Pico Iyer about his book, This Could Be Home

CNA Luxury: Why travel writer Pico Iyer stopped eating fast food and shuns Instagram
Sep 24, 2019
Interview feature with Pico Iyer about his book, This Could Be Home

The Straits Times: Pregnant at 16 and homeless at 22, Singaporean Liyana Dhamirah puts her life story on the page
Sep 24, 2019
Interview with Liyana Dhamirah, author of Homeless: The Untold Story of a Mother’s Struggle in Crazy Rich Singapore

64thOpinion book review
Sep 18, 2019
Book review of 18 Walls

Yahoo Lifestyle: 8 Indoor Things to Do on Rainy (and Hazy) Days in Singapore
Sep 16, 2019
The Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop is featured in this article

#FinderSGFaves 2019: Explore A World Of Books From This Singapore Publisher
Sep 16, 2019
Interview feature with Edmund Wee

Rice Media: Who’s Really Killing Singapore’s Bookstores?
Sep 14, 2019
Feature on local bookstores including the Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop

Zing: Vietnam is the Chairman of ASEAN Publishing Association for the term 2022-2023
Vietnamese online media Zing mentions Epigram opening the Epigram Books Fiction Prize to ASEAN writers

Yahoo News Singapore: Chiam See Tong 'changed the face of the opposition' in Singapore
Sep 11, 2019
Author Loke Hoe Yeong’s book, The First Wave: JBJ, Chiam And The Opposition In Singapore is featured

Time Out: What to do in Tanjong Pagar, Singapore’s coolest neighbourhood
Sep 10, 2019
The Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop is mentioned in this article.

Time Out: 50 Best Things to do for Kids in Singapore
Sep 6, 2019
The Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop is featured in this article

South China Morning Post: Pico Iyer on how a chance layover in Japan changed his life and literature hindered his ability to write
Sep 5, 2019
Interview with Pico Iyer, referencing his book, This Could Be Home

The Independent: Loke Hoe Yeong: Opposition cannot be ‘coalition of losers,’ must include party with seats in Parliament
Sep 3, 2019
Interview and feature with author Loke Hoe Yeong for his book, The First Wave: JBJ, Chiam And The Opposition In Singapore

IRememberSG: The Godfather of Local Book Publishing
Sep 3, 2019
An interview feature with Edmund Wee

The Straits Times: 6 Reads for September
Sep 2, 2019
Features author Loke Hoe Yeong’s book, The First Wave: JBJ, Chiam And The Opposition In Singapore

@pagesofelly IG review
Aug 24, 2019
Book review of The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye

Business Times: Market Talk - A young chef pays tribute to the humble wet market
Aug 23, 2019
A feature on Pamelia Chia, author of Wet Market to Table

Seth Lui: 7 Unique Concept Restaurants That’ll Have You Dining In Style
Aug 21, 2019
The Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop is featured in this special

Great Big Story: Travel Tips From A Globetrotter
Aug 21, 2019
Feature on Pico Iyer’s visit to Singapore promoting This Could Be Home

Mothership: Ex-chef at S’pore Michelin-starred restaurant was once pwned by fishmonger at wet market
Aug 21, 2019
A feature interview with Pamelia Chia, author of Wet Market to Table

India SE: Pico Iyer Launches His Latest Book, First Writer in Residence of Raffles Hotel
Aug 15, 2019
Feature on Pico Iyer’s visit to Singapore promoting This Could Be Home

The New Paper: Pamelia Chia's cookbook Wet Market To Table targets young adults
Aug 15, 2019
An interview with Pamelia Chia, author of Wet Market To Table

Berita Harian: Dulu merempat, kini berjaya tulis bukuAug 13, 2019
Malay newspaper interview with Liyana Dhamirah, author of Homeless: The Untold Story of a Mother’s Struggle in Crazy Rich Singapore

The New Paper: After teen pregnancies, homelessness and divorce, she finds successAug 13, 2019
A feature interview with Liyana Dhamirah, author of Homeless: The Untold Story of a Mother’s Struggle in Crazy Rich Singapore

The Straits Times: Inspired by Raffles Hotel to write
Aug 5, 2019
Interview feature with Pico Iyer for his book, This Could Be Home

Airmail News: A Home Called Raffles
Aug 3, 2019
Author Pico Iyer recalls his time in Singapore in this excerpt from This Could Be Home

The Tatler: Minutes With … Pamelia Chia, Food Scientist-Turned-Cookbook AuthorAug 2, 2019
A features interview with Pamelia Chia, author of Wet Market to Table

Lady Iron Chef: 5 Charming Book Cafes In Singapore For When You Need To Be Away From People
July 18, 2019
Featuring the Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop

TheSmartLocal: 7 Book Cafes In Singapore Where You Can Nua With Food & A Good Read
July 4, 2019
Listicle featuring a review of the Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop

Little Day Out: Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop - Hold Singapore in your Hands
June 23, 2019
A feature interview with Edmund Wee about The Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop

Shape: Singapore’s Best Bookstore Cafes That are Perfect for Me Time
May 23, 2019
Review of the Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop

Marchh.com: Sip Your Coffee At This Hidden Bookshop Gem
May 23, 2019
Review of the Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop

T Singapore: A Bookstore Dedicated to Reviving a Reading Culture for Singapore Literature
May 23, 2019
The Singapore edition of the New York Times Style Magazine features the Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop

Female: Forget Cafe Hopping, Bookstore Cafes Are Where The Cool Kids Hang
May 22, 2019
The Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop is featured in this article

Rice Media Review: Impractical Uses of Cake
May 19, 2019
Book review of Impractical Uses of Cake by Yeoh Jo-Ann

Lil Blue Bottle: Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop at URA Centre
May 10
The Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop is featured in this article

@pagesofelly IG review
May 9, 2019
Book review of Annabelle Thong

Singapore Unbound: This Web Of Interconnectedness
May 6, 2019
Singapore Literature Prize winner Cyril Wong interviews Epigram editor/author Jason Erik Lundberg

@pagesofelly IG review
April 16, 2019
Book review of Rational Conversations: The Power of a People

@pagesofelly IG review
April 13, 2019
Book review of Rational Conversations: The Silhouette of Oppression

Today Online: Despite uncertainties, owners of indie bookstores here find ways to keep going
April 7, 2019
Interview featuring Edmund Wee and the Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop

Daniel Food Diary: Hidden Coffee Place Within A Bookstore Focusing On Singapore Authors, At URA Centre
April 6, 2019
Review of the Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop

@pagesofelly IG review
March 31, 2019
Book review of Lion City

Business Times: Book + Coffee = Bliss
March 15, 2019
Feature article about the Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop

Coconuts: Books by local authors are the highlight of the new Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop
March 14, 2019
Review of the Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop

Weekender: Discover Singapore Books With A Cuppa Kopi At Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop
March 11, 2019
Featuring The Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop

Great New Places: Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop
March 8, 2019
Featuring the Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop

Hype & Stuff: A Wall Full Of Singapore Books + Get To Meet Local Authors
7 March, 2019
Featuring the Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop

Timeout: Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop
March 7, 2019
Featuring the Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop

Honeycombers: Bookstores in Singapore for local literature, rare books, best selling fiction and magazines
March 6, 2019
Featuring The Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop

The Straits Times: Step into this cafe for a cuppa and Singapore literature
March 6, 2019
Featuring the Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop

CNA Lifestyle: Singapore publisher Epigram opens first local bookstore selling only local books
March 6, 2019
Featuring the Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop

Mackerel: Love in the 21st Century
Feb 27, 2019
Book review of Nuril Basri’s, author of Love, Lies and Indomee

Sassymama: Tried & Tested: What We’re Loving Right Now, from Brunch to Skincare to Books
Feb 27, 2019
Featuring Lesley-Anne and Monica Lim, author of The Danger Dan series

B World Online: Singaporean graphic novel gets chance to become animated film
Feb 26, 2019
Featuring Sonny Liew, author of The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye

The Straits Times: Singapore Shelf
Feb 26, 2019
Featuring Nuril Basri’s Love, Lies and Indomee, Alfian Sa'at’s Rational Conversations: A Manifesto for Arts Funding, Bilahari Kausikan’s Rational Conversations: China Is Messing with Your Mind, Kirsten Han’s Rational Conversations: The Silhouette of Oppression, and Kuik Shiao-Yin’s Rational Conversations: The Power of a People

Vice.com: ‘Hawker' By Singapore's Ng-Yi Sheng and Xiao Yan Ng
Feb 19, 2019
Featuring Ng Yi-Sheng, author of Lion City

SG: Next month, you can exchange your GrabRewards for a local SingLit book
Feb 14, 2019
Featuring the Grab SingLit campaign

The Straits Times: Take a Grab ride, get a book during #BuySingLit campaign in March
Feb 13, 2019
Featuring the Grab SingLit campaign

Her World: The Women Empowering Other Women In Singapore
Feb 11, 2019
Featuring Paige Parker, author of Don't Call Me Mrs Rogers: Love, Loathing and Our Epic Drive Around the World

The Straits Times: Modern Love: What love is to readers
Feb 10, 2019
Featuring Nuraliah Norasid, author of The Gatekeeper

@pagesofelly IG review
Feb 5, 2019
Book review of Now That It’s Over

Publishing Perspectives: London Book Fair Names Singapore’s Jeremy Tiang ‘Literary Translator of the Fair’
Feb 05, 2019
Featuring Jeremy Tiang, author of State of Emergency

The Straits Times: 10 books to look out for in Singapore's bicentennial year
Jan 29, 2019
Featuring Pico Iyer and Alfian Sa’at, author of Rational Conversations: A Manifesto for Arts Funding

The Straits Times: Singapore's values taken to an extreme
Jan 22, 2019
Featuring Tham Cheng-E, author of Band Eight and Surrogate Protocol

Portfolio: What's In My Portfolio: Edmund Wee
Jan 7, 2019
Featuring Epigram’s Founder, Edmund Wee

The Straits Times: 10 books to read in 2019
Jan 6, 2019
Featuring Ng Yi-Sheng, author of Lion City

Money FM/Business Times podcast: Influence: Deutsche's Swapnil Mishra inspiring kids to change the world
Jan 3, 2019
Featuring Swapnil Mishra, author of Freddy the Eager Fundraiser

Sponsorship secured for Epigram Books Fiction Prize, 10 on longlist
Sep 26 , 2017
Featuring Judith Huang, author of Sofia and the Utopia Machine, Sebastian Sim, author of Let's Give It Up For Gimme Lao! and The Riot Act, Carissa Foo, author of If It Were Up to Mrs Dada, Tham Cheng-E, author of Band Eight and Surrogate Protocol, Akshita Nanda, author of Nimita's Place, Andre Yeo, author of 9th of August, Teo Xue Shen, author of 18 Walls, Khor Kuan Liang, author of Kallang Basin Adagio, O Thiam Chin, author of Now That It's Over and Fox Fire Girl and Nuraliah Norasid, author of The Gatekeeper

Singapore's rebel bookseller seeks new narrative
Sep 22, 2017
Featuring Epigram’s Founder, Edmund Wee

Epigram Books Fiction Prize 2017 shortlist announced
Sep 20, 2017
Featuring Akshita Nanda, author of Nimita's Place, Andre Yeo, author of 9th of August, Sebastian Sim, author of Let's Give It Up For Gimme Lao! and The Riot Act, Judith Huang, author of Sofia and the Utopia Machine

Award-winning comic artist Sonny Liew to return state funding for his new work
Sep 15, 2017
Featuring Sonny Liew, author of The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye

Book Review I Paul Callan’s The Brigadier’s Daughter
Sep 13, 2017
Review of The Brigadier’s Daughter by Paul Callan

A new take on the Japanese Occupation
Sep 05, 2017
Review of Lieutenant Kurosawa’s Errand Boy by Warran Kalasegaran

Medusa in Singapore
Sep 02, 2017
Review of The Gatekeeper by Nuraliah Norasid

“Mee Siam Mai Hum – Some of the darnedest things our politicians say” – A Book Review
Aug 27, 2017
Review of Mee Siam Mai Hum by Edmund Wee

“State of Emergency” by Jeremy Tiang
Aug 22, 2017
Review of State of Emergency by Jeremy Tiang

Who should be among Singapore's pantheon of heroes?
Aug 11, 2017
Featuring Sonny Liew, author of The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye

Children’s books about Singapore: local stories to add to your kid’s reading list
Aug 08, 2017
Featuring David Seow, author of A Day with the Duchess, A Royal Adventure, The Lion Dance, Fun at Adventure Cove, A Day At Dolphin Island

Three Books To Read This National Day
Aug 01, 2017
Featuring S. Rajaratnam, author of The Short Stories And Radio Plays of S. Rajaratnam

Review: Once We Were There
Jul 28, 2017
Review of Once We Were There by Bernice Chauly

Ang Jolie Mei, one of Singapore's few female funeral directors, shares her life in a book
Jul 17, 2017
Featuring Angjolie Mei, author of Dying to Meet You

For the record – July 2017
Jul 03, 2017
Featuring Warran Kalasegaran, author of Lieutenant Kurosawa’s Errand Boy, Jeremy Tiang, author of State of Emergency and It Never Rains on National Day, and Boey Kim Cheng, author of Between Stations

Jeremy Tiang completed debut novel without full grant from NAC
Jun 2, 2017
Featuring Jeremy Tiang, author of State of Emergency and It Never Rains on National Day

Great books to pick up this month
Mar 14, 2017
Featuring Imran Hashim, author of Annabelle Thong

She’s baaack: S'pore magic star Ning Cai makes a comeback
Mar 06, 2017
Featuring Ning Cai, author of Misdirection

Epigram Books nominated for children's book prize for second year running
Mar 02, 2017

Writer takes on taboo issues
Feb 27, 2017
Featuring Balli Kaur Jaswal, author of Inheritance and Sugarbread

10 Amazing children’s books to check out at #BuySingLit
Feb 24, 2017
Featuring our #BuySingLit initiative and our authors. Jason Erik Lundberg, author of A New Home for Bo Bo and Cha Cha, Patrick Yee, author of A Boy Named Harry, Edmund Lim, author of Where's Grandma?, Lily Kong, author of Dad's Too Busy, and Lorraine Tan, author of Karung Guni Boy

Hide & Seek: Find These Hidden Books In Your Neighbourhood And You’ll Get To Keep Them
Feb 17, 2017
Featuring our #BuySingLit initiative

Finders, Keepers: 50 Books at 50 Places
Feb 13, 2017
Featuring our #BuySingLit initiative

Find a piece of Singapore literature and bring it home
Feb 11, 2017
Featuring our #BuySingLit initiative

From historical epics to Singlish nursery rhymes
Feb 11, 2017
Featuring Amanda Lee Koe, author of Ministry of Moral Panic, and Edwin Thumboo, author of The Best of Edwin Thumboo

The Lounge Chair Interview: 10 Questions with Daryl Qilin Yam
Feb 03, 2017
Featuring Daryl Qilin Yam, author of Kappa Quartet

Support local: New #BuySingLit movement hopes to boost Singapore literary scene
Feb 02, 2017
Featuring our #BuySingLit initiative

“Trivialities About Me and Myself” by Yeng Pway Ngon
Jan 30, 2017
Featuring Yeng Pway Ngon, author of Trivialities About Me and Myself and Unrest

Connecting with the wilderness
Jan 24, 2017
Featuring Chua Chye Teck, author of Beyond Wilderness

Weekend Interview: Edmund Wee
Jan 21, 2017
Featuring Epigram’s Founder, Edmund Wee

An ode to Singapore’s disappearing forests
Jan 19, 2017
Featuring Chua Chye Teck, author of Beyond Wilderness

"If you go deep enough..."
Jan 19, 2017
Review of Heaven Has Eyes by Philip Holden

He sells his personal book collection to fund e-store for local books
Jan 17, 2017
Featuring Epigram’s Founder, Edmund Wee

Local books going global
Jan 17, 2017
Featuring Balli Kaur Jaswal, author of Inheritance and Sugarbread and Daryl Qilin Yam, author of Kappa Quartet

10 Singaporean Artists You Have To Look Out For In 2017, As Recommended By A List
Jan 05, 2017
Featuring Daryl Qilin Yam, author of Kappa Quartet and Nuraliah Norasid, author of The Gatekeeper

Singaporeans who are marking new milestones this year
Jan 01, 2017
Featuring Nuraliah Norasid, author of The Gatekeeper

2015

Sherlock Sam goes to America
Nov 26, 2015
A.J Low, author of Sherlock Sam and the Missing Heirloom in Katong, Sherlock Sam and the Ghostly Moans in Fort Canning, Sherlock Sam and the Sinister Letters in Bras Basah and Adeline Foo, author of The Diary of Amos Lee: I Sit, I Write, I Flush!, The Diary of Amos Lee: I'm Twelve, I'm Tough, I Tweet!

Big Draw
Nov 07, 2015
Andrew Tan, illustrator of Sherlock Sam and the Missing Heirloom in Katong, Sherlock Sam and the Ghostly Moans in Fort Canning, Sherlock Sam and the Sinister Letters in Bras Basah and Adeline Foo, author of The Diary of Amos Lee: I Sit, I Write, I Flush!, The Diary of Amos Lee: I'm Twelve, I'm Tough, I Tweet!, Patrick Yee, illustrator of A Boy Named Harry, Harry Builds a Nation, Harry Grows Up

Tsunami tale clinches book prize
Nov 06, 2015
O Thiam Chin, author of Now That It's Over, Fox Fire Girl

The Write One
Nov 01, 2015
Adeline Foo, author of The Diary of Amos Lee: I Sit, I Write, I Flush!, The Diary of Amos Lee: I'm Twelve, I'm Tough, I Tweet!, The Diary of Amos Lee: Lights, Camera, Superstar!

A Darker Slice of Life
Aug 12, 2015
Featuring Amanda Lee Koe, author of Ministry of Moral Panic

The Bicycle
Jul 10, 2016
Featuring Cheah Sin Ann, author of The Bicycle

Graphic novelist Sonny Liew on why he became a Singapore citizen
Jul 09, 2015
Featuring Sonny Liew, author of The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye

Second sell-out success, third print run for controversial Sonny Liew graphic novel
Jun 25, 2015
Featuring Sonny Liew, author of The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye

Buro exclusive: Interview with Sonny Liew
Jun 19, 2015
Featuring Sonny Liew, author of The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye

Comic artist Sonny Liew tackles Singapore history in 'The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye'
May 21, 2015
Featuring Sonny Liew, author of The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye

Six shortlisted for children's book prize
May 06, 2015
Featuring Chew Chia Shao Wei, author of The Rock and the Bird, Adeline Foo, author of The Diary of Amos Lee: I Sit, I Write, I Flush!, The Diary of Amos Lee: I'm Twelve, I'm Tough, I Tweet!, The Diary of Amos Lee: Lights, Camera, Superstar!

Lee Kuan Yew in a comic? Find out more at the launch of 'The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye'
May 01, 2015
Featuring Sonny Liew, author of The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye

A baker's tale
Apr 04, 2015
Featuring Christopher Tan, author of Nerd Baker

One Small Voice: Edmund Wee
Mar 31, 2015
Featuring Epigram’s Founder, Edmund Wee

New prize for fiction raises $20,000 question
Mar 24, 2015
Featuring Epigram’s Founder, Edmund Wee

$20,000 prize for unpublished novel
Mar 10, 2015
Featuring Epigram’s Founder, Edmund Wee

The Word: Ministry of Moral Panic – Singapore Stories for the Millennials
Feb 02, 2015
Featuring Amanda Lee Koe, author of Ministry of Moral Panic

Who said S’pore doesn’t have political cartoonists? Here, meet Morgan Chua.
Jan 06, 2015
Featuring Morgan Chua, author of LKY and Mdm Kwa: The Life of Mrs Lee Kuan Yew

Classic Singapore plays #1 - Mimi Fan
Oct 01 2014
Featuring Lim Chor Pee, author of Mimi Fan

Current Trends in Singapore Comics: When Autobiography is Mainstream
Sep 15 2014
Featuring Koh Hong Teng, Oh Yong Hwee, author of Ten Sticks and One Rice, Andrew Tan author of Monsters, Miracles & Mayonnaise

The Secret’s Out: Bjorn Shen of Artichoke Releases Cookbook
Sep 11 2014
Featuring Bjorn Shen, author of Artichoke

Five reasons why the play Mimi Fan is a classic
Aug 24 2014
Featuring Lim Chor Pee, author of Mimi Fan

Amanda Lee Koe's "Ministry of Moral Panic"
Jun 24 2014
Featuring Amanda Lee Koe, author of Ministry of Moral Panic

Let's speak up against bullies
Apr 20, 2014
Featuring Jolene Tan, author of A Certain Exposure

Cocks of the walk - Malaysian ornamental chickens in pictures
Apr 04, 2014
Featuring Ernest Goh, author of Cocks

Singaporean author on a crusade against Asian education system
Mar 11 2014
Featuring Monica Lim, author of The Good, the Bad and the PSLE

YRC 23: YRC Investigates 
Jan 24 2014
Featuring Maranna Chan, author of Triple Nine Sleuths: Dangerous Conspiracy, Triple Nine Sleuths: Dangerous Disappearance, Triple Nine Sleuths: Dangerous Island, Triple Nine Sleuths: Dangerous Message, Triple Nine Sleuths: Dangerous Revelations, Triple Nine Sleuths: Dangerous Schemes