Epigram Books

Independent career woman Ratu needs a boyfriend—now. She can’t stand her mother’s nagging, and she’d rather die than be forced into an arranged marriage. Taking matters into her own hands, she trawls the internet in hopes of finding her dream man: tall, slim and look like a model. So when...

Comet Hyakutake, the Great Comet of 1996, passes closer to the Earth than any other comet in 200 years, while inexplicable and magical incidents occur across Kyoto that result in the disappearances of multiple people. For a journalist, an actor, a gallerist and a ryokan manager, these events will reverberate...

Having turned 85 years old this year, Madam Choy has a collection of Cantonese recipes which she has kept from newspapers and magazines over the last fifty years all of them fondly adapted to her own style. Born in a well-to-do family in Seremban, she didn't really have a chance...

Enjoy the rich culinary heritage of the Malay community with this slim, elegant cookbook, which features over 80 authentic family recipes. Besides familiar and well-loved Malay classics like Sambal Goreng and Rendang, this book features little-known traditional dishes exclusive to the authors’ family, compiled by Mak Cik Fatimahs son, Anuar....

Marriage And Mutton Curry comprises 15 stories; nine are previously published favourites, while six are brand new tales. The book, which was published by Singapore’s Epigram Books, also comes with a royal Foreword written by Perak Ruler Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah, who launched the book on Thursday. (The two knew...

Amanda Lee Koe (Delayed Rays of a Star) made her mark with this debut collection of short fiction, with tales as colourful as their characters. Meet an over-the-hill pop yé-yé singer with a faulty heart; two conservative middle-aged women holding hands in the Galápagos, and the proprietor of a Laundromat...

Mr Tino is a 66-year-old sundry store owner, a devoted husband to his dementia-stricken wife and a loving father. One evening, his wife wanders outside and nearly gets hit by a truck if not for Mr Tino’s superhuman strength that he surprisingly discovers he has. As Mr Tino comes to...

Mr Tino is out for revenge. He finds out that the mastermind behind the abductions is someone from his past and what he wants is something Mr Tino is not prepared to give. Mr Tino is a 66-year-old sundry store owner, a devoted husband to his dementia-stricken wife and a...

Weather events cause widespread destruction across Singapore. Everyone thinks it's because of climate change, but Abriana and Octavia know better: The Others are behind it. It’s up to the BFFs to stop them before more people get hurt. But when these powerful beings can morph into anyone—their classmates, their parents,...

Activist and vice president of Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2), Alex Au explores Singapore’s addiction to cheap labour, and the consequences it has on the vulnerable migrant worker community. Rational Conversations by Epigram Books is a series of essays and speeches by prominent Singaporeans on issues close to their heart....

In a South Indian village, a girl named Savitri has a greedy brother who summons a mighty demon to work for him. The demon, Rakshasa, tells him he must be kept busy or he will eat the brother. Eventually, the brother runs out of tasks for Rakshasa, and Savitri must...

Secrets of Singaporegets a revamp as a cast of new characters peels off the paint to discover the history and secrets at the National Gallery. From secret passages and a hidden dome to an underground time capsule, there is definitely more to the National Gallery than meets the eye! Secrets...

Synopsis In the sixth book of this series, Sherlock Sam encounters his most important mystery yet! His classmate has gone missing at MacRitchie Reservoir, and no one can find him. Fearing the worst, Officer Siva refuses to let the Supper Club help, but there’s never been a mystery Sherlock, Watson...

The adventures of the Supper Club continue! Eliza finds herself alone and friendless in her new school. When she suspects a famous kid influencer has gone missing, Eliza immediately calls Sherlock Sam, Watson and the Supper Club to investigate. However, the facts point to Eliza making it all up. Will...

Synopsis Watson has been kidnapped by Sherlock Sam’s arch-nemesis! Will Sherlock and the Supper Club be able to decipher the baffling riddles that the fiend has set before them…before it’s too late? Or will Sherlock’s trusty teammate be lost forever? Discover what happens in the exciting conclusion of The Fiendish...

In the second half of the Digital Detectives Duology, Sherlock Sam, Watson and the Supper Club rush to Taipei to meet up with Eliza and investigate the disappearance of star video gamer Jill Su. How is Jill still streaming on SeeFood? Who is the mastermind pulling the strings behind the...

Synopsis Inspector Lestrade and Interpol have a mystery that only the Supper Club can unravel. Sherlock Sam, Watson and their friends have to travel to Tokyo, Japan, and eat their way through a baffling series of clues before they can solve the tasty crime! Will Sherlock Sam prevail? Or will...

The Supper Club encounter strange and impossible phenomena near Dad?s workplace, and Sherlock Sam suspects that the weirdness is caused by alternate realities bleeding into his own. Together with Watson and the rest of the Supper Club, Sherlock Sam works to stop universes from colliding, lest they face a crisis...

The adventures of the Supper Club continue! InSherlock Sam and the Seafaring Scourge on Sentosa, Sherlock and the Supper Club find themselves on a collision course with their most dangerous foe yet! A collector’s priceless artifacts have been stolen and he hires the Wonderful Watson Online Detective Agency to retrieve...

Sherlock Sam and the Supper Club are off to Penang for a holiday! Of course, Sherlock Sam can’t go anywhere without bumping into a mystery. An antique tin robot vanishes from a toy museum without a trace! Did it walk off on its own? Was it teleported away? Will Singapore’s...