epigram books catalogue 2016 jun-nov

Jun - Nov 2016

Fiction 4

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EPIGRAM BOOKS FICTION PRIZE Now That It's Over Sugarbread

Inheritance

EPIGRAM BOOKS FICTION PRIZE LONGLIST Annabelle Thong Kappa Quartet

Heaven Has Eyes

Lontar: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction #7

Backlist •CULTURAL MEDALLION SERIES •SINGAPORE CLASSICS

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Picture Books 16

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•SAM, SEBBIE AND DI-DI-DI & XANDY Return to the S.E.A. Aquarium

•EMMA & GINGER #2 Dad’s for Sale

•PROMINENT SINGAPOREANS #3 Elizabeth Meets the Queen

•TIBBY #3 Tibby and Scaredy Snout

•PROMINENT SINGAPOREANS #4 The Runaway Who Became President

•EMMA & GINGER #3 & #4 Dad’s at Home Dad’s Dyslexic Too

Backlist •STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD

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Pg 37

Pg 31

Non-fiction 45

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A Life in Words

•SINGAPORE CLASSICS Eye on the World

Mum Is Where the Heart Is

Dying to Meet You

He Dared to Differ

Backlist

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NOV

Poetry & Playscript 51

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•FROM STAGE TO PRINT The Eye of History

We Contain Multitudes

Backlist •SINGAPORE PIONEER POETS •PLAYWRIGHT’S OMNIBUS

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OCT

Food & Recipes 55

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Never Leave Home Without Your Bottle of Chilli Sauce

Backlist

SEP

Wee Editions 58

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Epigram: The Art of the Annual Report

Beyond Wilderness

•OUR NEIGHBOURHOODS SERIES We Love Serangoon Gardens

Backlist •COLOURING BOOKS

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OCT

Notbooks 62

62—63 A5 & A6 size

Early Readers 29

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•ANG KU KUEH GIRL & FRIENDS #2 The Kan Cheong Spider

•UNDERSTANDING SINGAPOREANS #1, #2, #3 & #4 Why Do the Chinese Shout "Yam Seng"? Why Don't Malays Eat Pork? Why Do Indians Dot Their Foreheads? Why Do Eurasians Love Sugee Cake?

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SEP

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Chapter Books 32

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•SHERLOCK SAM #10 Sherlock Sam and the Comic Book Caper in New York

•DANGER DAN AND GADGET GIRL #2 & #3 The Watery Wipeout The Gruesome Garden

•SHERLOCK SAM #11 & #11.5 Sherlock Sam and the Quantum Pair in Queenstown Sherlock Sam and the Orange Shorts

Backlist

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JUL

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Young Adult 42

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•MOUNT EMILY #2 Mount Emily Revisited

Backlist

JUL

Graphic Novels 44

44 Backlist

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JUNEFiction

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JUNE

Now That It's Over

O Thiam Chin

EPIGRAM BOOKS FICTION PRIZE 2015 WINNER

978981 4757287

272 pp 152 x 225 mm Paperback

SGD $ 24.90

Rights World

In 2004, an earthquake in the Indian Ocean triggers a tsunami that devastates fourteen countries, and two vacationing Singaporean couples are caught in the catastrophe. Alternating between the tsunami’s aftermath and past events that led these characters to that fateful moment, Now That It’s Over weaves a tapestry of causality and regret, and chronicles the physical and emotional wreckage wrought by natural and manmade disasters.

O Thiam Chin is the author of five short story collections: Free-Falling Man (2006), Never Been Better (2009), Under the Sun (2010), The Rest of Your Life, Everything That Comes with It (2011) and Love, Or Something Like Love (2013, shortlisted for the 2014 Singapore Literature Prize for English Fiction). Now That It’s Over is his first novel, and the winner of the inaugural Epigram Books Fiction Prize, Singapore’s richest literary award.

‘This novel has breadth, and at its core is a very interesting exploration of Singaporean Chinese childhoods and adolescences.’Philip Holden editor of Writing Singapore and EBFP judge

WINNER

Fiction

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JUNEFiction

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Sugarbread

Balli Kaur Jaswal

EPIGRAM BOOKS FICTION PRIZE 2015 FINALIST

978981 4757300


SGD $ 24.90

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Ten-year-old Pin must not become like her mother, but nobody will tell her why. Pin seeks clues in her mother’s cooking when she’s not fighting other battles—like being a Bursary Girl at an elite school and facing racial taunts from the bus uncle. Then her meddlesome grandmother moves in, installing a portrait of a watchful Sikh guru and a new set of house rules. Old secrets begin to surface, but Pin may not be able to handle the truth.

Balli Kaur Jaswal is the author of Inheritance, a universal story of family, identity and belonging. Born in Singapore and raised in Japan, Russia and the Philippines, she studied creative writing in the United States, and has received writing fellowships from the University of East Anglia and Nanyang Technological University. Balli was named Best Young Australian Novelist of 2014 by the Sydney Morning Herald.

OTHER EBFP 2015 FINALISTS

Let's Give It Up for Gimme Lao!

978981 4757324

Death of a Perm Sec

978981 4757348

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FINALIST

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Inheritance

Balli Kaur Jaswal

978981 4757362


SGD $ 24.90

Rights World

In 1971, teenaged Amrit disappears from her house in the middle of the night. Although her absence is brief, she returns a different person, and the event causes fissures that threaten to fracture her Punjabi Sikh family.

Over the next two decades, as Singapore’s political and social landscapes evolve, the family must cope with shifting attitudes toward castes, youth culture, sex and gender roles, identity and belonging. Inheritance examines each family member’s struggles to either preserve or buck tradition in the face of an ever-changing nation.

Born in Singapore and raised in Japan, Russia and the Philippines, Balli Kaur Jaswal studied creative writing in the United States, and has received writing fellowships from the University of East Anglia and Nanyang Technological University. Balli was named Best Young Australian Novelist of 2014 by the Sydney Morning Herald.

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Annabelle Thong

Imran Hashim

EPIGRAM BOOKS FICTION PRIZE 2015 LONGLIST

Devout Catholic schoolteacher, Annabelle Thong, never thought her chastity was a liability—until she runs away to Paris to find Prince Charming.

Enrolling herself at the Sorbonne, she meets the suave Patrick Dudoigt, but as her lecturer, he’s the one temptation she MUST resist. Annabelle’s belief system is challenged on all fronts, and her naïveté is seen as gauche in the City of Love. Guilt and confusion make for dangerous bedfellows, and when her fellow university students enthusiastically combine reading and rioting, Annabelle can’t help but wonder if everyone’s gone mad—or is it just her?

Annabelle Thong takes a hilarious look at the sparks that fly when East meets West, and the passions these ignite.

Imran Hashim fell in love with France a little late in life (in his teens) but made up for it by studying French with a vengeance at the National University of Singapore. He went on to win a French Government Scholarship for his postgraduate studies at the Sorbonne and Sciences Po Paris. Apart from providing the inspiration for his first novel, his time in Paris prepared him for jobs with an international focus, and is currently working for a British university.

AUGUST

978981 4757508


SGD $ 24.90

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SEPTEMBER

Kappa Quartet

Daryl Qilin Yam

EPIGRAM BOOKS FICTION PRIZE 2015 LONGLIST

While holidaying in Tokyo, Kevin, a young man with no soul, meets an enigmatic kappa—a river demon of Japanese folklore. Little does Kevin know that kappas desire nothing more than the souls of other humans.

Set between Singapore and Japan, Kappa Quartet is split into eight discrete sections, tracing the ripple effects of this chance encounter across a host of other characters, bound to one another in ways both strange and serendipitous. Together, the characters ask one another: what does it mean to possess something no one has seen before?

Daryl Qilin Yam is a writer of prose and poetry currently reading English Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Warwick. He has been published in Esquire (Singapore), Ceriph, LONTAR, Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, Fish Eats Lion and elsewhere.

978981 4757751


SGD $ 24.90

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Heaven Has Eyes

Philip Holden

978981 4757713


SGD $ 18.90

Rights World

SEPTEMBER

Heaven Has Eyes is a collection of stories that studies estrangement, interconnection and belonging in Singapore. While many of the narratives find traces of Singapore in unlikely places or forgotten moments of history—a beach in contemporary Canada, the London Zoo in the late 1940s, and even a cottage in war-time South Carolina—others stay within the city-state, exploring HDB interiors and common corridors, following family dinners, hospital visits, political rallies, government offices, or through television soaps and films. The stories are linked by their characters’ discovery of transcendent moments in everyday life, told through dreaming, personal knowledge or the redemptive power of storytelling.

Prof Philip Holden teaches in the Department of English Language and Literature in the National University of Singapore. His recent books include the anthology Writing Singapore, co-edited with Angelia Poon and Shirley Geok-lin Lim. His short stories have been published in Prism International, QLRS & Cha, and his writing was chosen for Dzanc Books’ Best of the Web 2009 anthology.

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OCTOBER

Lontar The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction #7

Jason Erik Lundberg, ed.

The seventh issue of LONTAR presents speculative fiction writing from and about Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Laos, the Philippines, Indonesia and Korea, including:

• ghostbusters disguised as lion dancers by Zen Cho;• the subversive power of jazz in a future North Vietnam by TR Napper;

• a cautionary tale of writing one’s perfect lover into existence by Vida Cruz;

• the hunt for a supernatural tiger in colonial Singapore by Manish Melwani;

• death and a mysterious delivery truck by James Penha;

• the last two Eurasians in Singapore by Melissa De Silva;

• a critical appreciation of Eka Kurniawan’s novels by Tiffany Tsao;

• a comic about schoolyard bullying and redemption by Elvin Ching; and

• speculative poetry from Bryan Thao Worra, Zeny May Recidoro, Brandon Marlon, Subashini Navaratnam, Russ Hoe, Christina Sng, Desmond

Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé and Cyril Wong.

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 collection Strange Mammals (2013) and the Bo Bo and Cha Cha children’s picture book series; 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).

978981 4757775


SGD $ 14.90

Rights Southeast Asia

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Lontar Issue #4

978981 4615914

Lontar Issue #5

978981 4655187

Lontar Issue #6

978981 4757386

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Nurse Molly Returns Katherine Soh

978981 0755591 SGD $ 22.90

The Good, the Bad and the PSLE Monica Lim

978981 0765996SGD $ 17.90

The Short Stories and Radio Plays of S. Rajaratnam Irene Ng, ed.

978981 0878481SGD $ 18.90

The Wayang at Eight Milestone: Stories & Essays Gregory Nalpon

978981 0764579SGD $ 18.90

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The Goddess in the Living Room Latha Translated from the Tamil by various

978981 4615143SGD $ 18.90

The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume 1 Jason Erik Lundberg, ed.

987981 0762346SGD $ 24.90

The Last Lesson of Mrs de Souza Cyril Wong

978981 0762322SGD $ 18.90

The Space Between the Raindrops Justin Ker

978981 4615068SGD $ 18.90

A Certain Exposure Jolene Tan

978981 0788285SGD $ 18.90

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The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume 2 Jason Erik Lundberg, ed.

987981 4615921SGD $ 24.90

Big Mole Ming Cher

978981 4655354 SGD $ 24.90

It Never Rains on National Day Jeremy Tiang

978981 4655644 SGD $ 18.90

Ten Things My Father Never Taught Me and Other Stories Cyril Wong

978981 4615082SGD $ 18.90

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Ministry of Moral Panic Amanda Lee Koe

978981 0757328 SGD $ 18.90

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1 - 3, 5 - 6, 8 - 14 World

4 World except German language

7 World English language

Awards

2 Shortlisted, Best Fiction Title and Best Book Cover Design, Singapore Book Awards 2016

3 Shortlisted, English Fiction, Singapore Literature Prize 2016

4 Winner, Singapore Literature Prize 2014

Winner, Best Fiction Title, Singapore Book Awards 2016

Longlisted, Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award 2014

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Fiction Backlist

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Son of Singapore Tan Kok Seng

978981 0768324

Three Sisters of Sze Tan Kok Seng

978981 0726881

Man of Malaysia Tan Kok Seng

978981 0768348

The Immolation Goh Poh Seng

978981 0899356

Ricky Star Lim Thean Soo

978981 0726867

Green Is the Colour Lloyd Fernando

978981 0726850

The Adventures of Holden Heng Robert Yeo

978981 0899349

Scorpion Orchid Lloyd Fernando

978981 0899332

Spider Boys Ming Cher

978981 0726874

Glass Cathedral Andrew Koh

978981 0899325

The Scholar and the Dragon Stella Kon

978981 0899318

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

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Price 1 - 11 SGD $ 17.90

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The WidowerMohamed Latiff Mohamed Translated from the Malay by Alfian Sa’at

978981 4615129SGD $ 24.90

The TowerIsa Kamari Translated from the Malay by Alfian Sa’at

978981 0767822SGD $ 17.90

In Time, Out of PlaceYou Jin Translated from the Chinese by Shelly Bryant

978981 4615044SGD $ 24.90

Death by PerfumeYou Jin Translated from the Chinese by Jeremy Tiang

978981 4615020SGD $ 24.90

Cultural Medallion series This series pairs winners of Singapore’s highest arts award with some of the finest translators working in the field today.

ConfrontationMohamed Latiff Mohamed Translated from the Malay by Shafiq Selamat

978981 0755577SGD $ 24.90

Penghulu Suratman MarkasanTranslated from the Malay by Solehan Ishak

978981 0735357 SGD $ 17.90

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

978981 0735364SGD $ 17.90

Teaching Cats to Jump HoopsYou Jin Translated from the Chinese by Sylvia Li-chun Lin

978981 0736576SGD $ 17.90

Under the Bed, Confusion Wong Meng Voon Translated from the Chinese by Howard Goldblatt

978981 0736613SGD $ 17.90

The Earnest Mask Xi Ni Er Translated from the Chinese by Howard Goldblatt & Sylvia Li-chun Lin

978981 0736590SGD $ 17.90

Durians Are Not the Only Fruit: Notes from the Tropics Wong Yoon Wah Translated from the Chinese by Jeremy Tiang

978981 0766702SGD $ 17.90

Other Cities, Other LivesChew Kok Chang Translated from the Chinese by Shelly Bryant

978981 0766726 SGD $ 17.90

Trivialities About Me and MyselfYeng Pway NgonTranslated from the Chinese by Howard Goldblatt

978981 4615105SGD $ 24.90

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Awards

13 Shortlisted, English Non-Fiction, Singapore Literature Prize 2016

14 Shortlisted, English Fiction, Singapore Literature Prize 2016

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JUNEPicture Books

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Return to the S.E.A. Aquarium

David Seow & Soefara Jafney

SAM, SEBBIE AND DI-DI-DI & XANDY

It’s Xandy’s birthday at the S.E.A. Aquarium, but no one brought the decorations for the party. As they explore the aquarium in search of a solution to their dilemma, Sam, Sebbie, Di-Di-Di and Xandy learn about the residents of the aquarium and the important roles they play in the seas and oceans.

David Seow is a children’s book author and a staple in the Singapore literary scene, having written 23 books, including the Sam, Sebbie and Di-Di-Di series which feature his young niece and nephews as the main characters. Other titles include Alexander’s Adventure Machine and The Littlest Emperor, There’s Soup on My Fly!, Blow A Kiss, If I Were a Blue Kangaroo and Emma’s Elephant.

Soefara Jafney is an illustrator, art director and designer who started out in a production house, and later went into fashion, then jumped head first into the advertising industry before finally finding comfort in simply producing art.

978981 4757898


SGD $ 14.90

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ALSO IN THE SERIES

A Day with the Duchess

978981 0778613

The Lion Dance

978981 0778590

At the Night Safari

978981 0765958

At the S.E.A. Aquarium

978981 0765972

Sebbie’s First Day of School

978981 0778576

A Royal Adventure

978981 4615891

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JUNEPicture Books

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Dad's for Sale

Lily Kong & Jeanette Yap

EMMA & GINGER #2

What would you do to get money for something you really want? Why, put your dad up for sale, of course. That seems like a great idea to Emma at first, but she soon realises that what she actually wants is something money can’t buy.

The second title in the Emma & Ginger series takes a look at how a child learns to truly appreciate her father.

Lily Kong’s short stories and articles have been published in magazines and newspapers. She won the NUS Literary Society Writing Contest for an English short story in 1985 and the National Arts Council’s Beyond Words Chinese Picture Book Writing Contest in 2013.

Jeanette Yap graduated from Nanyang Technological University’s School of Art, Design & Media. Her works are inspired by nature, books and good people, and she hopes that her drawings can be relatable to people of all ages and bring to them a sense of warmth, comfort or a little smile.

Dad's Too Busy

978981 0765958

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RIGHTS

978981 4757850


SGD $ 14.90

Rights World

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JUNEPicture Books

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AUGUSTPicture Books

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978981 4757003


SGD $ 14.90

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Elizabeth Meets the QueenA War Heroine’s Journey

Gwen Lee & Arai Kreva

PROMINENT SINGAPOREANS #3

Elizabeth Meets the Queen tells a story of bravery and selflessness, through the life and experiences of Singapore war heroine Elizabeth Choy. Born in the jungles of Borneo, Elizabeth travels to Singapore and becomes a teacher, but she and her husband go through much hardship and torture as a result of helping prisoners-of-war during the Japanese Occupation. Follow Elizabeth as she tides through suffering towards freedom, and gets to meet the Queen of England.

Gwen Lee, trained as an architect in the UK, is one of the few interdisciplinary writers straddling the fields of architecture and literature. Her first children’s book was Little Cloud Wants Snow! She also wrote two nursery rhyme collections told with a Singaporean flavour—There Was a Peranakan Woman Who Lived in a Shoe, published in 2014, followed by Jack and Jill at Bukit Timah Hill a year later. Gwen is a recipient of the National Arts Council’s inaugural Arts Creation Fund and the winner of its Beyond Words Young and Younger initiative. She lives in New York, USA with her husband and daughter.

Arai Kreva graduated from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts with a Diploma in Design Media majoring in Illustration. Arai is widely exposed to conceptual illustration, narratives and educational illustrations for all genres.

AUGUST

ALSO IN THE SERIES

Mister HDB

978981 4655781

Where Are All the Birds?

978981 4655798

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OCTOBER

Tibby and Scaredy Snout

Emily Lim & Jade Fang

TIBBY #3

Tibby is an orange-and-black striped rabbit with long floppy ears and a short puffy tail. Not only can he hop, but he can also pounce and roar like a tiger!

Tibby meets a young boar called Scaredy Snout who can’t make friends because he is afraid of everything, but Tibby’s offer of friendship helps him to overcome his fears, and discover that things are not that scary after all.

Emily Lim is an award-winning children’s book author, and the first outside North America to win three Independent Publisher Book Awards (“IPPY” awards) for her books, Prince Bear and Pauper Bear (Bronze Medal 2008), Just Teddy (Bronze Medal 2009), and Bunny Finds The Right Stuff (Silver Medal 2010). She is also the first South-east Asian recipient of the Moonbeam Award for her book, The Tale of Rusty Horse (Moonbeam Gold Medal 2009). In addition, Just Teddy was on the Red Dot Award Shortlist in 2010, while Bunny Finds The Right Stuff made the Hedwig Anuar Shortlist in 2011.

Jade Fang grew up in Malaysia, and started doodling at a very young age, developing a great interest in drawing and painting as a child. Her passion for art and creativity drove her to further her studies in Singapore, and eventually in the US. She earned both her Bachelor and Master of Fine Arts degrees in Illustration from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. She now lives in Singapore.

ALSO IN THE SERIES

Tibby, the Tiger Bunny 978981 0758349

Tibby and Duckie

978981 4615716

1 2

Rights 1 - 2 World

RIGHTS

978981 1700514


SGD $ 14.90

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OCTOBER

978981 1700606


SGD $ 14.90

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The Runaway Who Became PresidentS.R. Nathan's Journey of Hope

Patrick Yee

PROMINENT SINGAPOREANS #4

Few would know of Mr S. R. Nathan’s turbulent childhood and tough times as a young adult. The Runaway Who Became President takes us on a journey with Singapore’s longest-serving president as he faces the different challenges in his life and eventually becomes a well-loved and respected icon.

Patrick Yee is an award-winning illustrator of more than 100 children’s books, including Little Buddy, Winter Rabbit, On Being Happy, the Harry picture book series and the Bo Bo and Cha Cha series. He is most well-known in the US for his Rosie Rabbit board book series, which sold close to 100,000 copies and has been translated into five languages.

A graduate of the Camberwell College of Arts in London, Mr Yee won the Macmillan Children’s Book Award in 1989 and 1990.

He currently teaches at Nanyang Polytechnic, the Nanyang Academy Of Fine Arts, the Spastic Children’s Association, and the AWWA Special School.

ALSO IN THE SERIES

Mister HDB

978981 4655781

Elizabeth Meets the Queen

978981 4757003

Where Are All the Birds?

978981 4655798

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Dad's Too Busy

978981 0765958

Dad's for Sale

978981 4757850

Dad's at Home


EMMA & GINGER #3OCTOBER

978981 1700521


SGD $ 14.90

Rights World

Emma’s father has lost his job—his beloved camera shop has gone out of business. Emma’s happy that he’ll be home more now, but she can that tell her father is sad, so she makes it her job to cheer him up. But Dad just seems to get more and more worried.

Emma & Ginger: Dad’s At Home turns a complex issue into a simple story to help children navigate around difficult moments with the ones they love.

Lily Kong’s short stories and other writings have been published in magazines and newspapers. She won the NUS Literary Society Writing Contest for an English short story in 1985 and the National Arts Council’s Beyond Words Chinese Picture Book Writing Contest in 2013. She majored in English Literature and Economics at the National University of Singapore and holds teaching diplomas in English as a Second Language, Speech and Drama, Public Speaking and Early Childhood Education. She is effectively bilingual.

Jeanette Yap is a graduate from Nanyang Technological University’s School of Art, Design & Media. Her works are inspired by nature, books and good people. She hopes that her drawings would bring warmth to more hearts.

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Dad's Too Busy

978981 0765958

Dad's at Home

978981 1700521

Dad's for Sale

978981 4757850

OCTOBER

978981 1700545


SGD $ 14.90

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Dad's Dyslexic Too


EMMA & GINGER #4

Emma finds out two things: one, that she’s lost Ginger, and two, that she has dyslexia. As she struggles to find out what dyslexia even means while searching for her pet cat, she learns that she may have more in common with her Dad than she thinks.

Lily Kong’s short stories and other writings have been published in magazines and newspapers. She won the NUS Literary Society Writing Contest for an English short story in 1985 and the National Arts Council’s Beyond Words Chinese Picture Book Writing Contest in 2013. She majored in English Literature and Economics at the National University of Singapore and holds teaching diplomas in English as a Second Language, Speech and Drama, Public Speaking and Early Childhood Education. She is effectively bilingual.

Jeanette Yap is a graduate from NTU’s School of Art, Design & Media. Her works are inspired by nature, books and good people. She hopes that her drawings would bring warmth to more hearts.

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A Boy Named Harry: The Childhood of Lee Kuan YewPatrick Yee

978981 4615297SGD $ 14.90

*Also available in Chinese

Harry Builds a Nation: The Legacy of Lee Kuan YewPatrick Yee

978981 4615433SGD $ 14.90


Harry Grows Up: The Early Years of Lee Kuan YewPatrick Yee

978981 4615310SGD $ 14.90


A New Home for Bo Bo and Cha ChaJason Erik Lundberg & Patrick Yee

978981 0739980SGD $ 14.90

The Crane and the Crab SR Nathan & Anngee Neo

978981 0735906SGD $ 16.90

Bo Bo and Cha Cha’s Big Day OutJason Erik Lundberg & Patrick Yee

978981 0755508SGD $ 14.90

Bo Bo and Cha Cha Cook Up a StormJason Erik Lundberg & Patrick Yee

978981 4615334SGD $ 14.90

Goh Bee Lock and the Three Boars KF Seetoh & Gavin Goo

978981 0760168SGD $ 16.90

Hansel and Girl Girl Adrian Pang & Milenko Prvacki

978981 0731816SGD $ 16.90

Bo Bo and Cha Cha and the Lost ChildJason Erik Lundberg & Patrick Yee

978981 4615358SGD $ 14.90

Bo Bo and Cha Cha and the New Year GiftJason Erik Lundberg & Patrick Yee

978981 0767099SGD $ 14.90

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

978981 0726188SGD $ 14.90

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Tibby, the Tiger BunnyEmily Lim & Jade Fang

978981 0758349SGD $ 14.90

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Where’s Grandma? Edmund Lim & Tan Zi Xi

978981 0720780SGD $ 18.90

The Rock and the BirdChew Chia Shao Wei & Anngee Neo

978981 0755553SGD $ 16.90

Picture Books Backlist

1 Winner, Hedwig Anuar Children’s Book Award 2015

Winner, Best Young Adults' Title, Singapore Book Awards 2016

First Prize, 2009 Commonwealth Essay Competition, Royal Commonwealth Society

2 Winner, Hedwig Anuar Children’s Book Award 2013

8 Shortlisted, Hedwig Anuar Children’s Book Award 2013

Selected title for Read! Singapore 2013

9 Shortlisted, Best Children's Title, Singapore Book Awards 2016

22 2nd Prize, Popular Readers’ Choice Awards 2015, English (Children) Category

Awards

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There Was a Peranakan Woman Who Lived in a Shoe Gwen Lee & Cheryl Cook

978981 0778675SGD $ 14.90

Grandma and the Things That Stay the Same Eve Aw & Yunroo

978981 4655392 SGD $ 14.90

Tokoyo: The Tomb of the Sea Serpent Catherine Khoo & Teressa Ong

978981 0767112 SGD $ 14.90

Justice Bao: The Case of the Missing Coin Catherine Khoo

978981 0758103 SGD $ 14.90

Jack and Jill at Bukit Timah Hill Gwen Lee & Twisstii

978981 4615853SGD $ 14.90

Little Red in the Hood Glen Goei & Drewscape

978981 0732233SGD $ 16.90

A Curious Bundle for Bo Bo and Cha ChaJason Erik Lundberg & Patrick Yee

978981 4615372SGD $ 14.90

The Amazing Sarong Quek Hong Shin

978981 4615860SGD $ 14.90

The Great Dragon Warrior Ng Swee San & Wen Dee Tan

978981 4615822SGD $ 14.90

Karung Guni Boy Lorraine Tan & Eric Wong

978981 4615839 SGD $ 14.90

The Robot in My Playground Pauline Loh & Avina Tan

978981 0755836SGD $ 14.90

Fann Patrick Yee

978981 0726171SGD $ 24.90

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978981 4615716SGD $ 14.90

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978981 0755850SGD $ 14.90

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Farrer Park Ann Peters & Lydia Yang

978981 0716769SGD $ 17.90

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Stories from Around the World

Blanket Travel Kim Da-Jeong

978981 0732189

I Love Chocolate Davide Calì & Evelyn Daviddi

978981 0732202

What If Dinosaurs Still Existed? Emma de Woot

978981 4655552

The Run of the Snail Manuela Monari & Philip Giordano

978981 0738891

Hurry Up, Slow Down Isabel Minhós Martins & Bernardo Carvalho

978981 4615945

Don’t Be Sorry, Dad! Nari Hong

978981 4655767

The King and the Frog Alain Chiche & Sylvain Diez

978981 0732226

Get In Line! Kristin Roskifte

978981 4615952

Tim’s Moving Day Anke Wagner & Eva Eriksson

978981 0739188

Achimpa: The Mysterious World Catarina Sobral

978981 4655385

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

978981 0732219

The Little Kangaroo Guido van Genechten

978981 4615969

Breakfast at Granny’s Micaela Chirif & Gabriel Alayza

978981 4655774

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6 Best Editorial Production, Euro-Chocolate Award

8 Winner, Picture Book of the Year 2007 (Netherlands)

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The Kan Cheong Spider

Wang Shijia

ANG KU KUEH GIRL & FRIENDS #2

In The Kan Cheong Spider, Ang Ku Kueh Girl, her brother, Ang Ku Kueh Boy and Red Egg go on a delicious new adventure. But something awful happens to Ang Ku Kueh Boy, and it’s up to Ang Ku Kueh Girl and Red Egg to get him out of trouble.

Wang Shijia has been creating Singapore-themed accessories as a hobby since 2003. She reinterprets Singaporean food culture and heritage as characters in a light-hearted manner, seeking to bring joy and happiness to the world through her charmingly illustrated characters Ang Ku Kueh Girl® and FriendsTM.

Shijia’s Ang Ku Kueh Girl® and FriendsTM have appeared in the Jubilee Baby Gift campaign, educational posters, a colouring book, family card games, wrapping paper and other gift items, and Shijia is also the designer for the official birth certificate and folder for SG50 babies born in 2015.

978981 4757126

48pp 152 x 229 mm Paperback

SGD $ 12.90

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The Magical Dragon Playground

978981 4655987

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Why Do the Chinese Shout "Yam Seng"?

UNDERSTANDING SINGAPOREANS #1

978981 4655682


SGD $ 12.90

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Why Don't Malays Eat Pork?

UNDERSTANDING SINGAPOREANS #2

978981 4655712


SGD $ 12.90

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Why do the Chinese eat tang yuan? Why do Malays eat only with their right hands? Why are all Sikh men named Singh? What is feng (no, it’s not a Chinese word)? These handbooks of questions covers everything everyone wants to know (but are afraid to ask) about Singapore’s melting pot of culture and traditions.

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UNDERSTANDING SINGAPOREANS #3 UNDERSTANDING SINGAPOREANS #4

Why Do Indians Dot Their Forehead?

Why Do Eurasians Love Sugee Cake?

978981 4655699


SGD $ 12.90

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978981 4655705


SGD $ 12.90

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The books form a series of four illustrated books of twenty questions and answers specially curated by the Epigram Books editorial team to promote understanding of Singapore’s different races and their customs.

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Sherlock Sam and the Comic Book Caper in New York

A.J. Low

SHERLOCK SAM #10

978981 4615907


SGD $ 10.90

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Sherlock Sam travels overseas once again, this time to the United States. As the Supper Club attend the San Diego Comic-Con, a piece of experimental technology is stolen by a real-life superhero turned real-life supervillain! Tag along with Sherlock Sam, Watson and the rest of the gang as they rush across the country to rescue the priceless technology from the clutches of evil.

A. J. Low consist of husband-and-wife team, Adan Jimenez and Felicia Low-Jimenez.

Born in California to Mexican immigrant parents, Adan moved to Singapore after graduating from New York University with a Literature degree. He previously co-wrote a children’s book, Twisted Journeys #22: Hero City. He loves comics, LEGO®, books, movies, games (analogue and video), Doctor Who and sandwiches, and one day hopes to own a store that sells all these things.

Felicia was born and raised in Singapore. She spent most of her childhood with her head in the clouds and her nose buried in a book, and now daydreams of owning her own bookstore. She has a graduate degree in Literary Theory, and the Sherlock Sam series is Felicia’s debut writing effort, after accumulating years of experience buying, selling and marketing books.

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The Watery Wipeout

Lesley-Anne & Monica Lim

DANGER DAN AND GADGET GIRL #2

A mysterious water-borne disease is plaguing Singapore in 2135 and the blame has fallen on Melody’s brilliant brother, Bob. Danny and Melody have a slippery task at hand—to get to the bottom of the outbreak and prove Bob’s innocence…while keeping Dog a secret.

In The Watery Wipeout, Danger Dan, Gadget Girl and Power Paws navigate underground tunnels, break mind-boggling codes and even get to ride on a Hover Cab! They discover that future Singapore is an island of never-ending thrills and spills. Follow the superhero trio as they go on a heart-stopping quest to prevent Singapore from breaking out in little red spots!

Lesley-Anne Tan & Monica Lim are a daughter-and-mother writing team. Sometimes their roles seem reversed; Lesley-Anne eats her veggies and occasionally has to force Monica to do the same. Monica runs her own writing business, blogs about education and is also the author of The Good, the Bad and the PSLE.

978981 4757041

136pp 140 x 215 mm Paperback

SGD $ 10.90

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Danger Dan and Gadget Girl: The Animal Abduction

978981 4757027

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The Gruesome Garden

Lesley-Anne & Monica Lim

DANGER DAN AND GADGET GIRL #3

978981 4757065


SGD $ 10.90

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Dog is lost, and Danny and Melody have to race against time to find him in the heart of the Botanic Gardens before the authorities get to him first. To make matters worse, Dog is ill, Melody meets her worst feathery fear, and Danny has his very own plant predicament… with bean sprouts.

In The Gruesome Garden, Danger Dan, Gadget Girl and Power Paws are in a leafy mess! A secret evil has taken root among the plants in 2135, causing them to grow monstrously huge. Join the superheroes as they untangle themselves from this overgrown problem!

Lesley-Anne Tan & Monica Lim are a daughter-and-mother writing team. Sometimes their roles seem reversed; Lesley-Anne eats her veggies and occasionally has to force Monica to do the same. Monica runs her own writing business, blogs about education and is also the author of The Good, the Bad and the PSLE.

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978981 4757027

Danger Dan and Gadget Girl: The Watery Wipeout

978981 4757041

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OCTOBER

978981 1700644


SGD $ 10.90

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Sherlock Sam and the Quantum Pair In Queenstown

A. J. Low

SHERLOCK SAM #11

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 of infinite Watsons spouting sarcasm everywhere they turn!




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Sherlock Sam and the Orange Shorts

A. J. Low

SHERLOCK SAM #11.5

978981 1700668


SGD $ 10.90

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This special collection of short stories gives a glimpse of the alternative realities introduced in Sherlock Sam and the Quantum Pair in Queenstown, where different versions of the gang throughout time and space exist, from Õnãy-359 and an Ancient Land That Was Not China to the town of Tumbleweed and a Place That Is Not on Any Map. It’s Nazhar, Moran, Wendy, Mom and Dad, Officer Siva and Inspector Lestrade, Jimmy, Eliza, Watson, and Sherlock Sam as you’ve never seen them before!




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The Diary of Amos LeeAdeline Foo

The Travel Diary of Amos LeeAdeline Foo

The Whoopie Lee SeriesAdeline Foo

I’m Twelve, I’m Tough, I Tweet!

978981 0871321SGD $ 12.90

Monkeying in Malaysia!

978981 0794194SGD $ 12.90

Your D.I.Y. Toilet Diary to Fame!

978981 0707576SGD $ 9.90

Seoul Searching!

978981 4615396SGD $ 12.90

I Sit, I Write, I Flush!

978981 0824846SGD $ 12.90

Girls, Guts and Glory!

978981 0726782SGD $ 12.90

Lost in Taipei!

978981 0778729SGD $ 12.90

Quokking in Australia!

978981 4655842SGD $ 12.90

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1 Red Dot Award 2009

4 1st Prize, Popular Readers’ Choice Awards 2011

5 2nd Prize, Popular Readers’ Choice Awards 2014

6 3rd Prize Winner, Popular Readers’ Choice Awards 2015, English (Children) Category

7 Shortlisted, Hedwig Anuar Children’s Book Award 2015

Shortlisted, Best Young Adults' Title, Singapore Book Awards 2016

Lights, Camera, Superstar!

978981 0735180SGD $ 12.90

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978981 0884130SGD $ 8.90

Whoopie Lee: The Big Spell Off

978981 0747800SGD $ 8.90

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Danger DanLesley-Anne & Monica Lim

Danger Dan & Gadget GirlLesley-Anne & Monica Lim

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5 Shortlisted, Popular Readers’ Choice Awards 2015

6 Shortlisted, Best Non-Fiction Title, Singapore Book Awards 2016

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Secrets of Singapore

978981 4615877SGD $ 14.90

Danger Dan Confronts the Merlion Mastermind

978981 0778439SGD $ 10.90

Danger Dan Traces the Perilous Poison

978981 4615235SGD $ 10.90

Danger Dan Creates the Ultimate Utama Uproar

978981 4615259SGD $ 10.90


978981 4757027SGD $ 10.90

Danger Dan Spooks the Peculiar Peranakan Pirate

978981 4615211SGD $ 10.90

Danger Dan Tackles the Majulah Mayhem

978981 0785024SGD $ 10.90

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Sherlock SamA. J. Low

Sherlock Sam and the Missing Heirloom in Katong

978981 0747503

Sherlock Sam and the Ghostly Moans in Fort Canning

978981 0751296

Sherlock Sam and the Sinister Letters in Bras Basah

978981 0758899

Sherlock Sam and the Cloaked Class- mate in Macritchie

978981 0778651

Sherlock Sam and the Obento Bonanza in Tokyo

978981 4615846

Sherlock Sam and the Alien Encounter on Pulau Ubin

978981 0766740

Sherlock Sam and the Stolen Script in Balestier

978981 4655330

Sherlock Sam and the Vanished Robot in Penang

978981 0769178

Sherlock Sam and the Fiendish Master-mind in Jurong

978981 4615679

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1 Winner, Red Dot Book Awards 2013-2014, Younger Readers’ Category

2 2nd Runner-Up, Popular Readers’ Choice Awards 2013, English (Children) Category

4 Shortlisted, Popular Readers’ Choice Awards 2014, English (Children) Category

8 Shortlisted, Popular Readers’ Choice Awards 2015, English (Children) Category

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Mount Emily Revisited

Low Ying Ping

MOUNT EMILY #2

978981 4757164


SGD $ 12.90

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Best friends Patsy Goh and Elena Tan are whisked back in time to 1988. Now, they’re on a mission to save their friends who have been kidnapped by a member of the Midnight Warriors cult. Patsy also makes a startling discovery about herself that might just change her life forever…

Mount Emily Revisited is the second in a series of books which centre on two time-traveling 13-year-old students at Mount Emily Girls’ School. The books feature time travel with a strong focus on female teen friendship whilst exploring the girls’ family backgrounds and how they deal with their very different problems.

Low Ying Ping holds a Master’s degree in English Literature from the University of Warwick. Her poems have appeared in Singa, the journal of the National University of Singapore Centre for the Arts; and Quarterly Literary Review Singapore. This is her second novel.

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Mount Emily

978981 4655934

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Triple Nine SleuthsMaranna Chan

Girl Overboard!Sheri Tan

Dangerous Limelight

978981 0751067

Dangerous Despair

978981 0754549

Dangerous Island

978981 0757441

Dangerous Schemes

978981 0757779

Dangerous Message

978981 0767976

Dangerous Conspiracy

978981 0780326

Dangerous Disappearance

978981 0780340

A Rose Among Thorns

978981 0795740

Dangerous Symbol

978981 0791674

A Rose Grows in the Jungle

978981 4615273

Dangerous Revelations

978981 0751067

Everything’s Coming Up Rosie

978981 4615419

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Price SGD $ 10.90

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Price SGD $ 10.90

Award

9 Shortlisted, Popular Readers' Choice Awards 2015

ArchibaldSherMay Loh

Archibald and the Blue Blood Conspiracy

978981 0881665

Archibald and the Black Knight’s King

978981 0714604

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Awards

Bronze Award, Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards 2011

Silver Award, Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards 2012

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LKY: Political Cartoons Morgan Chua

978981 0791759 (pbk)SGD $ 24.90

Tiananmen: 25th Anniversary Edition Morgan Chua

978981 0779276SGD $ 24.90

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

978981 0766160SGD $ 24.90

Last Train from Tanjong Pagar Koh Hong Teng

978981 0769192SGD $ 24.90

The Bicycle Cheah Sinann

978981 4615501SGD $ 18.90

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

978981 0731083SGD $ 18.90

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978981 0731076SGD $ 18.90

Monsters, Miracles & Mayonnaise Drewscape

978981 0731090SGD $ 18.90

The Girl Under the Bed Dave Chua & Xiao Yan

978981 0731106SGD $ 18.90

Jerks Won’t Give You Flowers Moderna de Pueblo

978981 4655200 SGD $ 24.90

Date King #1: Singapore Dating Adrian Teo & Kenfoo

978981 0766054SGD $ 9.90

The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye Sonny Liew

978981 4655675 SGD $ 34.90

Original Paperback

Date King #2: Mating Season Adrian Teo & Kenfoo

978981 0769215SGD $ 9.90

The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye Sonny Liew

978981 4655866 SGD $ 44.90

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2 World except India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Maldives Nepal & Sri Lanka

5 World except French language

12 - 14 Singapore & Malaysia

6 Bronze, 7th International Manga Awards

8 Best Short Story Nominee, Eisner Awards 2013 “Moving Forward”

Selected Title for Read! Singapore 2013

9 Shortlisted, Best Young Adults' Title, Singapore Book Awards 2016

13 Book of the Year, Singapore Book Awards 2016

Shortlisted, English Fiction, Singapore Literature Prize 2016

14 Winner Best Book Cover Design, Singapore Book Awards 2016

Awards

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A Life in Words

You Jin

“For many years, I have made my living by the pen. In 2005, when my autobiography was published in Chinese, I gave it the title《文字就是生命》or A Life in Words. These words encapsulate the beautiful connection between me and my lifelong devotion to the literary arts. Literature and I have transformed into a single entity, and I can feel Chinese characters bobbing along through my veins.” —You Jin

You Jin has published more than 150 books in Chinese in Singapore, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong and Malaysia. These include 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 received the Zhong Shan Literary Award in 2010 and Singapore’s Cultural Medallion in 2009.

978981 4615457


SGD $ 24.90

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978981 1700620


SGD $ 17.90

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Eye on the World

Tan Kok Seng

SINGAPORE CLASSICS

Eye on the World is the third and concluding volume of Tan Kok Seng’s autobiography, where he and his young family go to bustling Hong Kong. He writes with endearing honesty about a place that seems a lot like home, yet is vastly different in many ways, and this affectionate sense of observation is carried through a round-the-world trip he embarks on.

Told from the perspective of a Singaporean everyman, Kok Seng’s stories and reflections about the world are told in charmingly simple prose, enriched by his penchant for looking at the people and things around him with eyes wide open.

Tan Kok Seng is the well-known author of a trilogy of books based on his life: Son of Singapore, Man of Malaysia and Eye on the World. His fourth book is a novel, Three Sisters of Sze, originally published by Heinemann Asia in 1979.

Tan’s books were all written first in Chinese and afterwards ‘rendered into English’ in a collaborative effort with his former employer, Austin Coates, for whom Tan worked in Malaysia and Hong Kong. Although his four books were reprinted several times since their first publication, they were out of print for many years. The books are now available from Epigram Books.

Tan resides in Singapore with his family.

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Mum Is Where the Heart Is

You Jin

978981 4615471


SGD $ 24.90

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In this uproarious memoir, You Jin employs her wry, inimitable style to describing her life as a parent. From her first trip back to her in-laws’ Ipoh home to when her youngest child leaves home to study overseas, You Jin unflinchingly faces the mistakes she makes and the wisdom she—and her children—discover in the process, and bares some of the deepest emotions found in any of her work.

Even after passing through the bleakest days of severe depression, You Jin can still find ways to laugh—usually at herself, and through her journey of discovery in parenthood, she manages to add brilliant colours to even the most mundane of life’s scenes.

You Jin has published more than 150 books in Chinese in Singapore, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong and Malaysia. These include 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 received the Zhong Shan Literary Award in 2010 and Singapore’s Cultural Medallion in 2009.

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Dying to Meet You

Angjolie Mei

NOVEMBER

978981 4757485


SGD $ 34.90

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An attractive young woman decides to leave a shining career, only to serve in an industry that’s—quite literally—dead.

Funeral director Angjolie Mei, heiress of a legacy left by her late father, known in the Singaporean funeral industry as ‘The Coffin King’, takes us through an insider’s view of the death business, taking us through the embalming process, post-death restoration for second-degree burn victims, and even little-known facts surrounding suicide in Singapore, and reflects on how her perceptions of death, and life, have changed since she chose this extraordinary profession.

Angjolie Mei is a certified funeral celebrant and a funeral director at The Life Celebrant, a provider of boutique funeral services. She is one of the few women in the Singapore funeral services industry.

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He Dared to DifferThe Life and Legacy of Judge of Appeal M. Karthigesu

Niru Pillai

978981 4757836

448 pp 152 x 225 mm Hardcover

SGD $ 48.90

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He thought he would become a doctor, but life had a different calling for him, eventually leading to Justice M. Karthigesu’s appointment to the Supreme Court in 1990. Written by litigation lawyer Niru Pillai, He Dared to Differ traces his beginnings in Johor Bahru, through his schooling in British Ceylon and university days in the United Kingdom, to his return and law practice in Singapore.

Niru Pillai is a lawyer in Singapore. He has been practicing for about 40 years and has also taught at the National University of Singapore.

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Not Born in Singapore: Fifty Personalities Who Shaped the Nation Tng Ying Hui

978981 4655415 (pbk)SGD $ 35.00

978981 4655996 (hardcv)SGD $ 45.00

Fridays with Philip Philip Lee

978981 0811280SGD $ 13.90

Why? When Both My Parents Took Their Lives Yin

978981 0813130SGD $ 16.90

Baby Zoey Olivia Chiong

978981 4655873 SGD $ 24.90

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Letters to Aly: Surviving My BFF’s Suicide Lee-Ann

978981 0768119SGD $ 14.90

Adrift: My Childhood in Colonial Singapore David T. K. Wong

978981 4615983SGD $ 27.90

Hong Kong Fiascos: A Struggle for Survival David T. K. Wong978981 4655569SGD $ 27.90

Doing Good Great: Thirteen Asian Heroes and Their Causes Willie Cheng, Sharifah Mohamed & Cheryl Tang

978981 4615938SGD $ 38.90

Doing Good Well: What Does (and Does Not) Make Sense in the Nonprofit World Willie Cheng

978981 4655668SGD $ 38.90

With Grace: Classic Lessons in Beauty, Style & Manners Elsa Yeo

978981 4655972SGD $ 80.00

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Let the People Have Him: Chiam See Tong: The Early Years Loke Hoe Yeong

987981 0791735SGD $ 34.90

I’m Not Perfect. I’m a Mom Jasmine Han & Shelly Holly

987981 4615990SGD $ 24.90

Iskandar Ismail: The Music Man Monica Gwee

978981 0768881 SGD $ 24.90

Malaysia Bagus! Travels Through My Homeland Sharon Cheah

978981 0724146 SGD $ 22.90

Sushi and Tapas Pepukaye Bardouille & Neo Gim Huey

978981 0728182 SGD $ 19.90

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1 3rd Prize, Popular Readers’ Choice Award 2015, English (Adult) Category

English Non-fiction Shortlist, Singapore Literature Prize 2016

6 Shortlisted, Hedwig Anuar Book Award 2015

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The Eye of History

Robert Yeo

978981 4757690


SGD $ 13.90

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FROM STAGE TO PRINT

On 5 July 1981, the statue of Sir Stamford Raffles leaves his pedestal and pays a visit to Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s office at the Istana. What follows is a wide-ranging discussion by two of Singapore’s most towering figures that illustrates just how very human they were. This conversation, along with the introduction of Munshi Abdullah (author of the fascinating Hikayat Abdullah), provide a fascinating backdrop for the investigation of historical authority and grand narratives.

Robert Yeo has published poetry and a novel, staged plays, written essays on cultural policy and theatre, compiled anthologies on Singaporean literature and co-written books on the teaching of literature in secondary schools. Currently, he teaches creative writing at the Singapore Management University and mentors in the MAP programme of the National Arts Council. In 1978, he attended the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program and was a Fulbright Scholar in 1995. From 1977 onwards, and for more than a decade, he was Chairman of the Drama Advisory Committee which helped to develop English-language theatre in Singapore, and for this work he was awarded the Public Service Medal in 1991.

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We Contain MultitudesTwelve Years of Softblow

Cyril Wong, Eric Low, Jason Wee, Gwee Li Sui & Chris Ujine Ong

OCTOBER

978981 4757737


SGD $ 27.90

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The online poetry journal Softblow was founded in September 2004 by Cyril Wong and is co-edited with Eric Low and Jason Wee; past guest-editors also include Chris Ujine Ong and Gwee Li Sui. The journal is a home for contemporary poetry from all over the world and strives to focus the eye back on the poem itself; it is for unswerving lovers of verse.

This twelve-year retrospective of Softblow showcases Singaporean talents such as Boey Kim Cheng, Tania De Rozario, Joshua Ip, Koh Jee Leong, Chandran Nair, Pooja Nansi, Ng Yi-Sheng, Alvin Pang, Tse Hao Guang and Arthur Yap; as well as international voices such as Sherman Alexie, Jasmine Ann Cooray, Eric Thomas Norris, Kristine Ong Muslim, Laksmi Pamuntjak, Marge Piercy, Jeet Thayil, Tim Tomlinson and Ocean Vuong.

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Singapore Pioneer Poets

Poetry

‘The best post-1965 English-language poet in the republic today.’Shirley Geok-Lin Lim author of Among the White Moon Faces

Clear Brightness Boey Kim Cheng

978981 0741822

The Best of Edwin Thumboo

978981 0718398

The Best of Kirpal Singh

978981 0718411

The Best of Robert Yeo

978981 0718404

This series is a showcase of the best works by local literary giants, featuring new and previously published poems.

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Price SGD $ 21.90

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From Stage to PrintThis series highlights Singaporean plays—hot off their productions, from classics to contemporary favourites.

Boom Jean Tay

978981 0840174

Everything but the Brain Jean Tay

978981 0855116

Fear of Writing Tan Tarn How

978981 0714529

Model Citizens Haresh Sharma

978981 0714611

Those Who Can’t, Teach Haresh Sharma

978981 0855109

Mimi Fan Lim Chor Pee

978981 0714598

A White Rose at Midnight Lim Chor Pee

978981 4615488

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Student PlaysDesmond Sim

978981 0756918SGD $ 16.90

Four Plays Chong Tze Chien

978981 0884956SGD $ 24.90

Six PlaysDesmond Sim

978981 0756895SGD $ 24.90

Six PlaysTan Tarn How

978981 0879778SGD $ 25.90

Eight PlaysOvidia Yu

978981 0884680SGD $ 26.90

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Poetry & Playscript Backlist

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Never Leave Home Without Your Bottle of Chilli Sauce

Constance Singam

978981 4655217


SGD $ 39.90

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Many of us associate home with the comforts of our mother’s kitchen. But food can represent so much more—it can reflect a nation’s history, culture and traditions, as well as society’s changing attitudes.

Constance Singam’s love and experience with home-cooking sees the evolution of food against a backdrop of Singapore’s social fabric over the past 70 years.

Constance Singam is an author and civil society activist. Her career path took her into journalism and teaching. She holds a Master’s degree in Literature. In the last thirty-five years, Constance has led women’s organizations, co-founded civil society groups, been a columnist in several national publications, and contributed to and co-edited several books. Her works include A History of the TWC: Building Social Space in Singapore, Re-Presenting Singapore Women, which she co-edited, and her memoir Where I Was: A Memoir From the Margins.

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NerdBaker: Extraordinary Recipes, Stories & Baking Adventures from a True Oven Geek Christopher Tan

978981 4615778 SGD $ 44.90

Plusixfive: A Singaporean Supper Club Cookbook Goz Lee & Friends

978981 0759063 SGD $ 44.90

Artichoke: Recipes and Stories from Singapore’s Most Rebellious Kitchen Bjorn Shen

978981 0797737SGD $ 44.90

Onaka: Vibrant Recipes from a Wholesome Restaurant Rosalind Lim & Jason Vito

978981 4615525SGD $ 39.90

The End of Char Kway Teow and Other Hawker Mysteries Dr Leslie Tay

978981 0865153SGD $ 24.90

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

978981 0897321SGD $ 20.90

Only the Best! The ieatishootipost Guide to Singapore’s Shiokest Hawker Food 2nd edition Dr Leslie Tay

978981 0778323SGD $ 15.90

There’s No Carrot in Carrot Cake: 101 Hawker Dishes Singaporeans Love Ruth Wan & Roger Hiew

978981 0828653SGD $ 13.90

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Award

1 Shortlisted, Best Book Cover Design, Singapore Book Awards 2016

2 Winners, Best Chef Cookbook, & Best Illustrations Gourmand World Cookbook Award 2014, Singapore

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Heritage Cookbooks

The award-winning Heritage Cookbooks series showcases the best of Singapore’s major cuisines through authentic family recipes.

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Uncle Lau’s Teochew Recipes Lau Chiap Khai & Tan Lee Leng

978981 0716165

Robin’s Eurasian Recipes Robin Pereira & Quentin Pereira

978981 0842741

Madam Choy’s Cantonese Recipes Choy Wai Yuen & Lulin Reutens

978981 0594022

Irene’s Peranakan Recipes Irene Yeo & Elaine Yeo

978981 0570156

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

978981 0897352

Uncle Anthony’s Hokkien Recipes Anthony Loo Hock Chye & Samantha Lee

978981 0797980

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1 Winner, Best Chinese Cuisine Book, Gourmand World Cookbook Award 2012, Singapore

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SEPTEMBER

Epigram: The Art of the Annual Report

Edmund Wee

978981 4757997


SGD $ 59.90

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Epigram revolutionized the design of the annual report in Singapore and is best known for turning these humdrum corporate publications into witty and imaginative works of art. In 2007, it became the first agency in the world to win the Grand Prix in Visual Communications two years in a row at the Red Dot Awards in Germany. In this retrospective volume, founder Edmund Wee gives an insight into some groundbreaking reports and reflects on the most difficult part of his job—persuading the client to accept the creative concept.

Edmund Wee founded Epigram twenty-five years ago after leaving The Straits Times as its Design Editor. He had earlier been a government psychologist working with drug addicts and prisoners. In his role as managing and creative director of Epigram, he was awarded “Designer of the Year” in the 2008 President’s Design Awards, Singapore’s highest honours for designers. He is now the publisher at Epigram Books.

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OCTOBER

Beyond Wilderness

Chua Chye Teck

In Beyond Wilderness, Chye Teck explores Singapore’s fast disappearing natural wilderness through a series of black and white photographs. Using the forest to depict emotional layers, his photographs reflect on memory and transformation, and present the dualities of isolation and the unknown. Artistic and spiritual all at once, Beyond Wilderness is as much one man’s personal encounter with nature as it is a social commentary about the fast-changing landscape of a modern society.

Chua Chye Teck has been an artist for close to twenty years, specialising in both sculpture and photography. He draws inspiration from the environment and used objects, giving new life to them through carefully curated presentations. His philosophy is in re-presenting rather than in altering the original form of the object.

978981 4655316

100 pp 170 x 235 mm Hardcover

SGD $ 42.00

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We Love Serangoon Gardens

Urban Sketchers Singapore

Home to the beloved Chomp Chomp Food Centre and the iconic Serangoon Gardens Circus, Serangoon Gardens—or affectionately known as Ang Sar Lee to older Singaporeans—was designated as an “identity node” by the Urban Redevelopment Authority in 2013. Its distinctive charm mixes rich heritage with a thriving presence; from a nameless Malay barber shop that has been kept in operation for more than 20 years because of its loyal customers, to the conserved shophouses that have become synonymous with the area.

Journey with Urban Sketchers Singapore through this quiet and laidback suburban estate, where nostalgia and modern convenience seamlessly blend into a unique atmosphere unlike anywhere else in 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.

978981 1700569


SGD $ 12.90

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ALSO IN THE SERIES

We Love Toa Payoh

978981 0736231

We Love Little India

978981 0778217

We Love Katong

978981 0766078

We Love Bedok

978981 0754327

We Love Tiong Bahru

978981 0736255

We Love Queenstown

978981 0766016

We Love Chinatown

978981 0778231

We Love Geylang Serai

978981 4615181

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OUR NEIGHBOURHOODS #9OCTOBERWee Editions

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Wee Editions

An imprint featuring works by Singaporean designers, photographers and artists in compact coffee table books.

Colouring Books

Reinvent, reimagine and rediscover familiar sights and local haunts with these colouring books.

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SeasonsThomas Lim

978981 4615792SGD $ 119.90

CocksErnest Goh

978981 0756260SGD $ 24.90

The Fish BookErnest Goh

978981 0883607SGD $ 24.90

Our Gurkhas: Singapore Through Their EyesZakaria Zainal

978981 0730260SGD $ 24.90

100 SingaporeansWesley Loh Kar-Wai

978981 0731205SGD $ 24.90

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Homes of the Holy

978981 4757539

BLKS & NOS.

978981 4757522

Picturesque Shophouses

978981 4615181

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Wee Editions Backlist

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I AM NOT BOSSY. I AM TAKING CHARGE.Black

I AM NOT WEIRD. I AM UNIQUE. Silver

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 AGGRESSIVE. I AM ASSERTIVE. Teal

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I AM NOT LATE. YOU ARE EARLY.Red

I AM NOT KIASU. I AM SINGAPOREAN. Singapore Red

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Notbooks

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Let your Notbook say who you really are. Epigram Books presents handy little companions that are perfect for scribbles and sketches, available in 30 colours, designs and witty titles that subtly describe how it's so NOT you. NOW AVAILABLE IN A5 SIZE FOR SOME TITLES

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

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

I AM NOT FUSSY. I AM DISCRIMINATING. Eggshell Blue

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

I AM NOT PARANOID. EVERYONE IS AFTER ME.Turquoise

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

I AM NOT PROCRASTINATING. TOMORROW IS MY FAVOURITE DAY. Grass Green

I AM NOT PRICKLY. I AM SHARP. Lime

I AM NOT HIGH. I AM HAPPY. Yellow

I AM NOT HYPERACTIVE. I AM ENERGETIC. Saffron

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

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

I AM NOT IMPULSIVE. I AM SPONTANEOUS. Amethyst

I AM NOT GRUMPY. I AM MARRIED. Purple

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

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