Epigram Books Catalogue 2016 JAN-JUN

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1, 7, 8, 13, 14, 16, 17, 24 & 27

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A5 size 148 x 210 mm 128 pp Ruled on Right Matt Flexi-bound & Threadsewn

A5 size 148 x 210 mm 128 pp Blank Matt Flexi-bound & Threadsewn

A6 size 105 x 148 mm 128 pp Blank Matt Flexi-bound & Threadsewn

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$ 16.90

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$ 16.90

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$ 9.90

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I AM NOT BLUR. WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?

I AM NOT KANCHIONG. I AM ON THE BALL.

I AM NOT A DREAMER. I AM A VISIONARY.

I AM NOT FUSSY. I AM DISCRIMINATING.

I AM NOT PARANOID. EVERYONE IS AFTER ME.

Gunmetal Grey

Denim

Sky Blue

Eggshell Blue

Turquoise

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

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I AM NOT PROCRASTINATING. TOMORROW IS MY FAVOURITE DAY.

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I AM NOT PRICKLY. I AM SHARP.

I AM NOT HIGH. I AM HAPPY.

I AM NOT HYPERACTIVE. I AM ENERGETIC.

Lime

Yellow

Saffron

Grass Green

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Front cover artwork from Tokoyo: The Tomb of the Sea Serpent Back cover artwork from What If Dinosaurs Still Existed?

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

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

Magenta

Violet

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I AM NOT IMPULSIVE. I AM SPONTANEOUS.

I AM NOT GRUMPY. I AM MARRIED.

Amethyst

Purple

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

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Contents Picture Books 2—5

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8—9 10

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20—21

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• PROMINENT SINGAPOREANS Mister HDB NEW Where Are All the Birds? NEW Grandma and the Things That Stay the Same NEW • ASIA’S LOST LEGEND Tokoyo: The Tomb of the Sea Serpent NEW Karung Guni Boy NEW • EMMA AND GINGER Dad’s Too Busy NEW Dad’s for Sales NEW • SAM, SEBBIE AND DI-DI-DI A Royal Adventure NEW Backlist • STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD Achimpa: The Mysterious Word NEW What If Dinosaurs Still Existed? NEW Don’t Be Sorry, Dad! NEW Breakfast at Granny’s NEW Backlist

Chapter Books 22—23

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Fiction 35 36—39

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42 43 44

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SINGAPORE’S RICHEST LITERARY PRIZE LAUNCHED

• EPIGRAM BOOKS FICTION PRIZE WINNER + FINALISTS Let’s Give It Up for Gimme Lao! NEW Death of a Perm Sec NEW Now That It’s Over NEW Sugarbread NEW Inheritance NEW Lontar: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction—Issue #6 NEW Backlist • CULTURAL MEDALLION SERIES • SINGAPORE CLASSICS

Non-fiction

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Baby Zoey: Our Search for Life and Family NEW

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Backlist

Poetry & Plays

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31—32

Jerks Won’t Give You Flowers NEW

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The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye

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Backlist

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• SINGAPORE PIONEER POETS

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• FROM STAGE TO PRINT • PLAYWRIGHT’S OMNIBUS

Food Books 49 50

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Backlist • HERITAGE COOKBOOKS

Wee Editions 51—52 53—54

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Blks & Nos. NEW Homes of the Holy NEW

Notbooks 56—57

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• OUR NEIGHBOURHOODS SERIES We Love Geylang Serai NEW • WEE EDITIONS Beyond Wilderness NEW

Colouring Books

Graphic Novels

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30

• DANGER DAN AND GADGET GIRL #1 The Animal Abduction NEW • THE TRAVEL DIARY OF AMOS LEE #4 Quokking in Australia! NEW • SHERLOCK SAM #10 Sherlock Sam and the Comic Caper in New York NEW • ANG KU KUEH GIRL & FRIENDS #1 The Magical Dragon Playground NEW • MOUNT EMILY NEW Backlist

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Available in A5 size NEW

A new picture book series called ‘Prominent Singaporeans’ explores the lives and contribution of those who have made a difference to the lives of others.

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Artwork from Mister HDB: The Life and Legacy of Lim Kim San

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Picture Books

NEW

PROMINENT SINGAPOREANS

Mister HDB The Life and Legacy of Lim Kim San

Asad Latif & Lee Xin Li

The transformative life story of Lim Kim San from a spoilt brat to a public figure.

How does a spoilt young boy and partygoing dandy become the man who housed a nation? From a privileged upbringing, Lim Kim San leads a comfortable and carefree life. Never would he have dreamt of who he would become and what he would do for Singapore. Discover what drives his passion for the poor, as he embarks on a mission that changed Singapore forever.

Asad Latif is the author of the biography, Lim Kim San: A Builder of Singapore.

He has also authored a biography of politician and journalist Gerald de Cruz.

Asad studied History at University of Cambridge, where he was a Chevening and S. Rajaratnam Scholar, and was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Harvard University.

Lee Xin Li, an architectural graduate, enjoys exploring stories and layers behind the landscapes he encounters. His illustrations have been used in National Day Parades as well as by the Singapore Tourism Board, Maritime Port Authority and the Urban Redevelopment Authority.

978981 4655781 32pp

210 x 260 mm Paperback

SGD

$ 14.90

Rights World Out in 4

March 2016

PROMINENT SINGAPOREANS

Where Are All the Birds?

Picture Books

NEW

The Extraordinary Mind of Dr Goh Keng Swee

Darel Seow Where are all the birds? Why am I in this world? Where are my spectacles?

Discover the life of Dr Goh Keng Swee in this fun and unique narrative of successive questions. How did this quiet, shy and curious boy become the man who would spearhead mammoth national projects and impact the lives of all Singaporeans?

The life of Dr Goh Keng Swee is told in a fun and unique series of questions.

Darel Seow is a visual storyteller who illustrates the tales of the natural world through his unique brand of wit and whim. He works across a range of styles and media, especially enjoying digital and printmaking methods, to bring his creations to life.

978981 4655798 32pp

210 x 260 mm Paperback

SGD

$ 14.90

Rights World Out in

March 2016 5

Picture Books

NEW

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

A charming tale that describes a common encounter young children often have with elderly relatives.

Grandma is here for the yearly reunion dinner. We love Grandma, but dear oh dear, she asks the same questions every year.

Isn’t that rather tiresome? Yet, if these moments were missing, would things still be the same?

Eve Aw is an advertising copywriter with 12 years’ experience with digital specialisation from top firms like Omnicom, Publicis and WPP. Yunroo graduated with an illustration degree form Middlesex University in London.

978981 4655392 32pp

230 x 230 mm Paperback

SGD

$ 14.90

Rights World Out in 6

January 2016

ASIA’S LOST LEGENDS

Picture Books

Tokoyo The Tomb of the Sea Serpent

NEW

Catherine Khoo & Teressa Ong Tokoyo grows up in a small fishing village as the daughter of a samurai. When her father is banished to the Oki Islands, Tokoyo is left all alone. Through the strength of her love for her father, Tokoyo gives up everything she owns and travels far and wide to reach him. Yet one obstacle remains: a sea serpent that terrorises the waters surrounding the Oki Islands. It is up to Tokoyo to take on this terrible beast and save the islanders from its monstrous ways.

In ancient Japan, Tokoyo must brave long distances and a fearsome sea serpent to reunite with her father, a banished samurai.

How can one girl make a difference in the world?

Catherine Khoo is the founder and director of Janus Education, Singapore’s first boutique publisher of imprints for under-18s, by under-18s.

Teressa Ong graduated from Nanyang Polytechnic with a diploma in Animation.

She is currently an illustrator at Paperplane. She also loves watching cartoons, reading children books and comics. And munching on biscuits, especially animal-shaped ones.

ALSO IN THE SERIES

978981 0767112 32pp

210 x 260 mm Paperback

SGD

$ 14.90

Rights World

Justice Bao: The Case of the Missing Coin

Out in

978981 0758103

May 2016

7

Picture Books

8

Picture Books

Karung Guni Boy

NEW

Lorraine Tan & Eric Wong Ming loves to make things. But he doesn’t have any money to buy the things that would help him create his inventions. One day, hearing the “beep, beep, beep” of the karung guni man’s car horn, he is inspired to make something out of things he collects. So he asks his neighbours, who are only too happy to get rid of things they no longer need. In the end, Ming surprises everyone with a wonderful creation that that they can also use.

A young boy is inspired by the karung guni man in his quest to make dreams come true.

Lorraine Tan is a lecturer at the School of Humanities & Social Sciences, Ngee Ann Polytechnic. Her first children’s book, Pip’s Garden, won the First-Time Writers and Illustrations Award in 2009. In 2013, her picture book, Origami Girl, was the Singapore first prize winner for the Daekyo Eye Level Children’s Literature Award.

Eric Wong is a graphic designer, focusing on illustration and editorial design. He is also active in the fields of brand identity, print and information design.

Ming was a boy with big ideas.

He loved thinking up inventions.

978981 4615839 32pp

230 x 230 mm Paperback

SGD

$ 14.90

Rights World Out in

May 2016 9

Picture Books

NEW

EMMA AND GINGER

Dad’s Too Busy / Dad’s for Sales Lily Kong & Jeanette Yap

A six-year-old girl finds companionship in the form of a tabby cat that she takes in without her parents’ permission.

Meet Emma. She’s six. She’s smart.

And she has a tabby cat…that she took in without her parents’ permission. (To be fair, she did try to tell them, but they were too busy to listen) But soon the secret becomes difficult to keep…

A heartfelt story, Dad’s Too Busy is a reminder about what it means to be present when we’re with the people we love. /What would you do if you needed money to buy something you really wanted?

Put your dad up for sale, of course. Well, according to Emma anyway. That sounds like a great plan, until she realises that there’s something else she wants more than new things…

Emma is back, and this time, she wants to sell her Dad.

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 is a recent graduate of NTU’s School of Art, Design & Media.

978981 4757676 32pp

210 x 260 mm Paperback

SGD

$ 14.90

Rights World Out in 10

May 2016

SAM, SEBBIE AND DI-DI-DI

Picture Books

A Royal Adventure

NEW

David Seow & Soefara Jafney Sam, Sebbie and Di-Di-Di are in London for the school holidays. They really want to see the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the adorable Prince George and Princess Charlotte. But they’re in for a surprise when a royal teddy takes them on an unexpected adventure through Kensington Gardens.

Will they be able to find Teddy’s owner, or will it all be a wild goose chase?

Sam, Sebbie and Di-Di-Di race through Kensington Gardens as they try to return a lost teddy to Princess Charlotte.

David Seow is an award-winning children’s book author of 23 well-received children’s books, including the Sam, Sebbie and Di-Di-Di series, featuring his young niece and nephews as the main characters.

Other titles include Alexander’s Adventure Machine and The Littlest Emperor.

His latest books are 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. She started out in a production house, and later went into fashion, then jumped head first into the advertising industry and finally found comfort in simply producing art. She has designed and illustrated for many corporations. This title is her sixth Sam, Sebbie and Di-Di-Di book.

ALSO IN THE SERIES 1

2

At the Night Safari

At the S.E.A. Aquarium

978981 0765958

978981 0765972

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Sebbie’s First Day of School 978981 0778576

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5

978981 4615891 32pp

210 x 260 mm Paperback

SGD

$ 14.90

Rights 1 & 3 - 5 World 2

World except

Tamil language

Rights World

A Day with the Duchess

The Lion Dance

Out in

978981 0778613

978981 0778590

May 2016

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Picture Books

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The Rock and the Bird Chew Chia Shao Wei & Anngee Neo 978981 0755553 SGD $ 16.90

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Where’s Grandma?

Edmund Lim & Tan Zi Xi

The Crane and the Crab SR Nathan & Anngee Neo

978981 0720780 SGD $ 18.90

978981 0735906 SGD $ 16.90

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

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Tibby, the Tiger Bunny Emily Lim & Jade Fang 978981 0758349 SGD $ 14.90

978981 0726188 SGD $ 14.90

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

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

Bo Bo and Cha Cha and the New Year Gift Jason Erik Lundberg & Patrick Yee

Bo Bo and Cha Cha Cook Up a Storm Jason Erik Lundberg & Patrick Yee

Bo Bo and Cha Cha and the Lost Child Jason Erik Lundberg & Patrick Yee

978981 0739980 SGD $ 14.90

978981 0755508 SGD $ 14.90

978981 0767099 SGD $ 14.90

978981 4615334 SGD $ 14.90

978981 4615358 SGD $ 14.90

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

Jack and Jill at Bukit Timah Hill Gwen Lee & Twisstii

A Boy Named Harry: The Childhood of Lee Kuan Yew Patrick Yee

Harry Grows Up: The Early Years of Lee Kuan Yew Patrick Yee

Harry Builds a Nation: The Legacy of Lee Kuan Yew Patrick Yee

978981 4615297 SGD $ 14.90

978981 4615310 SGD $ 14.90

978981 4615433 SGD $ 14.90

*Also available in Chinese

*Also available in Chinese

*Also available in Chinese

978981 0778675 SGD $ 14.90

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978981 4615853 SGD $ 14.90

Picture Books

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Tibby and Duckie Emily Lim & Jade Fang 978981 4615716 SGD $ 14.90

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The Robot in My Playground Pauline Loh & Avina Tan 978981 0755836 SGD $ 14.90

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Farrer Park Ann Peters & Lydia Yang

The Amazing Sarong Quek Hong Shin

978981 0716769 SGD $ 17.90

978981 4615860 SGD $ 14.90

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The Great Dragon Warrior Ng Swee San & Wen Dee Tan 978981 4615822 SGD $ 14.90

18 Awards 1 Winner, Hedwig Anuar Children’s Book Award 2015 /First Prize, 2009 Commonwealth Essay Competition, Royal Commonwealth Society

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

Fann Patrick Yee 978981 0726171 SGD $ 24.90

978981 4615372 SGD $ 14.90

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The Very Solid Adventures of Handsome Hock and Champion Poh Phua San San 978981 0755850 SGD $ 14.90

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2 Winner, Hedwig Anuar Children’s Book Award 2013 8 Shortlisted, Hedwig Anuar Children’s Book Award 2013 /Selected title for Read!

Singapore 2013 22 2nd Prize, Popular Readers’ Choice Awards 2015, English (Children) Category Rights 1 World except Germany

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

Hansel and Girl Girl Adrian Pang & Milenko Prvacki

978981 0760168 SGD $ 16.90

978981 0731816 SGD $ 16.90

Little Red in the Hood Glen Goei & Drewscape 978981 0732233 SGD $ 16.90

2 World except Farsi & Korean language 4&5 World except Tamil language, China (simplified Chinese language) 8 & 17 World except Tamil language 6 - 26 World 13

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Artwork from Achimpa: The Mysterious Word

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Picture Books

NEW

Achimpa The Mysterious Word

Catarina Sobral

A researcher discovers and tries to unravel the meaning of a mysterious, longforgotten word.

One day, a researcher comes across a new word: ACHIMPA. Nobody knows its meaning or the word class it belongs to.

People start using “achimpa” as they feel like it until one day the researcher makes another new discovery…

An achimping book for very achimp readers!

Catarina Sobral is a Portuguese illustrator and communications designer. She is also the author of Strike, and My Grandad.

Her books have been published in many countries and she is a constant presence in several national and international magazines and newspapers.

978981 4655385

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36pp

210 x 260 mm Paperback

SGD

$ 14.90

Rights

Southeast Asia

Out in

January 2016

Picture Books

What If Dinosaurs Still Existed?

NEW

Emma de Woot Zoe and Leo are going to the natural history museum to see the dinosaurs. They start to daydream: what if dinosaurs still exist?

Through a succession of comical situations, This book invites you to bring fantasy and imagination to life.

Emma de Woot studied illustration at the Saint Luc Institute in Liège. For 20 years Emma has been drawing for children’s magazines in Belgium and in France. She now illustrates books at Mijade. Emma has four sons and lives in the countryside‚ where she has a workshop filled with light.

A trip to the natural history museum awakens the imagination of two children.

978981 4655552 32pp

210 x 260 mm Paperback

SGD

$ 14.90

Rights

Southeast Asia

Out in

January 2016 17

Picture Books

Don’t Be Sorry, Dad!

NEW

Nari Hong How would you feel if your father was unable to cycle, skate or swim with you?

In this heart-warming story of love and acceptance, a young daughter chooses to appreciate and focus on the positive, as she enjoys the activities both her wheelchair-bound father and her can do together. Experience this loving father-daughter bond in this charming, beautifully hand-illustrated story.

Nari Hong shuttles between Seoul and London. She worked as a graphic designer for global companies for six years. However, falling in love with handmade art, she is now an illustrator and a printmaker. She creates her artwork without the computer because she believes it conveys a frankness and personal touch.

A heart-warming story of love, appreciation and acceptance between a wheelchairbound father and his cheerful daughter.

978981 4655767 40pp

210 x 260 mm Paperback

SGD

$ 14.90

Rights

Southeast Asia

Out in

March 2016 19

Picture Books

NEW

Grandma is preparing breakfast when some unexpected visitors from the sea nearby decide to drop in for a friendly visit.

Breakfast at Granny’s Micaela Chirif & Gabriel Alayza Grandma is preparing breakfast when some unexpected visitors from the sea nearby decide to drop in for a friendly visit.

Some orange juice with a giant octopus and fruits from a blue mermaid. Hmm‌ are they here to help with breakfast?

With humor, Breakfast breaks stereotypes and draws our attention to the beauty of the everyday and the joy of imagination that can be enjoyed by the whole family.

Micaela Chirif is a poet and writer for children. She graduated in Philosophy from the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru and is currently pursuing a Master in books and literature for children and youth in the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Her children books have received numerous awards, most notably, the prestigious White Ravens Award.

Gabriel Alayza received the Adolfo Winternitz medal in 2006 for best student in Painting at the Faculty of Arts of the Pontifical Catholic University in Peru.

He also participated in several national and international exhibitions, and has illustrated several picture books including two written by Micaela Chirif.

978981 4655774

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32pp

210 x 260 mm Paperback

SGD

$ 14.90

Rights

Southeast Asia

Out in

March 2016

Picture Books

Stories from Around the World 1

Blanket Travel Kim Da-Jeong 978981 0732189

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The Run of the Snail Manuela Monari & Philip Giordano

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

978981 0738891

978981 0732219

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The King and the Frog Alain Chiche & Sylvain Diez 978981 0732226

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Tim’s Moving Day Anke Wagner & Eva Eriksson 978981 0739188

9 Awards 6 Best Editorial Production, Euro-Chocolate Award Get In Line!

Kristin Roskifte 978981 4615952

I Love Chocolate Davide Calì & Evelyn Daviddi

Hurry Up, Slow Down Isabel Minhós Martins & Bernardo Carvalho

978981 0732202

978981 4615945

The Little Kangaroo Guido van Genechten 978981 4615969

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

1-9 $ 14.90

Rights 1 - 6 Singapore

& Malaysia

7-9 Southeast Asia

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Chapter Books

NEW

DANGER DAN AND GADGET GIRL #1

The Animal Abduction Lesley-Anne & Monica Lim Danny and Melody are back together. This time, the adventures are set in Melody’s world. Welcome to Singapore 2135, where cars travel the sky, the grass is so soft you can sleep on it, and everything runs perfectly. Danny is thrilled with the brilliant gadgets...but some things are not quite what they seem.

Danny and Melody travel to the future and journey through a dystopian Singapore together.

A new series of fun stories centred on the primary school science syllabus.

In The Animal Abduction, a new secret friend brings trouble to the Zoo, and Danger Dan and Gadget Girl have to clean up the mess before it grows to elephant proportions, all while Danger Dan faces his greatest archenemy once more— the Cockroach.

Lesley-Anne & Monica Lim are a daughterand-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. Elvin Ching works as an Illustrator and Storyboard Artist in Singapore. He likes to create his own little comics in his free time and some of his short stories have been published in the Eisner-nominated comics anthology Liquid City. He has also illustrated Marvel trading cards and comics for various series. Elvin has too many comic books at home. He hasn’t even found time to read some yet!

978981 4757027 144 pp 140 x 215 mm

Paperback SGD

$ 10.90

Rights World Out in 22

April 2016

PRAISE FOR DANGER DAN SERIES

Chapter Books

ALSO IN THE SERIES

‘Danger Dan is an entertaining and engaging combination of fantasy & history! Enjoy it!’

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2

Edmund Lim author of Where’s Grandma?, winner of the Hedwig Anuar Children’s Book Award 2013

‘What an entertaining story! It was hard to put it down. I simply had to find out what Danger Dan & Gadget Girl were up to! I especially like the local setting of the story—it made the story even more endearing. Kudos to this mother-and daughter duo for a well-written tale of adventure.’

Secret of Singapore 978981 4615877 SGD $ 14.90

Danger Dan Confronts the Merlion Mastermind 978981 0778439 SGD $ 10.90

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Sher-li Torrey Founder of Mums@Work

‘A refreshingly well-written book of adventure with lots of local flavour.

A fun and engaging read for the whole family.’

Zahira Mohd Sedik Head of Department GEP Humanities, St Hilda’s Primary School

Danger Dan Tackles the Majulah Mayhem 978981 0785024 SGD $ 10.90

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Danger Dan Traces the Perilous Poison 978981 4615235 SGD $ 10.90

Danger Dan Spooks the Perculiar Peranakan Pirate 978981 4615211 SGD $ 10.90

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Danger Dan Creates the Ultimate Utama Uproar 978981 4615259 SGD $ 10.90

Awards

Rights 1 - 6 World

6 Shortlisted, Popular Readers’ Choice Awards 2015 23

Chapter Books

NEW

THE TRAVEL DIARY OF AMOS LEE #4

Quokking in Australia!

Adeline Foo & Stephanie Wong Amos, Alvin and Anthony reunite with Jolin and Sheila, the girls from Malaysia, to visit Perth on an eco-holiday to experience Australia’s unique wildlife. But what began as a childish quest to eat the biggest emu eggs turns into a quarrel, and in the midst of it all, Amos comes across a quokka and decides to keep it, which can only mean trouble. Amos has to right a wrong and save everyone.

Amos travels to Perth, in an attempt to impress a girl.

Adeline Foo is a graduate of New York University Tisch School of the Arts Asia and a mother of three. She has 25 published children’s books, including five national bestsellers. Her book The Travel Diary of Amos Lee: Monkeying in Malaysia! was shortlisted for the 2015 Hedwig Anuar Book Award.

Stephanie Wong is a graphic designer and illustrator of the The Diary of Amos Lee and The Travel Diary of Amos Lee series. She has also illustrated a picture book titled The Little Nightingale Who Couldn’t Sing.

978981 4655842 148 pp 140 x 215 mm

Paperback SGD

$ 12.90

Rights World Out in 24

March 2016

PRAISE FOR THE TRAVEL DIARY OF AMOS LEE SERIES

Chapter Books

‘What we really enjoy is how enriching bits of cultural education is shipped into the anecdotes of Amos Lee. Grab a copy of Amos Lee’s travel diary series and you’ll see how one could truly experience the world through books.’ therightword.com.sg

ALSO IN THE SERIES Awards 1

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1 3rd Prize Winner, Popular Readers’ Choice Awards 2015, English (Children) Category 2 Shortlisted, Hedwig Anuar Children’s Book Award 2015

Seoul Searching!

978981 4615396 SGD $ 12.90

Monkeying in Malaysia!

978981 0794194 SGD $ 12.90

Lost in Taipei!

978981 0778729 SGD $ 12.90

Lights, Camera, Superstar!

I’m Twelve, I’m Tough, I Tweet!

978981 0735180 SGD $ 12.90

978981 0871321 SGD $ 12.90

4 2nd Prize, Popular Readers’ Choice Award 2014 8 1st Prize, Popular Readers’ Choice Award 2011 7 Red Dot Award 2009 Rights

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1-8 World except Vietnamese 4-8 World except Turkish 7 World except Slovakia, China (simplified Chinese language) 4, 7 - 8 India subcontinent (English & Tamil language)

Girls, Guts and Glory!

I Sit, I Write, I Flush!

978981 0726782 SGD $ 12.90

978981 0824846 SGD $ 12.90

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

Whoopie Lee: The Big Spell Off

Whoopie Lee: Almost Famous

978981 0707576 SGD $ 9.90

978981 0747800 SGD $ 8.90

978981 0884130 SGD $ 8.90

5 World except Indonesian language 9 - 10 World 25

Chapter Books

NEW

SHERLOCK SAM #10

Sherlock Sam and the Comic Caper in New York A. J. Low & Drewscape The Supper Club attends the San Diego Comic-con when a piece of experimental technology is stolen by a real-life superhero turned real-life supervillain! Will Sherlock Sam, Watson and the rest of the gang be able to rush across the country to rescue the priceless technology from the clutches of this evil-doer? Or is this the end of the world as we know it?

More than 36,000 copies of books 1 through 9 sold!

Sherlock Sam and his Supper Club take to the US for some serious crime-solving.

A. J. Low is the husband-and-wife team of Adan Jimenez and Felicia Low-Jimenez.

Adan has co-written a children’s book, Twisted Journey #22: Hero City, published in the US. Felicia was born and raised in Singapore and works in book retailing.

Drewscape is a full-time freelance illustrator and an Eisner-nominated comic artist. During his free time, he creates his own comics just for fun. In his home studio you’ll find an overflow of art tools of all kinds as he loves experimenting with them.

Andrew published his first graphic novel, Monster, Miracles & Mayonnaise, in 2012.

978981 4615907 144 pp 140 x 215 mm

Paperback SGD

$ 10.90

Rights World Out in 26

May 2016

PRAISE FOR SHERLOCK SAM SERIES

Chapter Books

ALSO IN THE SERIES

‘The humor and camaraderie of the children, the robots and the lovable parents are reassuring, and makes you wish you could be part of the group in their next adventure.’

Naomi Kojima, Japanese author and illustrator of The Alphabet Picture Book and Singing Shijimi Clams

‘Watch out, encyclopedia brown! With the wit of Sherlock Holmes and Grit of Sam Malone, Sherlock Sam is the new kid detective on the scene.’

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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

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Daniel Nayeri author of Straw House, Wood House, Brick House, Blow

‘What’s not to love about a savvy kid with pluck, prepared to step outside humdrum routines to solve mysteries?

Young readers everywhere dream of pushing limits in pursuit of adventure, and Sam is all the more appealing for his habit of running rings around grown-up buffoons. In Sherlock Sam, A. J. Low has conceived a series sure to have longterm appeal.’

Sherlock Sam and the Alien Encounter on Pulau Ubin

Sherlock Sam and the Vanished Robot in Penang

Sherlock Sam and the Cloaked Classmate in Macritchie

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Sherlock Sam and the Obento Bonanza in Tokyo

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Ken Spillman author of the Jake series

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Awards 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 27

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ANG KU KUEH GIRL & FRIENDS #1

The Magical Dragon Playground Wang Shijia Meet Ang Ku Kueh Girl and her friends Png Kueh Girl, Kueh Lapis Girl, Curry Puff Boy and Roti Prata Boy in this charming new series for early readers, inspired by some of Singapore’s most beloved foods.

In The Magical Dragon Playground, Ang Ku Kueh Girl comes face to face with a terrifying monster, and makes a very special new friend learning an important lesson in the process.

There’s a monster at the Dragon Playground!

How will Ang Ku Kueh Girl escape?

Wang Shijia reinterprets Singaporean food culture and heritage as the charmingly illustrated characters Ang Ku Kueh Girl® and Friends.™

Early readers can learn about Singapore’s cultural customs in this delightful series featuring characters based on iconic local foods.

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Mount Emily

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Low Ying Ping What happens when Patsy Goh and her best friend Elena are whisked back in time to 1987? Trapped in their mums’ 13-yearold bodies, the duo race against the clock to hunt down the magical time crystal that got them into this mess, before the evil Midnight Warriors find it and cause a time crisis that could destroy all of existence.

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 QLRS (Quarterly Literary Review Singapore). This is her first novel.

Thirteen-year-old Patsy Goh accidentally travels back in time to 1987, taking over her mother’s teenage life and body to save the world from a crisis that could destroy existence.

Mount Emily is the first in a series of books about Patsy and her best friend, Elena, students at Mount Emily Girls’ School. The books feature time travel with a strong focus on female teen friendship.

978981 4655934 186 pp 130 x 200 mm

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Triple Nine Sleuths Maranna Chan Award Shortlisted, Popular Reader Choice Awards 2015 Price SGD

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Graphic Novels

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Jerks Won’t Give You Flowers Moderna de Pueblo

This graphic novel documents the trials and tribulations of one young woman’s quest to find love in the big city.

Too cool for her small hometown, yet too provincial for the metropolis, she’s the Moderna de Pueblo (Small Town Hipster).

In her search for a job, an apartment and love, she finds that big citylife isn’t all that she imagined. With the wealth of new experiences comes an equal wealth of jerks in all shapes and sizes: the Classic Jerk, the Cultural Snob Jerk, the Tough Guy Jerk, the One-Night-Only Jerk, the Jerk Jerk (whose jerk-like behaviour is self-aware and premeditated)… it’s a tough world out there.

But, armed with two unshakeable girlfriends and a generous dose of gumption, our heroine takes the city on, one jerk at a time.

Moderna de Pueblo (Small Town Hipster) is the pseudonym of Raquel Córcoles, an illustrator, writer and social media influencer in Spain. She has worked for Cuore and El Jeves (Spanish magazines), and published her first book Soy de Pueblo (I’m From a Small Town) under Glénat.

978981 4655200 160 pp 152 x 230 mm

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The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye Sonny Liew After selling out hundreds of copies during its launch, and hitting its third print run within two months, The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye by acclaimed comic artist Sonny Liew lit up a fiery debate on social media and continues to create great socio-political buzz.

The most important and thought-provoking graphic novel that Singapore has ever seen. Debuted at No.1 on Amazon’s Graphic Novels List on its US release on March 2016.

Ostensibly about pioneering comic artist Charlie Chan, the book traces Singapore’s history through Charlie’s life and work. In turn, the latter reflects on the country’s changing political and economic environment. Packed with comic book references, intricately detailed and rich with history, this is the Singapore story the likes no one has ever seen.

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

‘One of the most visually arresting and thematically remarkable books published this year…A landmark work in Singapore comics history.’

Akshita Nanda, The Sunday Times

‘Highlights lesser known facts about our history and, along with it, new ways to think about our past.

A brilliant book.’

Bertha Henson, The Middle Ground

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2 Tiananmen: 25th Anniversary Edition Morgan Chua 978981 0779276 SGD $ 24.90

8 Monsters, Miracles & Mayonnaise Drewscape 978981 0731090 SGD $ 18.90

9 The Girl Under the Bed Dave Chua & Xiao Yan 978981 0731106 SGD $ 18.90

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Date King #1: Singapore Dating Adrian Teo & Kenfoo 978981 0766054 SGD $ 9.90

11 4 Last Train from Tanjong Pagar Koh Hong Teng 978981 0769192 SGD $ 24.90

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Singapore’s Richest Literary Prize Launched

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n April 2015, Epigram Books announced the launch of the inaugural Epigram Books Fiction Prize. With a prize of $20,000 and a publishing contract, it is the richest literary award of its kind in Singapore.

Over a six month submission period, Epigram Books was incredibly heartened by an overwhelming response of 69 submissions from writers of all ages (with the youngest and oldest entrant being 15 and 73 years of age respectively) and from all walks of life.

Proving that there is a burgeoning interest in writing amongst the young, writers in their twenties were the most prolific, contributing to 28 percent of submissions.

After a long internal deliberation, four shortlisted novels were chosen for the consideration of the judging panel (which consisted of lawyer and bestselling author Adrian Tan, leading actress Janice Koh, NUS professor Philip Holden and chaired by Epigram Books Publisher and CEO Edmund Wee). The prize ceremony took place during a gala dinner at the Pan Pacific Singapore. It was attended by the short-listed candidates, the judging panel, key representatives of the publishing industry, event sponsors and members of the media.

O Thiam Chin emerged as the winner with his debut novel, Now That It’s Over (formerly titled The Infinite Sea). Described by the judges as a novel that gave insight into “how little we know the people whom we are in relationships with,” the story drew praise for its compelling plot, the quality of its writing and the strength of its character development.

“We want to reward excellence in contemporary Singapore creative writing and to encourage the readership of high-quality Singapore literature by publishing the winning and shortlisted entries,” said Edmund Wee. The release of O's book is therefore in conjunction with its three contenders: Death of a Perm Sec by Wong Souk Yee, Sugarbread by Balli Kaur and Let’s Give It Up for Gimme Lao! by Sebastian Sim. As a publisher that is constantly on the search for the next great Singapore novel, Epigram Books is very appreciative of all the support that the prize has received. This response has reaffirmed our belief in the importance of cultivating and championing local writers and their work, and we look forward to receiving the submissions for this year’s book prize.

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Let’s Give It Up for Gimme Lao! Sebastian Sim

Finalist for the 2015 Epigram Books Fiction Prize.

From the tender age of six, Gimme Lao lives by the following motto: “I don’t aspire to be nice. I do what is necessary to get what I want.”

Born on the night of the nation’s independence, Gimme is cheated of the honour of being Singapore’s firstborn son by a vindictive nurse. This forms the first of three things Gimme never knew about himself, the second being the circumstances surrounding his parents’ marriage, and the third being the profound (but often unintentional) impact he has on other people’s lives.

Sebastian Sim, 49, grew up in a one-room HDB flat with his parents, who were part of the pioneer generation that saw through Singapore’s independence.

‘The plot wanders in an apparently artless, but in fact rather artful way…

There’s a real sense of control here, and a consistent, organic voice…’

Philip Holden editor of Writing Singapore and EBFP judge

After graduating from junior college, he spent the next thirty years clocking work experience in different industries; he was variously a bartender at Boat Quay, an assistant outlet manager at MacDonalds, an insurance salesman, a prison officer in a maximum security prison and a croupier in a casino. Over the same period, he indulged in two concurrent love affairs— backpacking and creative writing. He is currently working in a community club as an executive and has written three Chinese novels under the pen name Yueguan Ming.

978981 4757324 340 pp 153 x 225 mm

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Death of a Perm Sec

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Wong Souk Yee Death of a Perm Sec is a mystery novel about the demise of the permanent secretary of the housing ministry, Chow Sze Teck, accused of accepting millions of dollars in bribes over his career. Set in 1980s Singapore, the novel examines the civil servant’s death, which first appears to be suicide. But the involvement of a CID inspector who might not be what he seems leads the deceased’s family discover there may be far more sinister circumstances behind his death, reaching to the very top echelons of government. The novel exposes the dark heart of power politics, from the country’s tumultuous post-independence days to the socio-political landscape of the 1980s.

Wong Souk Yee, 57, is a playwright and former political detainee, who contested the 2015 General Election as a member of the Singapore Democratic Party. An adjunct lecturer at the National University of Singapore, she co-founded the nowdefunct theatre group Third Stage. In 1987, she was detained for allegedly taking part in a Marxist conspiracy against the government. She co-directed and co-wrote the play Square Moon, staged in 2013, about detention without trial.

Finalist for the 2015 Epigram Books Fiction Prize.

‘The detective-story style plot provides movement and suspense, and there’s an interesting series of discoveries…The author has a story to tell, and there’s a certain raw power in the narrative.’

Philip Holden editor of Writing Singapore and EBFP judge

978981 4757348 390 pp 153 x 225 mm

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Now That It’s Over O Thiam Chin

Winner of the 2015 Epigram Books Fiction Prize.

‘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

While vacationing in Phuket, two Singaporean couples are caught in a tsunami that devastates 14 countries.

Alternating between the catastrophe’s aftermath and past events that lead 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 man-made disasters.

O Thiam Chin is the winner of the inaugural Epigram Books Fiction Prize, the richest literary award in Singapore, with a cash prize of S$20,000. He is also the author of five collections of short fiction: FreeFalling Man (2006), Never Been Better (2009), Under the Sun (2010), The Rest Of Your Life and Everything That Comes with It (2011) and Love, Or Something Like Love (2013, shortlisted for the 2014 Singapore Literature Prize for English Fiction).

His short stories have appeared in M noa, World Literature Today, The International Literary Quarterly, Asia Literary Review, Quarterly Literary Review Singapore, Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, Kyoto Journal, The Jakarta Post, The New Straits Times, Asiatic and Esquire (Singapore). His short fiction was also selected for the first two volumes of The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories anthology series.

978981 4757287 336 pp 153 x 225 mm

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Sugarbread

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Balli Kaur Jaswal Sugarbread follows the life of 10-year-old Punjabi-Sikh girl, Pin: the shortest girl in her class, recipient of an embarrassing monthly bursary, and target of her racist bus driver’s slurs. Her father’s obsession with winning the lottery shifts Pin’s juvenile observations to her graceful and secretive mother, and through Ma’s cooking, Pin learns how to distinguish the subtleties in her mother’s moods, and finds out just how little she knows about who her mother really is.

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. She is working on her third novel, a dark comedy set in a Punjabi immigrant enclave in London.

Finalist for the 2015 Epigram Books Fiction Prize.

‘This novel is sensitively written, and raises important issues subtly: racism and racialization; religiosity and its relation to identity; patriarchal values; class; and the intersection of Christianity and capitalism in the wonderful speech about “spiritual bank accounts”.’

Philip Holden editor of Writing Singapore and EBFP judge

978981 4757300 384 pp 153 x 225 mm

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Inheritance Balli Kaur Jaswal 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 to develop that threaten to unravel her traditional Punjabi Sikh family.

First novel by Balli Kaur Jaswal, an exploration of a Punjabi Sikh family from the 1970s to the 1990s.

‘A rich and gorgeous portrait of a family—and nation—struggling against history, culture, and the grief of smashed hope.’

Emily Maguire author of Fishing for Tigers

Over the next two decades, as Singapore’s political, social and cultural landscapes change, the family’s attempts to cope with the shifts lead to some disastrous consequences. With the traditional expectations of their country on the one hand, and their own volition on the other, Amrit’s family must avoid imploding.

Inheritance is a universal story of family, identity and belonging.

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. She is working on her third novel, a dark comedy set in a Punjabi immigrant enclave in London.

‘An exceptional debut. Balli Kaur Jaswal reveals the conflicts at the heart of one Punjabi family with such compassion, such accuracy, the effect is compelling. Her gifts are immense.’

Andrew Cowan author of Pig

‘A vivid, compelling tale of selfhood, fraught blood ties and the devastating weight of change.’

Meg Mundell author of Black Glass

978981 4757362 264 pp 153 x 225 mm

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Lontar

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The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction – Issue #6

Ed. Jason Erik Lundberg This issue of LONTAR presents speculative writing from and about Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Cambodia and Laos. Inside these pages, you’ll find: • the high cost of cheap footwear by celebrated novelist and translator Ken Liu; • the consequence of domesticating mythical beasts by rising star Eka Kurniawan (translated

by Asymptote’s Indonesia Editor-at-Large, Tiffany Tsao); • a mind-bending familial space opera by Victor Fernando R. Ocampo; • the connection between a talented girl and the toys she brings to life by JY Yang; • a break-up that descends into artistic oblivion

by Jennifer Anne Champion; • an academic examination into the legend of Bukit Merah by award-winner Ng Yi-Sheng; • a comic on the consuming danger of the manananggal by Budjette Tan & Kajo Baldisimo; • and speculative poetry from Jonel Abellanosa, Ang Si Min, Russ Hoe, Desmond Kon ZhichengMingdé, Christina Sng, Sokunthary Svay, Krishna Udayasankar, Brendan Walsh and Marco Yan.

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 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).

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

‘All the writing is surprising and fascinating. The great thing about LONTAR is the broad range of speculative fiction showcased here with a guaranteed burst of Southeast Asian culture.’

Zara Adcock The Review Review

ALSO IN THE SERIES

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Big Mole Ming Cher 978981 4655354 SGD $ 24.90

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It Never Rains on National Day Jeremy Tiang 978981 4655644 SGD $ 18.90

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Ministry of Moral Panic Amanda Lee Koe 978981 0757328 SGD $ 18.90

A Certain Exposure Jolene Tan 978981 0788285 SGD $ 18.90

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

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The Last Lesson of Mrs de Souza Cyril Wong

978981 4615068 SGD $ 18.90

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Ten Things My Father Never Taught Me and Other Stories Cyril Wong 978981 4615082 SGD $ 18.90

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14 Awards 4 Winner, Singapore Literature Prize 2014 /Longlisted, Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award 2014

The Wayang at Eight Milestone: Stories & Essays Gregory Nalpon

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

978981 0764579 SGD $ 18.90

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The Good, the Bad and the PSLE Monica Lim 978981 0765996 SGD $ 17.90

Nurse Molly Returns Katherine Soh 978981 0755591 SGD $ 22.90

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

by Howard Goldblatt

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

Death by Perfume You Jin Translated from the Chinese by Jeremy Tiang

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

The Widower Mohamed Latiff Mohamed Translated from the Malay

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Penghulu Suratman Markasan Translated from the Malay

by Solehan Ishak

Confrontation Mohamed Latiff Mohamed Translated from the Malay

by Shafiq Selamat

Flowers At Dawn Singai Ma Elangkannan Translated from the Tamil

by A.R. Venkatachalapathy

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

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

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

978981 0736590 SGD $ 17.90

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Son of Singapore Tan Kok Seng

Man of Malaysia Tan Kok Seng

Three Sisters of Sze Tan Kok Seng

The Immolation Goh Poh Seng

Ricky Star Lim Thean Soo

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Green Is the Colour Lloyd Fernando

Scorpion Orchid Lloyd Fernando

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The Scholar and the Dragon Stella Kon

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Baby Zoey Our Search for Life and Family

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Olivia Chiong Parenting is already not easy, what more same-sex parenting in conservative Singapore? Entrepreneur Olivia Chiong chronicles her journey with her partner Irene, from marriage to their struggles to conceive their daughter Zoey.

Olivia Chiong blogs about her personal life with her wife Irene and daughter Zoey in Singapore on her website www. olivia.thechiongs.com where she shares her insights on same-sex parenting, relationships and life hacks. A long-time volunteer with queer women activist platform Sayoni, she co-founded Singapore’s only same-sex parenting support group Rainbow Parents SG with her wife. She believes in living life authentically and is absolutely unafraid to talk about the good, bad and the ugly.

Entrepreneur and blogger Olivia Chiong chronicles her struggles to conceive as a same-sex parent.

Her first book, The Unbusy Entrepreneur (self published in December 2015) focuses on using her over 10 years of personal entrepreneurial experience in the events industry and with multiple startups, to help small business owners implement operational and productivity hacks.

978981 4655873 328 pp 170 x 255 mm

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I’m Not Perfect.

I’m a Mom Jasmine Han & Shelly Holly

987981 0791735 SGD $ 34.90

987981 4615990 SGD $ 24.90

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Letters to Aly: Surviving My BFF’s Suicide Lee-Ann 978981 0768119 SGD $ 14.90

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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

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Adrift: My Childhood in Colonial Singapore David T. K. Wong 978981 4615983 SGD $ 27.90

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Fridays with Philip Philip Lee 978981 0811280 SGD $ 13.90

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Iskandar Ismail: The Music Man Monica Gwee 978981 0768881 SGD $ 24.90

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Hong Kong Fiascos: A Struggle for Survival David T. K. Wong 978981 4655569 SGD $ 27.90

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Travels Through My Homeland Sharon Cheah 978981 0724146 SGD $ 22.90

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

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

978981 4615938 SGD $ 38.90

978981 4655668 SGD $ 38.90

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Why? When Both My Parents Took Their Lives Yin 978981 0813130 SGD $ 16.90

Awards 1 3rd Prize, Popular Readers’ Choice Award 2015, English (Adult) Category 6 Shortlisted, Hedwig Anuar Book Award 2015

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Singapore Pioneer Poets

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

Price SGD

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Rights World The Best of Edwin Thumboo

The Best of Robert Yeo

The Best of Kirpal Singh

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978981 0718404

978981 0718411

Poetry ‘The best post-1965 English-language poet in the republic today.’

Shirley Geok-Lin Lim author of Among the White Moon Faces

Price SGD

$ 19.90

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World except Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea & Fiji

Clear Brightness Boey Kim Cheng 978981 0741822

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Plays

From Stage to Print

Price SGD

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

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Boom Jean Tay 978981 0840174

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Fear of Writing Tan Tarn How 978981 0714529

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Those Who Can’t, Teach Haresh Sharma

Everything but the Brain Jean Tay

978981 0855109

978981 0855116

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A White Rose at Midnight Lim Chor Pee

1-7 $ 13.90

Rights 1 - 7 World

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Mimi Fan Lim Chor Pee 978981 0714598

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Model Citizens Haresh Sharma 978981 0714611

978981 4615488

Playwright’s Omnibus This series is a career-encompassing collection of the finest dramatists to have entered the canon of Singaporean literature.

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Four Plays Chong Tze Chien

Six Plays Desmond Sim

Six Plays Tan Tarn How

Eight Plays Ovidia Yu

Student Plays Desmond Sim

978981 0884956 SGD $ 24.90

978981 0756895 SGD $ 24.90

978981 0879778 SGD $ 25.90

978981 0884680 SGD $ 26.90

978981 0756918 SGD $ 16.90

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Food Books

Food Books 1 NerdBaker: Extraordinary Recipes, Stories & Baking Adventures from a True Oven Geek Christopher Tan

2 Plusixfive: A Singaporean Supper Club Cookbook Goz Lee & Friends 978981 0759063 SGD $ 44.90

978981 4615778 SGD $ 44.90

3 Artichoke: Recipes and Stories from Singapore’s Most Rebellious Kitchen Bjorn Shen 978981 0797737 SGD $ 44.90

3 The End of Char Kway Teow and Other Hawker Mysteries Dr Leslie Tay 978981 0865153 SGD $ 24.90

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10 Onaka: Vibrant Recipes from a Wholesome Restaurant Rosalind Lim & Jason Vito 978981 4615525 SGD $ 39.90

4 Mum’s Not Cooking!

Favourite Singaporean Recipes for the Near Clueless or Plain Lazy Denise Fletcher 978981 0897321 SGD $ 20.90

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Only the Best!

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

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

978981 0778323 SGD $ 15.90

978981 0828653 SGD $ 13.90

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Award

Rights 1 - 8 World

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

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Food Books

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

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Irene’s Peranakan Recipes Irene Yeo & Elaine Yeo

978981 0716165

978981 0570156

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Robin’s Eurasian Recipes Robin Pereira & Quentin Pereira

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

978981 0842741

978981 0897352

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

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

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

978981 0594022

978981 0797980

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Award 1 Winner, Best Chinese Cuisine Book, Gourmand World Cookbook Award 2012, Singapore 50

Price SGD

1-6 $ 22.90

Rights 1 - 6 World

OUR NEIGHBOURHOODS SERIES

Wee Editions

We Love Geylang Serai

NEW

Urban Sketchers Singapore Geylang Serai has served as a hub for the Malay and Indonesian communities in Singapore since pre-independence days.

It was home to the Malay Village, built in 1989 to showcase kampong life and sell ethnic handicrafts, traditional costumes and souvenirs. In the fasting month of Ramadan leading up to Hari Raya Puasa, the area comes alive with performances and bazaars, as families shop for new clothes and delicious goodies.

In We Love Geylang Serai, the artists of Urban Sketchers Singapore offer a glimpse into the heart of a bustling ethnic enclave known for its fascinating mix of the old and new.

Follow the artists from Urban Sketchers Singapore through this eastern neighbourhood as they document its key landmarks and scenes of daily life, and feast your eyes on the sketchers’ delicious depictions of nasi padang, biryani, satay, otah and other Malay and Indian dishes at the renovated two-storey Geylang Serai New Market and Food Centre.

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 4615181 96pp

125 x 175 mm Paperback

SGD

$ 12.90

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Wee Editions

Our Neighbourhoods series This series, by the Singapore chapter of the illustration cooperative, Urban Sketchers, landmarks and daily life is accompanied by heartfelt anecdotes.

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We Love Katong

978981 0736231

978981 0766078

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We Love Toa Payoh

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We Love Queenstown

We Love Little India

978981 0766016

978981 0778217

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We Love Bedok

We Love Chinatown

978981 0754327

978981 0778231

7 We Love Tiong Bahru 978981 0736255

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1-7 $ 12.90

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Wee Editions

Beyond Wilderness

NEW

Chua Chye Teck Chua Chye Teck is a passionate collector of images, memories and spaces, taking photographs of the visible to indicate things invisible. His work is inspired by the conflicting field of spatial and social relations within specific environments, generally urban surroundings; it is a matter of people, their actions with respect to the space they occupy, inhabit or merely cross briefly.

978981 4655316 144pp

220 x 280 mm Hard Cover

SGD

$ 38.90

Rights World Out in

June 2016

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Wee Editions

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

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1 Seasons Thomas Lim 978981 4615792 SGD $ 119.90

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2 Our Gurkhas: Singapore Through Their Eyes Zakaria Zainal 978981 0730260 SGD $ 24.90

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Cocks Ernest Goh

100 Singaporeans Wesley Loh Kar-Wai

978981 0756260 SGD $ 24.90

978981 0731205 SGD $ 24.90

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5 The Fish Book Ernest Goh 978981 0883607 SGD $ 24.90

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A TEAR-OUT & FRAME COLOURING BOOK SERIES

Colouring Books

Blks & Nos.

NEW

Koh Hong Teng Filled with twenty images of neighbourhood shops, restaurant kitchens and other sights commonly experienced in our daily grind, this first in a series of colouring books focuses on life in Singapore.

Koh Hong Teng is a comics artist and painter based in Singapore. In 2011, he received the Arts Creation Fund from Singapore’s National Arts Council.

Graphic novel, Ten Sticks and One Rice,

by Hong Teng and Oh Yong Hwee, was published by Epigram Books in November 2012 and won a Bronze Award at the 7th International MANGA Awards.

Blks & Nos. captures the familiar spirit of Singapore’s heartlands.

978981 4757522 20pp

250 x 250 mm Paperback

SGD

$ 24.90

Rights Singapore & Malaysia Out in

March 2016

A TEAR-OUT & FRAME COLOURING BOOK SERIES

Homes of the Holy

NEW

Marco Buinhas From the bronze Corpus Christi that overlooks the parish in the Church of Saint Mary of Angels, to the Buddha Maitreya that resides in the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple, the iconic façade of the Al-Ansar Mosque and the Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple’s Lord Krishna, artist Marcos Buinhas’ illustrations is a portal reflecting Singapore’s diverse religious cultures.

Marco Buinhas is a Portuguese-born artist and has worked with prestigious international offices on a wide range of competitions, projects and achievements that have spanned Europe, Africa, China and the Middle East.

This book celebrates Singapore’s multicultural identity as a melting pot of religious diversity with great reverence and painstaking intricacy.

978981 4757539 20pp

250 x 250 mm Paperback

SGD

$ 24.90

Rights Singapore & Malaysia Out in

March 2016

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Notbooks

Epigram Notbooks say who you really are. Let our Notbooks be your witty companions, perfect for scribbles and sketches. Available in 30 colours and designs, and in a handy size, they ensure you’ll always have the right accessory for you lifestyle. NOW AVAILABLE IN A5 SIZE FOR SOME TITLES

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I AM NOT BOSSY. I AM TAKING CHARGE.

I AM NOT A BUM. I AM AN ARTIST.

I AM NOT SLEEPING. I AM MEDITATING.

I AM NOT STUBBORN. I AM COMMITTED.

I AM NOT WEIRD. I AM UNIQUE.

Black

White

Beige

Khaki

Silver

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

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I AM NOT AGGRESSIVE. I AM ASSERTIVE.

I AM NOT MESSY. I KNOW WHERE EVERYTHING IS.

Teal

Cerulean

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I AM NOT DEMANDING. I AM A PERFECTIONIST.

I AM NOT RECKLESS. I AM A RISK TAKER.

Cobalt Blue

Jaguar Green

Bondi Blue

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

I AM NOT A CYNIC. I AM A REALIST.

I AM NOT LATE. YOU ARE EARLY.

I AM NOT KIASU. I AM SINGAPOREAN.

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

Rose-tint

Red

Singapore Red

Leather Brown

Pink

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Notbooks

1, 7, 8, 13, 14, 16, 17, 24 & 27

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A5 size 148 x 210 mm 128 pp Ruled on Right Matt Flexi-bound & Threadsewn

A5 size 148 x 210 mm 128 pp Blank Matt Flexi-bound & Threadsewn

A6 size 105 x 148 mm 128 pp Blank Matt Flexi-bound & Threadsewn

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$ 16.90

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$ 9.90

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I AM NOT BLUR. WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?

I AM NOT KANCHIONG. I AM ON THE BALL.

I AM NOT A DREAMER. I AM A VISIONARY.

I AM NOT FUSSY. I AM DISCRIMINATING.

I AM NOT PARANOID. EVERYONE IS AFTER ME.

Gunmetal Grey

Denim

Sky Blue

Eggshell Blue

Turquoise

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

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I AM NOT PROCRASTINATING. TOMORROW IS MY FAVOURITE DAY.

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I AM NOT PRICKLY. I AM SHARP.

I AM NOT HIGH. I AM HAPPY.

I AM NOT HYPERACTIVE. I AM ENERGETIC.

Lime

Yellow

Saffron

Grass Green

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Front cover artwork from Tokoyo: The Tomb of the Sea Serpent Back cover artwork from What If Dinosaurs Still Existed?

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

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

Magenta

Violet

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I AM NOT IMPULSIVE. I AM SPONTANEOUS.

I AM NOT GRUMPY. I AM MARRIED.

Amethyst

Purple

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

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