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Statement on the publication of Our Folktales
We wish to address an issue regarding the publication of Our Folktales, a collection of eight Asian folktales that was published in 2020.
The Singapore Book Council (SBC) had signed an agreement with eight contributors for a one-time publication of 1,000 copies of Our Folktales. However, a discrepancy was discovered with the publishing agreement signed with World Scientific Publishing, inadvertently granting the company broader rights, including the ability to publish, license, and sell translation rights for the first edition in all forms and media, worldwide.
We sincerely regret this lapse in our diligence and internal processes. We deeply respect the creative works of authors and illustrators, and we apologise unreservedly for causing grief and distress to the contributors for such unintended actions.
To address this immediately, World Scientific Publishing has stopped selling the book and the individual stories in the book. Th

























