“Our tagline for the store is ‘Hold Singapore in Your Hands’ and we (also) want to tell our visitors from overseas that the best souvenir they can bring home is a Singapore book.” - Edmund Wee, founder of Epigram.

Epigram Coffee Bookshop is the only bookshop to offer only Singapore books. These are books written about Singapore, books written by Singaporean authors or books published by Singaporean publishers–in all, more than 400 titles!

玲子传媒 (Lingzi Media) is a publishing and distribution company established with the aim of promoting the Chinese language in Singapore. In the past twenty years, it has worked with writers and educational institutions to produce a wide range of literary and non-fiction titles, and has developed into a leading company in the fields of publishing, culture and education in Singapore.

In recent years, 玲子传媒 (Lingzi Media) has sought out international content that is suitable for the Singapore market, particularly books for children and young adults, either through co-publishing or rights acquisition.

友谊书斋 (Maha Yu Yi) was started by Mr. Sung Teo Chu in 1969 due to his passion for Chinese culture, books and arts. However, realising that there was no bookstore dedicated to Chinese children’s titles, Sung Yuen Ling decided to start her own children’s bookstore that would easily allow parents to browse and select Chinese story books and get children to enjoy reading Chinese.

Marshall Cavendish is an international publisher that publishes books, directories, magazines and digital platforms. Their philosophy of enriching life through knowledge transcends the boundaries of geography and culture. Their products reach across the globe in 13 languages, and our publishing network spans Asia and the USA.

Established in 1906, MPH Bookstores has come a long way and been through the shifting tides of buying trends and reading habits. Besides competition from other major bookstores, their biggest challenge now is from the world’s largest online retailer – Amazon and its related company The Book Depository.

Nonetheless, MPH Bookstores is always keen to champion local literature and makes books written and published by local writers and publishers easily available in their bookshops.

NUS Press publishes books on Asia-related social science and humanities, with emphasis on Singapore, Southeast Asia, and East Asia. NUS Press also publishes academic books and journals, as well as high-quality general non-fiction. Books and memoirs meant mostly for a general audience and to be sold in bookshops are published under their Ridge Books imprint. They publish some 25 books a year.

Pustaka Nasional first published its books in 1963, producing several Malay novels by young writers now prominent in the Malay literary scene in Singapore and Malaysia. It also publishes translations of Arabic books into Malay Language as well as developed the syllabus and texts for Madrasah Schools textbooks in 1996, which are still being used today.

As a homegrown bookstore, Popular Bookstore Singapore feels proudly duty bound to promote local literature. They have always actively profiled local authors and their works.

From time to time, they would conduct interviews with local authors and feature them in POPCLUB, their quarterly membership magazine with a print run of 140,000 copies per issue. It also aims to profile the local literary scene by providing local authors with a platform to showcase their writings.

SGBookShelf is an eCommerce bookstore established by Page to Print Pte Ltd. It serves to complement the publishing platform of PagetoPrint by allowing both publishers and authors to leverage on a different avenue to host and sell their titles.

SGBookShelf has a vast collection of titles, spanning over 400 titles to choose from. Their list of noteworthy publishers includes Asiapac Books, Gerakbudaya, Pagesetters Services, Word Image, Seameo RELC, Ukiyoto Publishing, Gaudy Boy and authors like Joshua Chiang, Kelly Beh, Irene Lim, J C Sum, Raju Bhupatiraju, and many more.

Since 1978, Times Bookstores has been selling books to readers in Singapore. It is a member of Times Publishing Limited, a highly regarded media company. Times Bookstores offers English language books that cater to readers of all ages and interests.

Their bestselling SingLit titles include (auto)biographies of local icons, books about local politics and local fiction titles that are award winners. Times Bookstores also conducts an annual promotion for local books during the National Day month.

“This is a celebration of storytelling. We curate the perfect gift for love (in) language.” - Adam Tie, founder of The Novel Encounter, resident poet and published author.

The Novel Encounter keeps things simple with no cover art, no critic reviews and no plot summary—just a significant sentence and the promise of a literary adventure. Their wish is to elevate the book reading experience by including the element of intrigue and hopes that you find romance in choice graced with a question mark.

Established in 1952, 友联书局 (Union Book) is a leading book company that specialises in retailing and distributing a wide range of Chinese books.

However, in order to cope with the increasing popularity of online bookstores, readers’ growing preference for e-books and a decline in Chinese book readership, they would hold book fairs in schools and malls to reach out to younger readers. They would display local books upfront in their bookstore with prominent posters and offer promotions too.

Unggun Creative started with a vision to publish high-quality Malay literary works from Singaporean writers. They believe that exemplary works of literature should have a good command of the language, embrace a forward-thinking philosophy and communicate its purpose succinctly.

Love to read engaging and inspiring Malay literature books from Singaporean writers? Check out their collection of award-winning and best-selling stories or poetry on their website.

As an independent publishing house, a learning academy, an online store and a publishing consultancy, UNGU PEN offers a full suite of services dedicated to inspiring minds and inspiring lives.

They carry quality home-grown publications, regional and international books, learning resources and merchandise. With their growing selections, there will always be something for everyone.

Set up in 2009 as an independent bookshop, Woods in the Books began life in Tiong Bahru dedicated to selling picture books for the young and young at heart. While a first of its kind then, it was still a brick and mortar shop that faced difficulties. In spite of the challenges, the bookshop owners persevered instead of falling under pressure from larger international book stores.

Almost a decade later, Woods in the Books continues to champion and showcase SingLit titles.

World Scientific Publishing Company was established in 1981 with only five employees in a tiny office. Today, the company employs more than 200 staff at its headquarters in Singapore and 450 globally. In about three decades, it has established itself as one of the leading scientific publishers in the world, and the largest international scientific publisher in the Asia-Pacific region.

World Scientific publishes about 600 new titles a year and 130 journals in various fields. Many of its books are recommended texts adopted by renowned institutions such as Harvard University, California Institute of Technology, Stanford University and Princeton University.