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"when words are not enough remember love" —Chandran Nair (1944 - 2023)
Sep 28, 2023
Beloved literary luminary Chandran Nair (Reaching for Stones, 2010) passed away on 18 September 2...
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Remembering David Fedo (1943 - 2022)
Sep 26, 2023
Our poet David Fedo (Carrots and other poems, 2009) passed away in December 2022. We would like t...
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Justice, equality and progress for Singapore’s rare disease communities
Sep 25, 2023
I watched myself wither away, drowning in suicidal grief and frustration because I knew the rapid...
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Clarification is lightness
Sep 18, 2023
(yes, we read every submission, this is why, like Sisyphus, we are always trudging up a hill lol)
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I just want to go to Singapore and have tea with you
Sep 11, 2023
crumbs from afar Transnational connections are bittersweet. One of the only ways a friend of min...
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Navigating Different Worlds
Sep 4, 2023
What demarcates a new world, and how do we know when we’ve crossed into one?
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On love letters to home
Aug 28, 2023
Unbeknownst to myself back then, I was yearning for a reason to look back at Singapore and do som...
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Invite Only
Aug 21, 2023
Brothels, the Buckingham Palace, and Antarctica have at least one thing in common:
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The reality we are building is already ours
Aug 14, 2023
In other words, Singapore is just as flawed and human as any one of us.
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One and Many
Aug 7, 2023
So, what is the secret behind this photo and this moment of one-ness?
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The Singapore I Recognise
Aug 4, 2023
I've often wondered if I live in a parallel Singapore from many people.
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A Face is Never Just a Face
Jul 24, 2023
There is something inherently attractive about letting one’s pen trace the form of another person.
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Ethos Books presents The Singapore I Recognise: Voices from the Ground
Jul 18, 2023
This is the full transcript of The Singapore I Recognise: Voices from the Ground, featuring Alfia...
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The Power Of Books
Jul 18, 2023
I dream, with Dakota Dreams, with Ethos Dreams, that these vignettes will bring compassion and un...
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Borrowing An Industrial Fan & Other Adventures In Event-Planning
Jul 10, 2023
Events like these can only happen with the support of community
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Is it okay to mourn a life once lived?
Jul 10, 2023
It's clear that I'm not who I used to be and I don't know how to feel about it.
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Ethos Dreams: a pop-up bookstore and community initiative
Jun 30, 2023
Ethos Dreams is a pop-up bookstore presented by Ethos Books & Dakota Dreams which seeks to p...
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Giving a chance to the unknown
Jun 26, 2023
Make room for what you can’t orchestrate.
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Wild Messy Growth
Jun 12, 2023
Perhaps we are more changeable—for the better—than we think.
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Am I a good person?
Jun 5, 2023
Are we the mistakes we’ve made?
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Can You Hear Me?
May 29, 2023
Infused within clumsily-used adjectives and lopsided grammar was a desperate need to be understoo...
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A Catalogue Of Many Angers
May 22, 2023
He is the anger of a boy who never understood how to speak his sorrow.
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catskull: A book club starter pack
May 18, 2023
🐈⬛ Welcome to this starter pack—a guide to help you organise your very own catskull book club. ...
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A Publishing House is a Garden
May 15, 2023
A publishing house is a garden, an exciting garden as limitless as the loves and imaginations of ...
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Laying the Breadcrumb Trail
May 1, 2023
I simply arranged my thoughts about books in a private inner shrine. Showing it to others brought...
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Coming Soon: catskull by Myle Yan Tay
Apr 28, 2023
Ram has been ignored and dismissed his entire life. His parents patronise him, his older b...
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Fighting For The World We Want To Live In
Apr 25, 2023
Together, we can dream up, and then fight for, the world we want to live in.
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The Thing To Do
Apr 17, 2023
But we are all made for different things. And the Thing To Do looks different for me and you.
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A Letter about Emails
Apr 10, 2023
There are moments in the busyness of life that invite you warmly back to the past, and you greet ...
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Burnout Blues
Apr 3, 2023
There are a lot of things that may hinder your creative process, whatever that might be. But I ho...
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After the Inquiry—Second Edition
Mar 31, 2023
Police sergeant Hafiz lies in a coma after a gunshot to the head. The investigation by Inter...
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Our Unruly Bodies
Mar 27, 2023
It is my hope for all of us that we are able to sit with ourselves and our unruly bodies in all t...
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Our Body Image
Mar 20, 2023
Do we even need to measure our body against “standards”? They should not define you. Being comfor...
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Growing in unexpected and wonderful ways
Mar 13, 2023
I grew into these unexpected roles through curiosity and stubborn hubris ("I can do it!" says 25-...
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Rekindling Joy
Mar 6, 2023
So as the year continues and life goes on, don't forget to pause, admire the flowers by the footp...
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The self is such a pain
Feb 27, 2023
The self is such a pain—& I am reminded not to take myself too seriously.
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Conversations with Wong May
Feb 20, 2023
So many years have passed between Wong May's first email to me and the reissue of her first poetr...
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Being Unapologetic About Taking Up Space
Feb 13, 2023
How we relate to our bodies doesn’t have to centre limitations or shame—but rather, creative oppo...
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A tale for the time being
Feb 6, 2023
Time is fleeting. I feel it with each year I grow older.
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[Upcoming Release] A Bad Girl's Book of Animals by Wong May
Jan 31, 2023
Preorders open on 13 February 2023. A Bad Girl's Book of Animals by Wong May The original cove...
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A Place at the Table: Who Gets to Speak in Singapore? by Dawn-joy Leong and Cavan Chang
Jan 30, 2023
How do we ensure that those who do not speak verbally still have a place at the table? And what h...
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Not Without Us: A book club starter pack
Jan 30, 2023
🔖 Welcome to this starter pack—a guide to help you organise your very own Not Without Us: Per...
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Affirming My Identity
Jan 30, 2023
I struggled to explain and articulate who I am as a hard-of-hearing person.
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Carving Out A Place Of Hope Amidst The Inhospitable
Jan 25, 2023
How are you? Where does this missive find you? I hope the beginning of the new year has been bright.
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We Are More Than 'Inspirational' Props
Jan 16, 2023
My Uncle Bastien was the first person who said I should be a published author based on the merits...
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Thinking With Disability
Jan 9, 2023
Thinking back, the first image of disability I can recall in my life is that of Suzy.
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Breathing Life Into New Places: a note from the publisher
Jan 3, 2023
Like a face mask, the new year is a filter: crossing the threshold into 2023, we bring what we mu...
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Ethos' Favourite Picks Of 2022 (Part 2)
Dec 19, 2022
This week, our team shares fond memories and more from 2022.
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Ethos' Favourite Picks of 2022 (Part 1)
Dec 12, 2022
I hope that this year has been your most memorable yet. As the year is slowly coming to a close, ...
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Being Certain with Our Play
Dec 5, 2022
Over four days last week, I attended the George Town Literary Festival in Penang with my colleagues.
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