News – Ethos Books

"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...

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...

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...

Clarification is lightness

Sep 18, 2023

(yes, we read every submission, this is why, like Sisyphus, we are always trudging up a hill lol)

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...

Navigating Different Worlds

Sep 4, 2023

What demarcates a new world, and how do we know when we’ve crossed into one?

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...

Invite Only

Aug 21, 2023

Brothels, the Buckingham Palace, and Antarctica have at least one thing in common:

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.

One and Many

Aug 7, 2023

So, what is the secret behind this photo and this moment of one-ness?

The Singapore I Recognise

Aug 4, 2023

I've often wondered if I live in a parallel Singapore from many people.

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.

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...

The Power Of Books

Jul 18, 2023

I dream, with Dakota Dreams, with Ethos Dreams, that these vignettes will bring compassion and un...

Borrowing An Industrial Fan & Other Adventures In Event-Planning

Jul 10, 2023

Events like these can only happen with the support of community

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.

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...

Giving a chance to the unknown

Jun 26, 2023

Make room for what you can’t orchestrate.

Wild Messy Growth

Jun 12, 2023

Perhaps we are more changeable—for the better—than we think.

Am I a good person?

Jun 5, 2023

Are we the mistakes we’ve made?

Can You Hear Me?

May 29, 2023

Infused within clumsily-used adjectives and lopsided grammar was a desperate need to be understoo...

A Catalogue Of Many Angers

May 22, 2023

He is the anger of a boy who never understood how to speak his sorrow.

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. ...

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 ...

Laying the Breadcrumb Trail

May 1, 2023

I simply arranged my thoughts about books in a private inner shrine. Showing it to others brought...

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...

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.

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.

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 ...

Burnout Blues

Apr 3, 2023

There are a lot of things that may hinder your creative process, whatever that might be. But I ho...

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...

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...

Our Body Image

Mar 20, 2023

Do we even need to measure our body against “standards”? They should not define you. Being comfor...

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-...

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...

The self is such a pain

Feb 27, 2023

The self is such a pain—& I am reminded not to take myself too seriously.

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...

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...

A tale for the time being

Feb 6, 2023

Time is fleeting. I feel it with each year I grow older.

[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...

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...

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...

Affirming My Identity

Jan 30, 2023

I struggled to explain and articulate who I am as a hard-of-hearing person.

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.

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...

Thinking With Disability

Jan 9, 2023

Thinking back, the first image of disability I can recall in my life is that of Suzy.

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...

Ethos' Favourite Picks Of 2022 (Part 2)

Dec 19, 2022

This week, our team shares fond memories and more from 2022.

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, ...

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.