News – Ethos Books

"Learning and growing from my experiences—that’s what gives me a fulfilling life." | Delicious Hunger Book Launch

May 14, 2025

The book launch of Delicious Hunger took place on 26 April 2025. You can access the full transcri...

Touch Some Grass

May 7, 2025

We’ve traded that sense of freefall for control, but maybe in the process, we’ve lost the autonom...

Anguish and Optimism

Apr 23, 2025

It is rare that an author wishes for their work to be irrelevant soon after it is written, but th...

Cherished Spaces

Mar 18, 2025

In the next month, the monsoon willing, our work will come to fruition.

Constancy

Feb 24, 2025

If you were like me this morning, you wouldn’t be actively conscious of the sun in the sky. But t...

Kindred spirits after all

Feb 8, 2025

The comfort of creativity belongs to all and no medium has a monopoly.

Ethos Publishing Calendar 2025

Jan 20, 2025

Publications we are releasing this year!

Stepping out, and into 2025

Jan 13, 2025

In 2025, I’m aiming to break free from my bubble of comfort a little more.

Ethos' Favourite Picks of 2024

Jan 6, 2025

Our favourite picks of the past year to encourage, inspire and comfort.

Finding Our Feet

Dec 16, 2024

Taking tentative steps at first as 2024 began, having just bid a sad farewell to beloved colleagu...

Turning the page

Dec 9, 2024

Publishing, I’ve come to realise, isn’t simply about selling a product—it’s about cultivating rel...

Reflections on a Bus Back to KL

Dec 9, 2024

While I’m still elated from the reception of the book, I also feel a sense of bittersweetness.

Trust the process of change

Dec 9, 2024

Our lives are not entirely free from hurt or poison, but we can transmute it!

Neverness and Resonance

Oct 22, 2024

While we may no longer have a place to anchor our memories, we still have books.

Grief and Love

Oct 22, 2024

When we love much, grief over a loss is so much harder to bear.

I'll share your time, for a time

Aug 19, 2024

Grief tells me of the depths of my heart’s ability to love, of opening the heart to another being...

Towards a Singapore that leaves no one behind

Aug 19, 2024

This Pride Month, my plea to you is not to look the other way. Communities like ours get left beh...

Patient History: A Guide to Luminosity

Aug 19, 2024

In both life and in literature, one must create openness and possibility where there seems to be ...

A theme park full of organs

Aug 19, 2024

Poetry became, for me, that party in a prison. Learning, not to make light of difficulties, but t...

Rest is a Luxury We Must Aim to Afford

Aug 19, 2024

When was the last time you managed to rest—to stop and recuperate from your day jobs? To step awa...

To Build a Democratic Society

Mar 19, 2024

Dear Reader, I realised something was wrong with Singapore’s society when I started volunteeri...

The future is promising

Mar 13, 2024

Dear Reader, I am inspired by the commitment of young activists that I meet. They are more arti...

Walking Towards the Truth of Singapore

Mar 13, 2024

Dear Reader, Every day, the world seems to be collapsing a little more. Death and destruction ru...

Lessons in the soil

Jan 12, 2024

Comings and goings Dear Reader, This past December, I started my new role as editor at Ethos Bo...

Textures 2024 @ The Arts House

Jan 3, 2024

Through a combination of movement, monologues, and live music, "Thank You For Holding" will take ...

Ethos' Recommended Reads to Close 2023

Dec 29, 2023

As we see the year out, we've rounded up the reads accompanying us as we bid farewell to 2023, an...

Teh Tarik with Walid IRL - Independent Art Spaces with Fong Hoe Fang, Prashant Somosundram

Dec 28, 2023

Access the full transcript of Teh Tarik with Walid IRL - Independent Art Spaces with Fong Hoe Fan...

December Showers and Sunshine

Dec 4, 2023

Our beloved colleagues (from left) Ben, Arin, Weilin, Jen and Ariane (and missing Glen), who are...

A message from our publisher

Dec 4, 2023

Developments at Ethos Books and Pagesetters

Unbothered, Moisturised, Flourishing

Oct 30, 2023

I knew back then that Prasanthi’s early drafts of stories would eventually be out in the world (...)

We are born into this world steeped in stories to tell

Oct 23, 2023

Have you ever worked on something for so long that you forgot how it ever began?

It's the season of change

Oct 9, 2023

I remember the days weren’t always so forgiving, gentle or kind.

Burnt Toast Theory

Oct 2, 2023

But every now and then, usually when I complain, I get an opinion that shifts my perspective comp...

"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...