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"When a human community is rich it allows nature to grow side by side": Making Kin with the Urban Jungle
Dec 30, 2021
Access the full transcript of Making Kin with the Urban Jungle here.
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"Humans as a whole need to think beyond themselves": Making Kin Book Launch
Nov 17, 2021
Access the full transcript of Making Kin Book Launch here.
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What's in a Publishing Contract? Transcript
Nov 8, 2021
Recording of 'What's in a Publishing Contract' What's in a Publishing Contract? was held on 2...
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"We are all invariably defined by physical places that we occupy": Heartland Book Launch
Oct 18, 2021
Livestream of Heartland Launch The book launch of Heartland was livestreamed on the Ethos ...
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"There is certainly a cultural shift in the way literature is written": Singa-Pura-Pura Book Launch
Sep 14, 2021
Access the full transcript of Malays Speculating Future here.
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“Our eating turns nature into culture”: We Are How We Eat panel transcript
May 18, 2021
Access the full transcript of We are how we eat: A discussion on food, sustainability & histo...
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Meeting in the Middle: The Right to Read
Apr 21, 2021
Access the full transcript of Meeting in the Middle: The Right to Read with speakers Jolene Tan a...
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"We need to be on the side of change": After the Inquiry Book Launch
Apr 8, 2021
Access the full transcript of After the Inquiry with Jolene Tan and Teo You Yenn.
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Raffles Renounced AMA with Sai Siew Min & Faris Joraimi
Mar 25, 2021
Access the highlights of the Raffles Renounced AMA here, featuring Sai Siew Min and Faris Joraimi
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What is a Merdeka History? Raffles Renounced webinar transcript
Mar 2, 2021
Access the full transcript of What is a Merdeka History? with speakers Alfian Sa’at, Faris Joraim...
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Raffles Renounced: Towards a Merdeka History — A Book Club Starter Pack
Jan 13, 2021
Welcome to this starter pack—a guide to help you organise your very own Raffles Renounced: Towar...
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“Democracy is a journey, not a destination”—Interview with Marko Vignjević
Aug 28, 2020
To mark the launch of absurdist political novella Shezlez the Self-Proclaimed, we did a short int...
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“I, we, and us make our society.” The Ground Speaks: Civil Society After GE2020
Aug 4, 2020
Access the full transcript of The Ground Speaks: Civil Society After GE2020 with speakers Alfian ...
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When radical change becomes possible (Eating Chilli Crab Book Launch)
Jul 24, 2020
Access the full transcript from the book launch of Eating Chilli Crab in the Anthropocene (Ethos ...
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The narrative has to change.
Apr 22, 2020
For Earth Day 2020, we bring you an edited transcript of Not Just Fiction: Writing the Climate Cr...
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“now I speak up”: A Conversation with Hamid & Xiao Ting
Jul 31, 2019
On Thursday, we joined Hamid and Xiao Ting at The Moon for a session about Hamid’s debut poetry c...
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‘I am particularly fixated on the ramifications of guilt’: In Conversation with Jinny Koh
Dec 26, 2018
"What happens when a child tells a lie that leads to devastating consequences for a family? I am ...
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Jinny Koh and Wong Shu Yun on family, expectations, and unconditional love
Dec 18, 2018
What happens when a lie changes the entire family (Atonement by Ian McEwan); your child becomes a...
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‘The afterlife is full of ironies and dark humour’: In Conversation with Yong Shu Hoong
Nov 29, 2018
I suppose the idea of opposite things being two sides of the same coin isn't too radical—in life,...
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Alvin Ong on designing covers using the language of collage — Singapore Lit Prize feature
Aug 2, 2018
This July 2018, in light of the biennial Singapore Literature Prize (SLP), we’ll be featuring our...
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Theophilus Kwek on the influence of living in the UK on his writing — Singapore Lit Prize Feature
Jul 31, 2018
This July 2018, in light of the biennial Singapore Literature Prize (SLP), we’ll be featuring our...
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Maliah Zubir on designing a cover for a poignant story — Singapore Lit Prize feature
Jul 26, 2018
This July 2018, in light of the biennial Singapore Literature Prize (SLP), we’ll be featuring our...
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Charmaine Chan on preserving her childhood through the power of memory — Singapore Lit Prize Feature
Jul 24, 2018
This July 2018, in light of the biennial Singapore Literature Prize (SLP), we’ll be featuring our...
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Ahdini Izzatika on designing covers with spontaneity — Singapore Lit Prize feature
Jul 19, 2018
This July 2018, in light of the biennial Singapore Literature Prize (SLP), we’ll be featuring our...
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Loh Guan Liang on experimenting with different writing genres — Singapore Lit Prize feature
Jul 17, 2018
This July 2018, in light of the biennial Singapore Literature Prize (SLP), we’ll be featuring our...
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Jessica Kusuma on designing covers that evoke emotion — Singapore Lit Prize feature
Jul 11, 2018
This July 2018, in light of the biennial Singapore Literature Prize (SLP), we’ll be featuring our...
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Charmaine Leung on how writing helped her re-connect with her past — Singapore Lit Prize feature
Jul 10, 2018
This July 2018, in light of the biennial Singapore Literature Prize (SLP), we’ll be featuring our...
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Euginia Tan on writing about the female body and identity — Singapore Lit Prize feature
Jul 3, 2018
This July 2018, in light of the biennial Singapore Literature Prize (SLP), we’ll be featuring our...
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Interview with Teo You Yenn
Feb 19, 2018
This is what inequality looks like (Ethos Books, 2018) entered the second print run within two we...
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Interview with Madeleine Lee
Oct 18, 2017
by Arin Fong When one thinks of poetic subjects and themes, mathematics is often the furt...
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"Why should we be anything but writers?" – What We Represent When We Talk About Representation
Apr 6, 2017
by Jennifer Kwan (From left to right: Jennifer Kwan, Krishna Udayasankar, Noelle Q. de Jesus, Ji...
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Krishna Udayasankar on the power of myths and exploring universal questions through writing
Mar 28, 2017
by Jennifer Kwan This March 2017, we're exploring #intersections and focusing discussion around t...
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Jinat Rehana Begum on the accessibility of Southeast Asian lit, and her thoughts on First Fires
Mar 23, 2017
by Jennifer Kwan This March 2017, we're exploring #intersections and focusing discussion around...
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Noelle Q. de Jesus on underrated female Asian writers and the taboo of writing about sex
Mar 16, 2017
by Jennifer Kwan and Katrina Yeow This March 2017, we're exploring #intersections and focusing di...
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Why writing as resistance is not just about defiance
Feb 27, 2017
by Foo Peiying (Image credits: Klaas) Mention writing as resistance and one of the first thoug...
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Interview with Jacintha Yap (Designer of Phedra)
Mar 14, 2016
Meeting new people can be icky. Formalities, awkward gestures, maintaining a good impression ... ...
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Interview with Leonora Liow
May 3, 2015
Reading through her manuscript from the early stages of our editing process,Leonora struck us a...
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Interview with Lydia Kwa
Apr 10, 2015
From its minimal, ostensible cover to the delicate slipknots that adorn as section breaks within...
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Interview with Russ Soh
Mar 12, 2015
The essential Singaporean stories have an element of specificity, of particular names thrown int...
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Interview with Yong Shu Hoong
Jan 22, 2015
A precise concoction of death and cinema, The Viewing Party offers a crisp, clinical voice that...
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Interview with Felix Cheong
Jan 14, 2015
The covers of these books are as local as it gets. Strip away the glitz that is reflected into S...
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Interview with Zakaria Zainal and Prabhu Silvam
Jan 6, 2015
It is frequently hard to navigate through the waterfall of updates from media—alternative and o...
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Interview with Lee Jiaying
Dec 15, 2014
The cover artwork of Red Pulse II is such a pick-me-up. Bright and punchy, it seems to pulsate w...
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Interview with Namiko Takahashi
Dec 5, 2014
The Naupaka Kahakai, meaning Naupaka by the sea, is emblematic of the legend of Naupaka, where t...
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Interview with Leonard Ng
Nov 24, 2014
The cover of Changes and Chances is a difficult one to miss; it boasts a daring play of defined...
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Interview with Aaron Lee
Nov 20, 2014
In the beginning of Coastlands we read about a man who journeys to the mountains after being en...
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Interview with Eric Tinsay Valles
Nov 14, 2014
Poetry exists for many reasons: many write for catharsis, some explore poetry as an aesthetic, ...
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Interview with Pan Huiting
Nov 10, 2014
The term “Pulau NTU” is not an alien one for many young Singaporean students. Nanyang Technologi...
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Interview With Tyla Lim
Nov 7, 2014
After the Fall: Dirges Among Ruins has a pretty, pastel palette on its cover that is intriguing...
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Interview With Patricia Maria de Souza
Nov 5, 2014
We met the writer of Saga Seeds, Patricia Maria de Souza in her humble abode in the corner of Te...
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