We’ve just recently begun sourcing out professionals for our mentorship programme (yes, you read that right) and in that time, have stumbled upon several Singaporean authors. Two of them are even part of the league

Today we’ll list out some awesome locally-written books you simply must check out. Some of the authors have written more than one book, so be sure to click on the links we provide to see what other cool stuff they have!

 

Wolf at the Door, by J. Damask

J. Damask is the pen name of league member and MUTB-trainer Joyce Chng. Incidentally, she’s also hosting our workshop in February, but more on that at a later date.

Being an ex-teen vigilante comes with its own set of problems.

Housewife, ex-teen vigilante…and shape-shifting wolf…Jan Xu has enough problems without adding her sister’s to the mix. Marianne is returning to Singapore and she’s filled with strange ideas. She’s also not alone. She’s coming home with a new boyfriend who has a dark agenda of his own.

With sibling rivalry threatening the inevitable: a battle-to-the-death with fang and claw, Jan and Marianne must overcome their issues if they’re ever going to find peace within their troubled relationship.

Content warning: Violence, fang-and-claw fighting.

You can read a short excerpt of the book here. Or you could read more about Joyce and her other work (plus find goodies like short stories there) on her blog.

 

Crown of Earth’s Desire, by Terry Ho

Sure looks like a legit fantasy book you’d see on the shelves, huh? Crown of Earth’s Desire is but the first book of The Forgotten Hill Chronicles.

We can’t find much information on it yet because it’s not published, but it does seem like it has been inspired by Peranakan culture. This is what its Facebook page has to say:

An epic fantasy series set in a world inspired by Southeast Asian myth and folklore.

Exciting!

 

The Steam Powered Globe – an anthology

This was the largest cover photo I could find of the book! No matter. This is a Steampunk anthology written by Singaporeans! There’s no summary, but here are the story titles:

“Ascension” Leow Hui Min Annabeth

“No, They Dream Of Mechanical Hearts” Claire Cheong

“Morrow’s Knight” Viki Chua

“Colours” Yuen Xiang Hao (He’s a BWL member! ‘notkieran’)

“The Morning Glory Incident” Mint Kang

“Help! Same Angler Fish’s Been Gawking for Eight Minutes!” Ng Kum Hoon

“Captain Bells and the Sovereign State of Discordia” JY Yang

You can pick this up here.

 

If you’ve always thought Singapore had no writers of genre fiction, think again! According to one writer of The Steampowered Globe, the National Library Board even created a whole new library catalogue catagory for them, called ‘Steampunk Singapore’.

We sure are going places