NUS Press
@nuspress.bsky.social
Publisher of academic titles and high quality general non-fiction on Singapore and Southeast Asia. Based at the National University of Singapore.
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📸: Launch of “In the Mirror: New and Selected Poems of Wong Phui Nam" yesterday. Editors Brandon K. Liew & Daryl Lim Wei Jie are pictured here with our guests-of-honour Prof Wang Gungwu & Mr Robert Yeo, and moderator @psmedia.asia.
Read the Straits Times review of the book: buff.ly/nnfwk3h
#Poetry
Read the Straits Times review of the book: buff.ly/nnfwk3h
#Poetry
November 3, 2025 at 5:36 AM
📸: Launch of “In the Mirror: New and Selected Poems of Wong Phui Nam" yesterday. Editors Brandon K. Liew & Daryl Lim Wei Jie are pictured here with our guests-of-honour Prof Wang Gungwu & Mr Robert Yeo, and moderator @psmedia.asia.
Read the Straits Times review of the book: buff.ly/nnfwk3h
#Poetry
Read the Straits Times review of the book: buff.ly/nnfwk3h
#Poetry
Reminder: Join us for the launch of "In the Mirror: New and Selected Poems of Wong Phui Nam"!
When: Sunday (Nov 2) at 11 am, registration from 10:30 am
Where: Programme Room 2, Central Public Library (B1 of National Library Building)
Register for free: buff.ly/BKwlcFc
#poetry #booklaunch
When: Sunday (Nov 2) at 11 am, registration from 10:30 am
Where: Programme Room 2, Central Public Library (B1 of National Library Building)
Register for free: buff.ly/BKwlcFc
#poetry #booklaunch
October 28, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Reminder: Join us for the launch of "In the Mirror: New and Selected Poems of Wong Phui Nam"!
When: Sunday (Nov 2) at 11 am, registration from 10:30 am
Where: Programme Room 2, Central Public Library (B1 of National Library Building)
Register for free: buff.ly/BKwlcFc
#poetry #booklaunch
When: Sunday (Nov 2) at 11 am, registration from 10:30 am
Where: Programme Room 2, Central Public Library (B1 of National Library Building)
Register for free: buff.ly/BKwlcFc
#poetry #booklaunch
NUS Press mourns the passing of our author John Miksic, renowned archaeologist and Emeritus Professor in the Department of Southeast Asian Studies at NUS.
Read more: nuspress.nus.edu.sg/blogs/news/i...
Read more: nuspress.nus.edu.sg/blogs/news/i...
October 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
NUS Press mourns the passing of our author John Miksic, renowned archaeologist and Emeritus Professor in the Department of Southeast Asian Studies at NUS.
Read more: nuspress.nus.edu.sg/blogs/news/i...
Read more: nuspress.nus.edu.sg/blogs/news/i...
Checking in from the Frankfurt Book Fair, where the Philippines are the Guest of Honour! Here are Lisandro Claudio (Liberalism and the Postcolony) & Filomeno Aguilar Jr. (Migration Revolution) at the Philippines pavilion with our Director Peter Schoppert.
Books on the Philippines: buff.ly/ttkohmz
Books on the Philippines: buff.ly/ttkohmz
October 16, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Checking in from the Frankfurt Book Fair, where the Philippines are the Guest of Honour! Here are Lisandro Claudio (Liberalism and the Postcolony) & Filomeno Aguilar Jr. (Migration Revolution) at the Philippines pavilion with our Director Peter Schoppert.
Books on the Philippines: buff.ly/ttkohmz
Books on the Philippines: buff.ly/ttkohmz
You are warmly invited to the launch of "In the Mirror", the first comprehensive collection of the poems and critical essays of Wong Phui Nam.
Register now: buff.ly/NRF5AWE
Date: Nov 2 (Sun), 11AM
Time: Programme Room 2, Central Public Library
#SingaporeWritersFestival #SingLit #Poetry #Malaya
Register now: buff.ly/NRF5AWE
Date: Nov 2 (Sun), 11AM
Time: Programme Room 2, Central Public Library
#SingaporeWritersFestival #SingLit #Poetry #Malaya
October 7, 2025 at 9:29 AM
You are warmly invited to the launch of "In the Mirror", the first comprehensive collection of the poems and critical essays of Wong Phui Nam.
Register now: buff.ly/NRF5AWE
Date: Nov 2 (Sun), 11AM
Time: Programme Room 2, Central Public Library
#SingaporeWritersFestival #SingLit #Poetry #Malaya
Register now: buff.ly/NRF5AWE
Date: Nov 2 (Sun), 11AM
Time: Programme Room 2, Central Public Library
#SingaporeWritersFestival #SingLit #Poetry #Malaya
#NewBook: "In the Mirror" is the first comprehensive collection of the poetry and essays of Wong Phui Nam (1935–2022), a foundational poet of Malaysian literature in English. Edited by Brandon K. Liew & Daryl Lim Wei Jie, with an afterword by Edwin Thumboo.
Read now: buff.ly/mJ6V3qH
#poetry #books
Read now: buff.ly/mJ6V3qH
#poetry #books
October 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
#NewBook: "In the Mirror" is the first comprehensive collection of the poetry and essays of Wong Phui Nam (1935–2022), a foundational poet of Malaysian literature in English. Edited by Brandon K. Liew & Daryl Lim Wei Jie, with an afterword by Edwin Thumboo.
Read now: buff.ly/mJ6V3qH
#poetry #books
Read now: buff.ly/mJ6V3qH
#poetry #books
Look who came by NUS Press today! When hornbills drop by your office window, you stop everything to watch. 🍃
#Hornbill #Birds #Birdwatching #SoutheastAsia #Singapore #BirdsofBluesky
#Hornbill #Birds #Birdwatching #SoutheastAsia #Singapore #BirdsofBluesky
September 30, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Look who came by NUS Press today! When hornbills drop by your office window, you stop everything to watch. 🍃
#Hornbill #Birds #Birdwatching #SoutheastAsia #Singapore #BirdsofBluesky
#Hornbill #Birds #Birdwatching #SoutheastAsia #Singapore #BirdsofBluesky
📸: Annabel Gallop, author of "Malay Seals" (NUS Press &
@britishlibrary.bsky.social, 2019), at the 80th #NationalDayOfVietnam celebrations in London presenting "Vietnam Documented" (2023) to Vietnam's Ambassador to the UK, H.E. Mr Do Minh Hung, and H.E. Mr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, Politburo member.
@britishlibrary.bsky.social, 2019), at the 80th #NationalDayOfVietnam celebrations in London presenting "Vietnam Documented" (2023) to Vietnam's Ambassador to the UK, H.E. Mr Do Minh Hung, and H.E. Mr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, Politburo member.
September 29, 2025 at 2:21 AM
📸: Annabel Gallop, author of "Malay Seals" (NUS Press &
@britishlibrary.bsky.social, 2019), at the 80th #NationalDayOfVietnam celebrations in London presenting "Vietnam Documented" (2023) to Vietnam's Ambassador to the UK, H.E. Mr Do Minh Hung, and H.E. Mr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, Politburo member.
@britishlibrary.bsky.social, 2019), at the 80th #NationalDayOfVietnam celebrations in London presenting "Vietnam Documented" (2023) to Vietnam's Ambassador to the UK, H.E. Mr Do Minh Hung, and H.E. Mr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, Politburo member.
“[The author] has extremely interesting sections on coinage, the make-up of the trade (tea replaced porcelain and silk as the most profitable product) and a deep-dive into the commercial organization of Batavia…. the wealth of data makes it palpable and the details bring out nuance...”
September 16, 2025 at 1:18 AM
“[The author] has extremely interesting sections on coinage, the make-up of the trade (tea replaced porcelain and silk as the most profitable product) and a deep-dive into the commercial organization of Batavia…. the wealth of data makes it palpable and the details bring out nuance...”
Timothy Barnard is interviewed on the
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about his book "Imperial Creatures" (NUS Press, 2019). Host Faizah Zakaria & Barnard discuss the question of animal agency, the performative aspects of animal welfare & more.
newbooksnetwork.com/timothy-barn...
#ColonialHistory
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about his book "Imperial Creatures" (NUS Press, 2019). Host Faizah Zakaria & Barnard discuss the question of animal agency, the performative aspects of animal welfare & more.
newbooksnetwork.com/timothy-barn...
#ColonialHistory
Timothy Barnard, "Imperial Creatures: Humans and Other Animals in Colonial Singapore, 1819-1942" (NUS Press, 2019) - New Books Network
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August 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Timothy Barnard is interviewed on the
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about his book "Imperial Creatures" (NUS Press, 2019). Host Faizah Zakaria & Barnard discuss the question of animal agency, the performative aspects of animal welfare & more.
newbooksnetwork.com/timothy-barn...
#ColonialHistory
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about his book "Imperial Creatures" (NUS Press, 2019). Host Faizah Zakaria & Barnard discuss the question of animal agency, the performative aspects of animal welfare & more.
newbooksnetwork.com/timothy-barn...
#ColonialHistory
#NewBook: A major new work on Asian trade and empire, "The Chinese in Maritime Southeast Asia" draws on VOC records to show how Chinese merchants in 17th century Batavia and Southeast Asia emerged as central players in global trade.
Read: buff.ly/nIBjTj7
#maritime #trade #Batavia #Indonesia #China
Read: buff.ly/nIBjTj7
#maritime #trade #Batavia #Indonesia #China
August 18, 2025 at 2:32 AM
#NewBook: A major new work on Asian trade and empire, "The Chinese in Maritime Southeast Asia" draws on VOC records to show how Chinese merchants in 17th century Batavia and Southeast Asia emerged as central players in global trade.
Read: buff.ly/nIBjTj7
#maritime #trade #Batavia #Indonesia #China
Read: buff.ly/nIBjTj7
#maritime #trade #Batavia #Indonesia #China
📚 Last few hours of our #SG60 sale! 🇸🇬
Don’t miss your chance to get 50% off Singapore must-reads, special prices on new books, PLUS snag a free sticker sheet!
50% off: buff.ly/QuOrIni
Special sale: buff.ly/WMztpho
#Singapore #ReadLocal #NationalDay #SGHistory #BookSky #SingLit
Don’t miss your chance to get 50% off Singapore must-reads, special prices on new books, PLUS snag a free sticker sheet!
50% off: buff.ly/QuOrIni
Special sale: buff.ly/WMztpho
#Singapore #ReadLocal #NationalDay #SGHistory #BookSky #SingLit
August 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📚 Last few hours of our #SG60 sale! 🇸🇬
Don’t miss your chance to get 50% off Singapore must-reads, special prices on new books, PLUS snag a free sticker sheet!
50% off: buff.ly/QuOrIni
Special sale: buff.ly/WMztpho
#Singapore #ReadLocal #NationalDay #SGHistory #BookSky #SingLit
Don’t miss your chance to get 50% off Singapore must-reads, special prices on new books, PLUS snag a free sticker sheet!
50% off: buff.ly/QuOrIni
Special sale: buff.ly/WMztpho
#Singapore #ReadLocal #NationalDay #SGHistory #BookSky #SingLit
From an exploration of Singapore’s pre-colonial past, to an account of the pluralist 1950s–70s, a reconstruction of the “missing years” of our history, and a unique look at colonial society through animals, explore Singapore’s many pasts.
Now 50% off: buff.ly/QuOrIni
#SG60 #Singapore #History
Now 50% off: buff.ly/QuOrIni
#SG60 #Singapore #History
August 10, 2025 at 3:42 AM
From an exploration of Singapore’s pre-colonial past, to an account of the pluralist 1950s–70s, a reconstruction of the “missing years” of our history, and a unique look at colonial society through animals, explore Singapore’s many pasts.
Now 50% off: buff.ly/QuOrIni
#SG60 #Singapore #History
Now 50% off: buff.ly/QuOrIni
#SG60 #Singapore #History
Revisit Singapore’s past through voices that shaped and witnessed it, from Ann Wee's "A Tiger Remembers", to Goh Poh Seng's "Tall Tales & Misadventures", Herman Hochstadt’s "lives & times of hrh", & Bertha Henson's biography of George Bogaars "Not for Circulation".
Now 50% off: buff.ly/QuOrIni#SG60
Now 50% off: buff.ly/QuOrIni#SG60
August 8, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Revisit Singapore’s past through voices that shaped and witnessed it, from Ann Wee's "A Tiger Remembers", to Goh Poh Seng's "Tall Tales & Misadventures", Herman Hochstadt’s "lives & times of hrh", & Bertha Henson's biography of George Bogaars "Not for Circulation".
Now 50% off: buff.ly/QuOrIni#SG60
Now 50% off: buff.ly/QuOrIni#SG60
🇸🇬 Our National Day Sale is live! 🇸🇬
Celebrate SG60 with flat 50% off select Singapore titles: nuspress.nus.edu.sg/collections/...
+ The first 50 orders will receive an exclusive FREE NUS Press sticker sheet!
Offer valid 8-11 August.
#NationalDaySG #ReadLocal #SG60 #Sale #BookSky
Celebrate SG60 with flat 50% off select Singapore titles: nuspress.nus.edu.sg/collections/...
+ The first 50 orders will receive an exclusive FREE NUS Press sticker sheet!
Offer valid 8-11 August.
#NationalDaySG #ReadLocal #SG60 #Sale #BookSky
August 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🇸🇬 Our National Day Sale is live! 🇸🇬
Celebrate SG60 with flat 50% off select Singapore titles: nuspress.nus.edu.sg/collections/...
+ The first 50 orders will receive an exclusive FREE NUS Press sticker sheet!
Offer valid 8-11 August.
#NationalDaySG #ReadLocal #SG60 #Sale #BookSky
Celebrate SG60 with flat 50% off select Singapore titles: nuspress.nus.edu.sg/collections/...
+ The first 50 orders will receive an exclusive FREE NUS Press sticker sheet!
Offer valid 8-11 August.
#NationalDaySG #ReadLocal #SG60 #Sale #BookSky
"In many ways this book is about Thai memory, belonging and identity... if you are looking for a meandering, digressive book about Thai history and socio-cultural interactions with water you won’t be disappointed." - @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social
Get a copy: buff.ly/BCiExDS #Bangkok #chaophraya
Get a copy: buff.ly/BCiExDS #Bangkok #chaophraya
August 4, 2025 at 1:19 AM
"In many ways this book is about Thai memory, belonging and identity... if you are looking for a meandering, digressive book about Thai history and socio-cultural interactions with water you won’t be disappointed." - @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social
Get a copy: buff.ly/BCiExDS #Bangkok #chaophraya
Get a copy: buff.ly/BCiExDS #Bangkok #chaophraya
Read: Vannessa Hearman (@vhearman.bsky.social), author of the award-winning "Unmarked Graves" (NUS Press, 2018) writes about a new exhibition at the National Museum in Jakarta focusing on women’s contribution to social change in Indonesia. www.insideindonesia.org/archive/arti...
#indonesia #history
#indonesia #history
The absences that remain in a history of Indonesian women - Inside Indonesia: The peoples and cultures of Indonesia
A quarterly magazine on the peoples of Indonesia - cultures, politics, economy and environment
www.insideindonesia.org
July 29, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Read: Vannessa Hearman (@vhearman.bsky.social), author of the award-winning "Unmarked Graves" (NUS Press, 2018) writes about a new exhibition at the National Museum in Jakarta focusing on women’s contribution to social change in Indonesia. www.insideindonesia.org/archive/arti...
#indonesia #history
#indonesia #history
The Indonesian translation of Klaas Stutje's "Campaigning in Europe for a Free Indonesia" (NIAS Press, 2019) was reviewed in Inside #Indonesia:
"Stutje’s study challenges established paradigms about the origins of Indonesia’s nationalist awakening."
www.insideindonesia.org/archive/arti...
"Stutje’s study challenges established paradigms about the origins of Indonesia’s nationalist awakening."
www.insideindonesia.org/archive/arti...
Review: How Indonesian students fuelled revolution from abroad - Inside Indonesia: The peoples and cultures of Indonesia
A quarterly magazine on the peoples of Indonesia - cultures, politics, economy and environment
www.insideindonesia.org
July 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The Indonesian translation of Klaas Stutje's "Campaigning in Europe for a Free Indonesia" (NIAS Press, 2019) was reviewed in Inside #Indonesia:
"Stutje’s study challenges established paradigms about the origins of Indonesia’s nationalist awakening."
www.insideindonesia.org/archive/arti...
"Stutje’s study challenges established paradigms about the origins of Indonesia’s nationalist awakening."
www.insideindonesia.org/archive/arti...
Event: @arinus.bsky.social "Housing and Citizenship in Postcolonial Nations" lecture by Chua Beng Huat will examine the role of housing policy in postcolonial Singapore in nation-building.
Date: 7 Aug
Time: 16:00–17:30 (SGT)
Venue: AS8 04-04 NUS + Zoom
Register: buff.ly/PloNd12 #housing #singapore
Date: 7 Aug
Time: 16:00–17:30 (SGT)
Venue: AS8 04-04 NUS + Zoom
Register: buff.ly/PloNd12 #housing #singapore
July 28, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Event: @arinus.bsky.social "Housing and Citizenship in Postcolonial Nations" lecture by Chua Beng Huat will examine the role of housing policy in postcolonial Singapore in nation-building.
Date: 7 Aug
Time: 16:00–17:30 (SGT)
Venue: AS8 04-04 NUS + Zoom
Register: buff.ly/PloNd12 #housing #singapore
Date: 7 Aug
Time: 16:00–17:30 (SGT)
Venue: AS8 04-04 NUS + Zoom
Register: buff.ly/PloNd12 #housing #singapore
Review in Technology and Culture of "Fighting for Health" by @waynesoon.bsky.social:
"In sum, this is an excellent volume that deserves to be widely read by scholars of the #ColdWar, military medicine, #healthcare, and (post)colonialism."
Read: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
"In sum, this is an excellent volume that deserves to be widely read by scholars of the #ColdWar, military medicine, #healthcare, and (post)colonialism."
Read: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
July 24, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Review in Technology and Culture of "Fighting for Health" by @waynesoon.bsky.social:
"In sum, this is an excellent volume that deserves to be widely read by scholars of the #ColdWar, military medicine, #healthcare, and (post)colonialism."
Read: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
"In sum, this is an excellent volume that deserves to be widely read by scholars of the #ColdWar, military medicine, #healthcare, and (post)colonialism."
Read: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
The 4th Ateneo de Manila Uni Press book highlight is "Unrequited Love":
"An eye-opening, thought-provoking, worthy addition to our sparse scholarly literature on an issue that impacts the course of our history" - Ralph Recto, Secretary, Dept of Finance
buff.ly/rdyBDA5 #Duterte #Philippines #China
"An eye-opening, thought-provoking, worthy addition to our sparse scholarly literature on an issue that impacts the course of our history" - Ralph Recto, Secretary, Dept of Finance
buff.ly/rdyBDA5 #Duterte #Philippines #China
July 23, 2025 at 6:31 AM
The 4th Ateneo de Manila Uni Press book highlight is "Unrequited Love":
"An eye-opening, thought-provoking, worthy addition to our sparse scholarly literature on an issue that impacts the course of our history" - Ralph Recto, Secretary, Dept of Finance
buff.ly/rdyBDA5 #Duterte #Philippines #China
"An eye-opening, thought-provoking, worthy addition to our sparse scholarly literature on an issue that impacts the course of our history" - Ralph Recto, Secretary, Dept of Finance
buff.ly/rdyBDA5 #Duterte #Philippines #China
The 3rd book we're highlighting from @ateneodemanilau.bsky.social Uni Press is "Tales of the Post-Plantation", in which Robin Thiers explores #CavendishBanana production in the #Philippines through unlikely protagonists: small-scale farmers, a fungus, and the banana itself. 🍌🌱
Read: buff.ly/rv2Vo7u
Read: buff.ly/rv2Vo7u
July 16, 2025 at 6:04 AM
The 3rd book we're highlighting from @ateneodemanilau.bsky.social Uni Press is "Tales of the Post-Plantation", in which Robin Thiers explores #CavendishBanana production in the #Philippines through unlikely protagonists: small-scale farmers, a fungus, and the banana itself. 🍌🌱
Read: buff.ly/rv2Vo7u
Read: buff.ly/rv2Vo7u
The 2nd book from Ateneo de Manila University Press we're highlighting is "Power from the Forest". Marites Dañguilan Vitug harnesses her investigative skills to tell us the story of the Philippine forests, the people who continue to plunder them & those trying to protect them.
buff.ly/EtNgjMD
buff.ly/EtNgjMD
July 9, 2025 at 5:59 AM
The 2nd book from Ateneo de Manila University Press we're highlighting is "Power from the Forest". Marites Dañguilan Vitug harnesses her investigative skills to tell us the story of the Philippine forests, the people who continue to plunder them & those trying to protect them.
buff.ly/EtNgjMD
buff.ly/EtNgjMD
🎧 Listen: Heather Sutherland, author of "Seaways and Gatekeepers" (NUS Press, 2021) is interviewed on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social.
@sea-greeny.bsky.social speaks to Prof Sutherland about her approach to writing the book, the key themes & her next project: buff.ly/PGmsIQi
#GlobalHistory #Indonesia
@sea-greeny.bsky.social speaks to Prof Sutherland about her approach to writing the book, the key themes & her next project: buff.ly/PGmsIQi
#GlobalHistory #Indonesia
July 3, 2025 at 3:56 AM
🎧 Listen: Heather Sutherland, author of "Seaways and Gatekeepers" (NUS Press, 2021) is interviewed on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social.
@sea-greeny.bsky.social speaks to Prof Sutherland about her approach to writing the book, the key themes & her next project: buff.ly/PGmsIQi
#GlobalHistory #Indonesia
@sea-greeny.bsky.social speaks to Prof Sutherland about her approach to writing the book, the key themes & her next project: buff.ly/PGmsIQi
#GlobalHistory #Indonesia
In July, we will be sharing 5 new books on the #Philippines from Ateneo de Manila University Press, with limited copies available on our webstore for customers outside the Philippines.
Stay tuned and discover a new every week! #BookSky #environmentalhistory #bookoftheday
buff.ly/qpoOTTV
Stay tuned and discover a new every week! #BookSky #environmentalhistory #bookoftheday
buff.ly/qpoOTTV
July 2, 2025 at 5:37 AM
In July, we will be sharing 5 new books on the #Philippines from Ateneo de Manila University Press, with limited copies available on our webstore for customers outside the Philippines.
Stay tuned and discover a new every week! #BookSky #environmentalhistory #bookoftheday
buff.ly/qpoOTTV
Stay tuned and discover a new every week! #BookSky #environmentalhistory #bookoftheday
buff.ly/qpoOTTV