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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
November 3, 2025 at 5:36 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
October 28, 2025 at 10:11 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...
October 27, 2025 at 9:49 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
October 16, 2025 at 5:07 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
October 7, 2025 at 9:29 AM
For a limited time and while stocks last, all orders of "In the Mirror" in Singapore/Southeast Asia will get a FREE copy of "The Collected Poems of Arthur Yap"!

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#FreeBook #Poetry #SingLit #Singapore #Poets #Malaysia #Malaya #ReadSG
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
October 1, 2025 at 3:00 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
September 30, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Dr Sud Chonchirdsin, author of "Vietnam Documented" (NUS Press & the @britishlibrary.bsky.social, 2023), is pictured here with his book!

Get a copy: buff.ly/vnHlfIU

#Vietnam #BritishLibrary #History #Museums
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.
September 29, 2025 at 2:21 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
August 18, 2025 at 2:32 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
August 11, 2025 at 10:00 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
August 10, 2025 at 3:42 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
August 8, 2025 at 2:25 AM
🇸🇬 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
August 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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
July 28, 2025 at 2:18 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
July 23, 2025 at 6:31 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
July 16, 2025 at 6:04 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.

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July 9, 2025 at 5:59 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
July 3, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Starting with James Warren’s “Typhoons”, which offers an unprecedented, extensive view of the complex interplay of #typhoons and Philippine society, pasts, and futures. It is a unique & long-term perspective on Philippine environmental and economic-social history.

buff.ly/qpoOTTV #history #climate
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
July 2, 2025 at 5:37 AM
📚 Seeking submissions!

Our SEAPS series edited by @edwardaspinall.bsky.social & Nick Cheesman (both @anubellschool.bsky.social) seeks to publish research on Southeast Asia across anthropology, geography, history, politics, sociology, cultural studies, & more.

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July 1, 2025 at 2:37 AM
#NewBook: Michael Hurley's "Waterways of Bangkok" invites readers to look beyond established images of Thai society.

It is "[a] rich study of the city's history and culture told through the story of its waterways." - Justin McDaniel, @upenn.edu.

Get a copy: buff.ly/Wgvb0fy

#Bangkok #BookSky
June 17, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Today’s the last day of @aasasianstudies.bsky.social #AASInAsia2025! NIAS Press authors Kathryn Wellen and Astrid Norén-Nilsson will be speaking in today’s insightful panels.

Discover their books and more, now 20% off until June 15th: buff.ly/uZN466v

#conference #booksky #asianstudies #booksale
June 4, 2025 at 3:40 AM