Industry Publishing Website Ethos Books | Headquarters Singapore Founded 1997 | |
Products Literary Fiction and Non-fiction | ||
Established in 1997, Ethos Books is a small press focusing on publishing literary works, primarily from writers in Singapore. It produces poetry volumes and anthologies, including several award-winning titles. It has published such authors as Felix Cheong, Alvin Pang, Alfian Sa'at, Cyril Wong and Daren Shiau.
Ethos Books operates as an imprint of Pagesetters Services Pte Ltd, an advertising, design and interactive agency based in Singapore.
History
In 1997, publisher Fong Hoe Fang founded Ethos Books, an imprint of Pagesetters Services, an advertising and communication design agency, to lend voice to diverse and emerging writers and to help foster a thriving literary culture. He launched it with a trio of titles by newcomers – namely Aaron Lee's A Visitation of Sunlight, Alvin Pang's Testing the Silence and David Leo's One Journey, Many Rivers.