Singapore Book Awards 2021

The 2021 Singapore Book Awards Ceremony was successfully held as a hybrid event at the Auditorium in Jurong Town Hall and live-streamed at SBPA's Facebook Page and YouTube Channel on Friday 24 September. 

The winners of each category and Book of the Year were selected by a panel of judges comprising key industry personalities in Singapore known for their publishing, literary and media expertise. The winners, selected from 38 finalists in nine categories, cover multiple genres including autobiography and biography, creative non-fiction, graphic novels, Singapore history, local community history, local heritage cuisine, textbooks and supplementary educational titles.

The 2021 Book Awards also saw the introduction of the winners of the new Best Hybrid Book and Readers' Choice Award as well as Honorary Mentions for the Best Book Cover Design, Best Hybrid Book and the Book of the Year category. 

Winners of the 2021 Singapore Book Awards

Best Audiobook

The Impractical Uses of Cake

Publisher: Storytel Singapore
Author: Yeoh Jo-Ann
Narrator: Joshua Lim

Best Book Cover Design

Early Hawkers of Singapore

Publisher: Focus Publishing
Designers: Tony Law and Fish Chan

Best Education Title

Under the Stars

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co.
Author: Lisa Harvey-Smith

Best Hybrid Book

One Havelock Square

Publisher: State Courts
Project Management: Redbean De 
Author: The Nutgraf LLP

Best Illustrated Non-Fiction Book

How To Cook Everything Singaporean

Publisher: Epigram Books
Author: Denise Fletcher
Designer: Jael Ng

Best Literary Work

And Softly Go The Crossings

Publisher: Penguin Random House SEA
Author: Danielle Lim

Best Non-Fiction Work

lives and times of hrh

Publisher: NUS Press
Author: Herman Ronald Hochstadt

Best Picture Book

Captain Green and the Tree Machine

Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia)
Author: Evelyn Bookless
Illustrator: Danny Deeptown

Best Young Person's Title

Sherlock Sam and the Seafaring Scourge of Sentosa

Publisher: Epigram Books
Author: A.J. Low

Book of the Year

And Softly Go The Crossings

Publisher: Penguin Random House SEA
Author: Danielle Lim

Best Book Cover Design
(Honorary Mention)

The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye

Publisher: Epigram Books
Designer: Yong Wen Yeu

Best Hybrid Book
(Honorary Mention)

Our Blood Runs Red Just Like Yours

Publisher: Tusitala
Author: Eric WK Ng and matte Pte Ltd

Book of the Year
(Honorary Mention)

How To Cook Everything Singaporean

Publisher: Epigram Books
Author: Denise Fletcher
Designer: Jael Ng

Readers' Choice

think! Mathematics 2A & 2B

Publisher: Shing Lee Publishers
Authors: Dr Joseph B.W. Yeo, Dr Choy Ban Heng, Teh Keng Seng, Wong Lai Fong and Sharon Lee