Books
- Ross Macdonald, Meet Me at the Morgue
- Alfian Sa’at, Malay Sketches
- Cyril Wong, Let Me Tell You Something about That Night: Strange Tales
- Ross Macdonald, The Dark Tunnel
- U. R. Ananthamurthy, Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man, translated by A. R. Ramanujan
- Apuleius, The Golden Ass, trans. Sarah Ruden
- Ross Macdonald, Trouble Follows Me
- Théophile Gautier, My Fantoms, trans. Richard Holmes
- Muriel Spark, The Girls of Slender Means
Films
- A Wrinkle in Time, directed by Ava DuVernay
- Denk ich an Deutschland in der Nacht (If I Think of Germany at Night), dir. Romuald Karmakar
- The Death of Stain, dir. Armando Iannucci
Exhibits
- “Challenging Beauty: Insights into Italian Contemporary Art,” The Parkview Museum
- “Wee Hong Ling: In Flux,” The Private Museum
- “Rediscovering Forgotten Thai Masters Of Photography,” NUS Museum
- “Buaya: The Making of a Non-Myth,” NUS Museum
- “Always Moving: The Batik Art of Sarkasi Said,” NUS Museum
Books
- Leonardo Sciascia, A Simple Story, translated by Howard Curtis
- Jeff VanderMeer, Annihilation
- Jeff VanderMeer, Authority
- Jeff VanderMeer, Acceprance
- Simon Tay, Stand Alone
- Arthur Yap, Noon at Five O’Clock: The Collected Short Stories
- Alfian Sa’at, The Corridor
- Ross Macdonald, The Ivory Grin
- Robert Yeo, The Singapore Trilogy
Films
- The Shape of Water, directed by Guillermo del Toro
- It’s Always Fair Weather, dir. Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen
- Dead of Night, dir. Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden & Robert Hamer
Galleries
- “Gianni Piacentino: Works 1966–2017,” Partners & Mucciaccia
- “Eguchi Ayane: Ode to Wonderland,” Mizuma Gallery
- “Nobuaki Takekawa: Cat Olympics: In Memory of Torajiro,” Ota Fine Arts
- “Faisal Habibi: Fillet,” Sullivan+Strumpf
- “Angela Chong: Else,” Chan+Hori Contemporary
- “Goh Abigail: Continuations (and Rests) Between Spaces,” Chan+Hori Contemporary
- “Lui Hock Seng: Passing Time,” Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film
- “A Study in South-East Asian Artworks,” Ngee Ann Kongsi Galleries, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
Books
- Pritham K. Chakravarthy & Rakesh Khanna, eds., The Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction, Volume 2
- Azareen Van der Vleet Oloomi, Call Me Zebra
- Evan S. Connell, Mrs. Bridge
- Evan S. Connell, Mr. Bridge
- Anthony Burgess, Little Wilson and Big God
- Boris Vian, Autumn in Peking, translated by Paul Knobloch
Films
- The Big Clock, directed by John Farrow
- Lady Bird, dir. Greta Gerwig
- Meet Me in St. Louis, dir. Vincente Minnelli
Books
- Raduan Nassar, Ancient Tillage, translated by K. S. Sotelino
- Jim Thompson, The Killer Inside Me
- John Waters, Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America
- Pramoedya Ananta Toer, It’s Not an All Night Fair, trans. C. W. Watson
- John Waters, Crackpot
- Satyajit Ray, The Mystery of Monroe Island and Other Stories, trans. Indrani Majumdar
- Gita Mehta, Karma Cola: Marketing the Mystic East
- R. K. Narayan, The Man-Eater of Malgudi
Exhibits
- “Kim Lim: Sculpting Light,” STPI, Singapore
- Government Museum, Chennai, India
- India Art Fair, New Delhi, India
- “Anja Dodiya: The Air Is a Mill of Hooks,” Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
- “A Search in Five Directions: Textiles from the Vishwakarma Exhibitions,” National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum, New Delhi, India
- “Dhanraj Bhagat 1917–1988: Journey from the Physical to the Spiritual,” National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India
- “In the Seeds of Time,” National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India
Books
- Marlen Haushofer, The Wall, translated by Shaun Whiteside
- Antoine Volodine, Bardo or Not Bardo, trans. J. T. Mahany
- Krys Lee, How I Became a North Korean
- Shirley Hazzard, People in Glass Houses
- Italo Calvino, The Castle of Crossed Destinies, trans. William Weaver
- A. E. van Vogt, The World of Null-A
- H. G. Wells, The Wonderful Visit
- Edmond Jabès, The Book of Margins, trans. Rosmarie Waldrop
- Giorgio Bassani, Within the Walls, trans. Jamie McKendrick
- Cyril Wong, Ten Things My Father Never Taught Me
- Kenneth Fearing, The Big Clock
- Evelyn Waugh, Decline and Fall
Films
- ฝันบ้าคาราโอเกะ (Fun Bar Karaoke), directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
- It’s a Gift, dir. Norman Z. McLeod
- Step Brothers, dir. Adam McKay
- Phantom Thread, dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
- The Bank Dick, dir. Edward Kline
Exhibits
- “Early Years Project #2: Anticipation,” BACC, Bangkok
- Jutarad Phattharasirasak & Rungruang Sittirerk, “Object and Relation,” People’s Gallery, BACC
- “Points Exquisite and Clod of Clay,” People’s Gallery, BACC
- “Entang Wiharso: Half Degree of Separation,” Tang Contemporary, Bangkok
- “Aracha Cholitgul: Museum of the Swamp of Eels,” Nova Contemporary, Bangkok
- “Jedsada Tangtrakulwong: Eclipse,” H Gallery, Bangkok
- “Jason Wee: Stand. Move. (A Labyrinth),” H Project Space, Bangkok
- “Chulayarnnon Siriphol: Museum of Kirati,” Bangkok Citycity Gallery, Bangkok
- “Kata Sangkhae: Narrative of Monuments,” Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok
- “Cinerama: Art and the Moving Image in Southeast Asia,” Singapore Art Museum
- “Street Mining: Contemporary Art from the Philippines,” Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Singapore
- “Erianto: Artificially in Order,” Element Art Space, Singapore
- “Folkloristics,” Mizuma Gallery, Singapore
- “Yeo Kaa: Alone but Not Lonely,” Yavuz Gallery, Singapore
- “Melati Suryodarmo: Timoribus,” Shanghart Gallery, Singapore
- “Chen Wei: Fresh Dewdrop,” Ota Fine Arts, Singapore
- “Hiromi Tango: Chromosomes,” Sullivan + Strumpf, Singapore
- “Sarah Choo Jing: Accelerated Intimacy,” Yeo Workshop, Singapore
- “The Oceanic,” NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore
Books
- R. Parthasarathy, ed., Ten Twentieth-Century Indian Poets
- Edmund White, Our Young Man
- Danzy Senna, You Are Free
- Fanny Howe, Gone
- Anne Lee Tzu Pheng, Literary Pioneer Anne Lee Tzu Pheng—Artist in Words
- Francesco Pacifico, The Story of My Purity, translated by Stephen Twilley
- Annie Ernaux, Things Seen, trans. Jonathan Kaplansky
- Anna Maria Ortese, The Bay Is Not Naples, trans. Frances Frenaye
- Roger Lewinter, The Attraction of Things, trans. Rachel Careau
- Amélie Nothomb, Pétronille, trans. Alison Anderson
- Antonio Tabucchi, For Isabel: A Mandala, trans. Elizabeth Harris
- Christine Chia, Joshua Ip & Cheryl Julia Lee, eds., A Luxury We Must Afford: An Anthology of Singapore Poetry
- Alan Felsenthal, Lowly
- Antonio Tabucchi, Time Ages in a Hurry, trans. Martha Cooley & Antonio Romani
- Italo Calvino, The Cloven Viscount, trans. Archibald Colquhoun
Books
- Jean Giono, Melville: A Novel, translated by Paul Eprile
- Greg Sestero & Tom Bissell, The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made
- Édouard Levé, Autoportrait, trans. Lorin Stein
- Michel Tournier, Eleazar, Exodus to the West, trans. Jonathan F. Krell
- Lynne Tillman, Haunted Houses
- Barbara Howes, ed., The Eye of the Heart: Short Stories from Latin America
- Matt Ruff, Lovecraft Country
- Kamala Das, Childhood in Malabar: A Memoir, trans. Gita Krishnankutty
Exhibits
- “Threads & Tensions: Stories from Southeast Asia,” Yeo Workshop, Singapore
- “Luke Heng: After Asphodel,” Pearl Lam Galleries, Singapore
- Indo-Portugeuse Museum, Kochi, India
- Kerala Folklore Museum, Kochi
Books
- Iris Murdoch, Henry and Cato
- Charles Portis, The Dog of the South
- Peter Reading, Work in Regress
- Charles Portis, Norwood
- Marc Nair & Nicola Anthony, Intersection
- Emmanuel Carrère, Lives Other Than My Own, translated by Linda Coverdale
- Mary Ruefle, Trances of the Blast
- Fanny Howe, Second Childhood
Films
- Logan Lucky, directed by Steven Soderbergh
- The Phenix City Story, dir. Phil Karlson
Exhibits
- “Between Worlds: Raden Saleh & Juan Luna,” National Gallery, Singapore
- “Colours of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay,” National Gallery
Books
- Eve Babitz, Two by Two: Tango, Two-Step, and the L.A. Night
- Iris Murdoch, The Philosopher’s Pupil
Films
- Targets, directed by Peter Bogdanovich
- Zama, dir. Lucrecia Martel
Exhibits
- “Lee Wen: Mereka Merdeka,” Grey Projects
Books
- Charles Portis, Escape Velocity: A Charles Portis Miscellany
- Hidayah Amin, Bahasa: A Guide to Malay Languages: Banjar, Bawean, Buginese, Javanese, Malay, Minangkabau, Slitar, and Tagalog
- Dana Spiotta, Innocents and Others
- Mohsin Hamid, Discontent and Its Civilizations: Dispatches from Lahore, New York, London