The Straits Times Press’s philosophy is to be the best there is. In our pursuit of books of uncompromising quality and appeal, we have in the past two decades helped Singapore earn a place on the world map for publishing.
We are a turnkey publisher with the expertise to publish across a broad spectrum of books in various categories. Straits Times Press also publishes high-end, high quality illustrated general trade books, and maintains long-term co-publishing relationships with various organisations, institutes and think-tanks of repute in the region. The combined experience of the Straits Times Press Team represents one of the strongest publishing teams in the region - one that has won awards not only in Singapore, but elsewhere in Asia and beyond.
Straits Times Press is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore Press Holdings Ltd.
Award-winning Projects:
- The US "Teenage Book of the Year Award" for a title in its 148-title Cultures of the World series
- The "Best Book on Entertaining" at the Salon du Livre Gourmand in Périgueux, France, for From the Ambassador’s Table
- The Straits Times Press team’s members were the originators of the 48-title Culture Shock, a bestselling international travel series that has sold English, German, Chinese and Japanese language editions
- The collection popularly called the Eurasian Quartet by Rex Shelley was published by the Straits Times Press team. It has won countless NBDCS awards and the Singapore Literature Prize
- The Destination Reve (Dream Destination) concept for the UK, US and French markets was conceived by the Straits Times Press team
- Straits Times Press was the sole publisher for all the works under the First Time Writers and Illustrators Publishing Initiative 2008 and 2009. The Initiative is a collaboration with the Media Development Authority and the National Book Development Council of Singapore.
