Rosetta Cultures 羅塞塔文化

The beloved Sing Lit classic What Gives Us Our Names is finally being revised and published with photos taken by the author worldwide. From the water town of Zhou Zhuang to the suburbs of Calcutta, the pictures will allow readers a peek into the writer’s travel and experiences. Coupled with the text of What Gives Us Our Names, it will give readers a new angle and perspective on the timeless classic. 

About What Gives Us Our Names (Rosetta Edition)

He’d gotten the idea from a book, not unlike the one you last read and loved, whose lurid covers you have already forgotten. For a canvas, he used not his own skin but his very life, spending his days as if he were made up of the most telling bits of other people. To do this, he learned to watch quietly and look deeply, past the busy surfaces until he could discern the colours beneath, the ones that did not change. One by one he would name them as he wove them into his heart in the deep of night. He touched you once, borrowing pieces of your story in passing. They are here still, in case you wish to look.

About the Author

He has been known to edit, explore, curate, comment, photograph, perform, read, review, study, translate, travel, teach, dine, document, design, dream and adore cats. Generous spirits from many shores have feted his words in fellowships, feasts and festivities. Translators in over twenty languages have puzzled over his words. He once aspired to elusiveness, considering restlessness a virtue, and now accepts that life is brief, fluid and already unknowable. He has always needed glasses.

About Rosetta Cultures

Rosetta Cultures is an imprint by TrendLit Publishing that focuses on championing and bridging languages and the arts across cultures and communities.

Rosetta Cultures is currently based in Singapore, serving local and international readers.

Publication Information 

ISBN: 978-981-18-6986-0 (Paperback)
Publisher / Imprint: Rosetta Cultures 
Date of Publication: 1 May 2024
Suggested Categorization: Creative Prose, Contemporary Literature, Singapore Literature
Format: 19cm (H) x 13cm (W), 96 pages

*Deluxe Box Set / Perfumes are only available for order within Singapore.*

The beloved Sing Lit classic What Gives Us Our Names is finally being revised and published with photos taken by the author worldwide. From the water town of Zhou Zhuang to the suburbs of Calcutta, the pictures will allow readers a peek into the writer’s travel and experiences. Coupled with the text of What Gives Us Our Names, it will give readers a new angle and perspective on the timeless classic. 

To commemorate the (re)launch of the classic, Rosetta Cultures will also be launching a limited-edition box set which contains the book, posters as well as a unique fragrance (Memories of Kumano) inspired by the book.

About What Gives Us Our Names (Rosetta Edition)

He’d gotten the idea from a book, not unlike the one you last read and loved, whose lurid covers you have already forgotten. For a canvas, he used not his own skin but his very life, spending his days as if he were made up of the most telling bits of other people. To do this, he learned to watch quietly and look deeply, past the busy surfaces until he could discern the colours beneath, the ones that did not change. One by one he would name them as he wove them into his heart in the deep of night. He touched you once, borrowing pieces of your story in passing. They are here still, in case you wish to look.

About the Author

He has been known to edit, explore, curate, comment, photograph, perform, read, review, study, translate, travel, teach, dine, document, design, dream and adore cats. Generous spirits from many shores have feted his words in fellowships, feasts and festivities. Translators in over twenty languages have puzzled over his words. He once aspired to elusiveness, considering restlessness a virtue, and now accepts that life is brief, fluid and already unknowable. He has always needed glasses.

About Rosetta Cultures

Rosetta Cultures is an imprint by TrendLit Publishing that focuses on championing and bridging languages and the arts across cultures and communities.

Rosetta Cultures is currently based in Singapore, serving local and international readers.

Publication Information 

ISBN: 978-981-18-6986-0 (Paperback)
Publisher / Imprint: Rosetta Cultures 
Date of Publication: 1 May 2024
Suggested Categorization: Creative Prose, Contemporary Literature, Singapore Literature
Format: 19cm (H) x 13cm (W), 96 pages

About the Book

Noah’s life takes a wild turn when Adam—his supposed boyfriend from the future—shows up out of nowhere. The grumpy and reckless Adam does not know that they are a thing and hates him for his guts, giving Noah an uphill task of winning him over.

Worse, Adam can’t control his unstable time-travel powers, putting himself in danger at every turn. But Noah has seen the Adam beneath the chaos in the future versions of him—the one who will someday love him—and he’s determined to protect him until that future finally comes true.

About the Author

Jom Gamerland is actually the author’s pen name and is an anagram of his real name. He has been writing in Wattpad since 2021. Jom has completed multiple novels and Ark and Apple is one of his proudest works. He had won multiple prompts and official Wattpad contests until he decided to take it slow as he pursues his Nursing career in the Unites States of America.

He was born in a community where discrimination against homosexuality is rampant. He has witnessed how many people impose their own beliefs in the happiness of others. The urge to break this stigma prompted him to write his own story and help readers learn that true love should be seen from a spectrum.

About Giraffe Media (Singapore)

Giraffe Media (GM), an imprint of TrendLit Publishing Private Limited based in Singapore, shares stories that celebrate love in all its forms. Like a giraffe reaching gracefully toward the sky, we believe love can be tall, gentle, and enduring. Our books invite readers to wander through tender moments, cherish heartfelt connections, and bask in the magic, warmth, and freedom of loving openly and fully.

Publication Information

ISBN: 978-981-94-3815-0 (Paperback)
Publisher / Imprint: Giraffe Media
Date of Publication: September 2025
Suggested Categorization: Fiction, Boys' Love (BL), Contemporary Literature
Format: 19cm (H) x 13cm (W), 248 pages

About the Book

Eros doesn’t believe in love—despite being named after the god of it. All he wants is the lead role in The Enchanted Stream. But when Zach, a maddening stranger, wrecks his audition, Eros swears he’ll never forgive him. Then fate hands him a second chance… and Zach as his rehearsal partner.

Now, every line they rehearse blurs into something dangerous—something that feels nothing like hate. Is it just stage chemistry, or has Eros finally met his match in more ways than one?

About the Author

M. Allen, also known as xPANICx in the Philippines and on Wattpad, is a corporate guy by day and a dreamer by night. He started writing back in 6th grade, and despite his busy schedule and laziness, still continues to do so in his spare time. His book The Bathroom Love Affair was originally published in Filipino by Summit Books’ imprint Pop Fiction.

About Giraffe Media (Singapore)

Giraffe Media (GM), an imprint of TrendLit Publishing Private Limited based in Singapore, shares stories that celebrate love in all its forms. Like a giraffe reaching gracefully toward the sky, we believe love can be tall, gentle, and enduring. Our books invite readers to wander through tender moments, cherish heartfelt connections, and bask in the magic, warmth, and freedom of loving openly and fully.

Publication Information

ISBN: 978-981-94-3814-3 (Paperback)
Publisher / Imprint: Giraffe Media
Date of Publication: September 2025
Suggested Categorization: Fiction, Boys' Love (BL), Contemporary Literature
Format: 19cm (H) x 13cm (W), 248 pages