2025 Taipei International Book Exhibition Grand Prize
Non-fiction Award Winners List



《Before Dawn: Innocence in the Turbulent Taiwan》
Publisher:Springhill publishing
The author’s seminal coming-of-age experiences of school corporal punishment, the physical awakening of adolescence, and the cultural melting pot overlapped with the foundational events that shaped Taiwan society today. These include the end of Martial Law, the May 20th Farmers' Movement, the Wild Lily student movement, the Taiwan Strait Missile Crisis, the Asian Financial Crisis, and more. As a junior high school girl witnessing those tumultuous street protests, instead of experiencing sorrow or anger, she experiences these events with adolescent innocence and an eagerness to fearlessly explore the unknown. Decades later as a journalist, she reflects on these events.

Hui-Chen Fang
Rights Contact:Patience Chuang
E-mail:patiencechuang@gmail.com
W x H cm/pages/price:14.8*21 cm/312/NT$400
ISBN:9786267478028

《Sketch of a female murderer:How she murdered her mother, mother-in-law and husband》
Publisher:Mirror Fiction Inc.
★ A woman’s perspective on the most shocking husband-killing case in Taiwan’s history. ★ Re-interviewing the people involved at the time and personally obtaining Lin Yu-Ru’s autobiography to create the outline of the woman she is today. ★Like a Taiwanese women’s version of Capote, a glimpse into the impact of illegal lottery tickets on a generation of Taiwanese gamblers.

Hu Mu-Ching
Rights Contact:Brian Chen
E-mail:brianchen@mirrorfiction.com
W x H cm/pages/price:21X14.8 cm/262/NT$390
ISBN:9786267229996

《An afternoon with drizzling northwesterly rain》
Publisher:Taiwan Interminds Publishing Inc.
Jing-juan, Liu, a renowned writer with decades of experience and a recipient of the National Award for Arts in the essay category, captures everyday life through her writings in Taiwanese. Whether discussing Korean dramas with friends, her mother’s love for traditional Taiwanese opera, the taste of instant noodles, a cutting board purchased due to a shop assistant’s charming Taiwanese dialect, or the changes in daily life brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, her relatable and vivid Taiwanese prose transports readers to the scene, evoking shared emotions and deep resonance.

Jing-Juan, Liu
Rights Contact:Sue-Jean, Wei
E-mail:sue-jean@tipi.com.tw
W x H cm/pages/price:14.8×21 cm/240/NT$380
ISBN:9789862943700

《Entangled Power: A Story About Anti-Nuclear Movement in Taiwan》
Publisher:Springhill publishing
This book is the most complete history of the anti-nuclear movement in Taiwan, including the relationship between Taiwan's nuclear energy policy and the international situation from 1945 to the present, and how several international nuclear energy events have affected Taiwan's energy policy; how anti-nuclear activists cooperated with the pro-democracy movement around the lifting of Taiwan's martial law in 1987. In addition, the stories of the residents around the nuclear power plants are also worth pondering. The residents face problems of wastewater, industrial safety and land resumption, and the selection of Lanyu Island, which is inhabited by the indigenous people, as a nuclear waste storage site highlights the ethnic injustice of the energy policy.
Shun-Wei Wang

Shu-Hsin Tsui
Hui-Min Liu
Rights Contact:Patience Chuang
E-mail:patiencechuang@gmail.com
W x H cm/pages/price:17*23 cm/528/NT$620
ISBN:9786267236741

《Underground Lives: Stories Untold for Migrant Workers in Taiwan》
Publisher:Springhill publishing
When migrant workers appear in the public eye, they are often associated with many negative circumstances. In fact, these foreigners come to Taiwan for work with the courage to leave their established lives. While some are unfortunately crushed by discriminatory labor management and rigid laws, many others display a high degree of initiative. They engage with Taiwan, build their own networks, communities, and underground societies. Chien’s investigative work not only describes their vivid stories but also delves into the system, offering a comprehensive and important report for understanding Taiwan’s migrant workers and labor policies.

Yung-Ta Chien
Rights Contact:Patience Chuang
E-mail:patiencechuang@gmail.com
W x H cm/pages/price:14.8*21 cm/536/NT$620
ISBN:786267236222

《The Chronicles of Elderly Poverty: The Collapse of Lives and Survival Logic in Taiwan’s Underclass.》
Publisher:Mirror Fiction Inc.
Poverty exists as a parallel reality—an “otherworld” within our own. At any moment, fate may thrust individuals into a labyrinth—a space where cruelty meets tolerance. Lu Yi-Jung began her exploration by engaging with the homeless community around Taipei Main Station. Through their life stories and interpersonal networks, spanning the pre- and post-pandemic eras, she sheds light on the systemic failures of the social welfare net and the challenges faced by the aging poor from birth to death. In this deeply empathetic account, she captures the everyday struggles and remarkable resilience of those who refuse to yield to hardship.

Lu Yi Jung
Rights Contact:Brian Chen
E-mail:brianchen@mirrorfiction.com
W x H cm/pages/price:21X14.8 cm/304/NT$420
ISBN:9786267440070

《The Potemkin Village》
Publisher:Chiu Ko Publishing Co.,Ltd
Ma Yi-Hang reflects upon his experience of encountering “fake villages” during military service. Ma writes of the weird and astonishing places in life—such as indigenous spaces, local sculptures and attractions, pedestrian refuge islands in the city, and affective spaces in hit pop songs—and transforms an outward observation into an inward spiritual search. The Potemkin Village creates and simulates in a continuous momentum the astonishment towards Taiwan’s complex cultural scene. Through the lens of a fake village, these scenes are surveyed, introduced, and framed.

Ma Yi-Hang
Rights Contact:Wanhua, Chuang
E-mail:Light@chiuko.com.tw
W x H cm/pages/price:14.8×21 cm/256/NT$380
ISBN:9789864507085

《Their Railway Age: Life Stories of Seven Railway Workers》
Publisher:Avanguard Publishing House
Ma Yi-Hang reflects upon his experience of encountering “fake villages” during military service. Ma writes of the weird and astonishing places in life—such as indigenous spaces, local sculptures and attractions, pedestrian refuge islands in the city, and affective spaces in hit pop songs—and transforms an outward observation into an inward spiritual search. The Potemkin Village creates and simulates in a continuous momentum the astonishment towards Taiwan’s complex cultural scene. Through the lens of a fake village, these scenes are surveyed, introduced, and framed.

Preparatory Office of National Railway Museum
Rights Contact:Han Cheng-i
E-mail:cihan@nrm.gov.tw
W x H cm/pages/price:17 x 23 cm/256/NT$500
ISBN:9786267463383

《Taiwanese Tile Genealogy: Encyclopedia of Taiwanese Tiles.Appreciation of Eight Types of Tiles》
Publisher:Yuan-Liou Publishing Co.,Ltd.
Don’t underestimate the tiles. They connect Taiwan, Japan, Southeast Asia, China, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, and even Islamic countries, creating a map of the intersection of Eastern and Western cultures spanning 600 years. In addition to discussing the development of ceramic tiles in Taiwan, this book analyzes the size and the trademark code behind tiles, and also appreciates many kinds of tiles, including Majolica tiles, Victorian tiles, hand-painted tiles, decorative tiles in modern architecture, Mosaic tiles, Terra cotta, floor tiles, and cement tiles. Rich styles and pattern aesthetics of tiles are a big spotlight of this book.

Horigome Kenji
Rights Contact:Jennifer Wang
E-mail:jenny@ylib.com
W x H cm/pages/price:17×23 cm/320/NT$800
ISBN:978-626-361-434-5

《Come As You Are: Collection of poems》
Publisher:Grand Four Happiness Publishing a division of Infortress Publishing Inc.
Continue Letting Poetry Surround Us: It is not necessarily about fluctuating emotions, nor must it involve adventurous encounters, nor does it require a marked day on the calendar, nor the appearance of a person who makes your heart race. Poetry exists at all times, in every moment. In terms of technique, much of the ornamental language has been stripped away, and unnecessary metaphors have been eliminated. The poet invites readers to escape from the constraints of poetic imagination, to let the stone remain a stone, and the giant squid remain a giant squid. What has not changed is the lightness of texture, the flowing rhythm that brings pleasure, and the accurate depiction of things—like a subtle elevation of five centimeters above the ground—yet still deeply intertwined with everyday life.

Yang Chih-Jie
Rights Contact:Liao Lu-Cun
E-mail:luke@bookrep.com.tw
W x H cm/pages/price:10.5 x 14.8 cm/160/NT$400
ISBN:9786269857128