British master spy novelist John le Carre's 25th book condemns "pig-ignorant" Boris Johnson and the "lunacy" of Brexit, according to an excerpt published in Saturday's Guardian newspaper.

When is it to be the turn of Jakarta or other cities in Indonesia to be counted as a World Book Capital and City of Literature?

BASAbali Wiki --  a Balinese-English-Indonesian dictionary -- was one of the five initiatives from around the world to receive the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) International Literacy Prizes for its contribution to literacy and multilingualism.

Copies of Margaret Atwood's long-awaited sequel to "The Handmaid's Tale" were mistakenly sent to readers early, the publisher said Wednesday, sending fans of the Canadian author into a frenzy and angering independent booksellers.

Canadian author Atwood has been nominated to the six-person list for "The Testaments", her hotly anticipated sequel to "The Handmaid's Tale" due out later this month.

The wise say there is nothing eternal but change.

A group of enthusiastic book readers and writers have created a collective movement known as Patjar Merah to provide access to literature for everyone from different social classes and backgrounds.

The National Book Committee will hold Litbeat Festival to encourage collaborations among the book industry with the creative industry ecosystem.

After the last of my travel books, I returned to a favorite Legian Beach village in Bali to find that my favorable review had brought great harm to the original villagers.

It is only right that a best-selling novel series about an unstoppable computer-hacker assassin should go out with a bang.

Danish filmmaker, adventurer and illustrator Thor F. Jensen tells of his journey circumnavigating New Guinea in his upcoming book, Salt Water and Spear Tips.

Bob Dylan's childhood best friend Louie Kemp has released a backstage pass of sorts into the mythology of Dylan, in the form of a memoir released this week, dishing on everything from the folk hero's Passover Seder meal with Marlon Brando to his own food fight at a Chinese restaurant with Joan Baez.

Through her stories, Adania Shibli highlights the many difficult situations that have become a part of Palestinians' daily life. 

Having garnered more than 1.8 million subscribers on YouTube, Jerome has started another chapter in his life by releasing his first book Buku Latihan Soal – Mantappu Jiwa.

Even though one possible ending has been explored in the HBO television show, Game of Thrones creator George R. R. Martin is still continuing on his plans to finish the book series.

The modern Indonesia language was once used as a weapon of destruction against the nation's literary traditions.

Five Indonesian publishers are to take part in the 2019 Beijing International Book Fair, namely Gramedia Publishers, Mizan Group, Kanisius, Torch Library and Litara Foundation.

Nuril Basri’s latest novel Rasa (Feelings) can be read as a satire which makes fun of the naïveté of middle-class Jakartans.

Early sketches of "The Little Prince", the world famous creation of French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery, have been found in storage in northern Switzerland. 

This year, participants are coming from various countries around the globe, including Italy, Colombia, Cameroon, Thailand, Turkey, Portugal, Pakistan and more.

Even though the Association of Islamic Students (HMI) is the biggest student organization in Indonesia, nobody has ever truly dug deep into the story of its founder Lafran Pane. That is, until now.

The books are connected to an app run by the police’s Investigation Department (Bareskrim). 

Nobel- and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison, a leading figure in African-American literature, has explored slavery's enduring legacy in a poetic, raw voice that has influenced generations of writers.

Fans of  French literary giant Marcel Proust will soon have the chance to read nine novellas from early in his career that were only unearthed last year, the publishing house said Monday.

A British anthropologist recounts the imaginings and incantations he encountered during his adventures to the Tanimbar Islands in Maluku.  

Native Australian culture is often lost and forgotten, but one writer wants to bring it the attention it deserves.

Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who fled to Russia after leaking information about the US government’s mass surveillance program, is publishing a memoir.

Here is a selection of four sequels that will make you long for back-to-school season.

Authors from Asia and Africa are to take center stage at the first-ever Jakarta International Literary Festival, which runs from Aug. 20 to 24.

Held for the second time after it was introduced in Yogyakarta in March, the event displays over 8,000 titles; all on offer with a discount of up to 80 percent.