Personal tragedy haunts the hard-boiled novels that are turning top cop Omar Shahid Hamid into one of Pakistan's most popular English-language authors.

Indonesian cuisine is enjoying a spot in the limelight yet again, with three culinary books by an independent publisher, Afterhours Books, winning in the 2019 Gourmand Awards.

The Big Bad Wolf book sale will head to Yogyakarta for the first time on Aug. 2 to 12.

Rizal Iwan’s horror series follows the adventures of three 10-year-old friends and budding detectives who discover that there's more truth to Indonesia's supernatural tales than they realized.

The comic won UNICEF’s School Superhero Comic Contest in January this year.

The first two remastered titles of "Gundala" comic books were launched to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the series.

A seasoned politician from the pro-government Hanura Party has released a book called Ma'rufnomics: Indonesia's New Economy.

Social entrepreneur and author Angkie Yudistia redefines success in her new book.

The band announced on July 10 that their upcoming children's book, "The ABCs of Metallica," will be released on November 26.

"We want to bring back women to the shelves," Indra said. The representation of women writers had been inadequate, he added, pointing to the Nobel Literature Prize as one glaring example.

Survivor: A Rohingya’s Journey is the title of Ziaur Rahman’s autobiography, to be published later this year.

Indonesian marketing practitioner and writer Henry Manampiring derives inspiration from the ancient Greek philosophy of stoicism to help relieve the modern ailment of anxiety.

A new book on Italian artist Romualdo Locatelli reveals new traces of his artistic whereabouts.

British Youtuber and author Lex Croucher aims to help young audiences achieve their personal best through her latest book, "You’re Crushing It!".

The festival's early-bird tickets are available to purchase until Aug. 2.

The Gulf's largest book collection, Qatar's National Library, has enhanced ties with libraries outside the region and wooed younger readers in its first year, as an anti-Doha boycott drags on.

Indonesian journalist and author Feby Indirani, whose Italian version of her book Bukan Perawan Maria (Not Virgin Mary) was published in June, talks about her love for writing and her approach to tackling issues that are still deemed controversial in her home country.

Dozens of writers and hipsters alike will gather, dine and chat among themselves to take on “people” as a theme for the ninth edition of the annual Makassar International Writers Festival (MIWF).

Judith Krantz, the writer of best-selling novels such as “Scruples” and “Princess Daisy” who stoked women’s yearnings for professional success, romantic adventure and Rodeo Drive fashion, has died. She was 91.

Gerry van Klinken’s latest book was to be called Murder in Maumere. Strangely, this selling title was scrapped for the prosaic but academically acceptable Postcolonial Citizenship in Provincial Indonesia.

Dear Jane, the debut novel of writer Pratiwi Juliani, talks about how love can get anyone to reveal their darkest side.

The Singapore Art Book Fair (SGABF) is slated for June 28 and 30 and is to feature the works of more than 80 local and international exhibitors. 

Surrogacy in The Farm has been taken to another level, making the act of carrying a baby commercial and exploitative, reducing pregnancy to just another job and women to commodities. And yet, the job is crafted as a luxurious retreat and even meaningful.

The US publisher of feminist author Naomi Wolf's latest book "Outrages", about the persecution of gay men in 19th century Britain, has delayed its release amid questions about her research.

Amazon and the BBC, which have collaborated on other Agatha Christie crime novels like Ordeal of Innocence and The ABC Murders, are developing their version of the writer’s 1961 novel The Pale Horse.

Seventy years after its publication, George Orwell's classic dystopian novel "1984" continues to fascinate readers, in particular youngsters growing up in a social media-dominated age of increasing angst.

Vacations are almost synonymous with travel. While some people actually pack their bags and book a ticket to a faraway land, some others prefer to stay in and wander through the pages of a book.

The end of the Game of Thrones television series marks the end of an era. Despite that the book series on which the TV adaptation is based, A Song of Ice of Fire, has still not ended, any fan would be on the lookout for something new while awaiting author George RR Martin to finally finish The Winds of Winter.

Struggling bookseller Barnes & Noble said Friday it was being sold to hedge fund Elliott Management, which already owns British-based book retailer Waterstones.

British writer Julian Barnes was awarded France's Jean d'Ormesson prize Wednesday for his novel, "The Only Story", a powerful meditation on the wounds a first love can leave.