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The biography of the late cook Anthony Bourdain will be released in 2019, and edited by Laurie Woolever, his longtime assistant and collaborator.

The name of best-selling author Laura Ingalls Wilder has been dropped from an American children's literature award because of racist content in her books based on 19th century settler childhood in the Midwest.

With religious intolerance on the rise, is Indonesia progressing or regressing 20 years after the start of the Reform Era? Author Ayu Utami, whose groundbreaking novel Saman was the zeitgeist of that era, reflects upon this issue.

The new collection is the sequel to her anthology, Selepas Bapakku Hilang (After My Father was Gone), that was published in 2009.

Social Creature author Tara Isabella Burton talks about flawed characters, social media, impostor syndrome and faith.

Hundreds of fans of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit reenacted the Battle of the Five Armies in a Czech forest. 

The tug-of-war between Islamophobes and Islamic ideologists in Europe was a source of intrigue for German professor Dag Nikolaus Hasse and an inspiration for his research.

After baguettes and bistros, second-hand booksellers along the banks of the Seine River in Paris are pushing to be recognized as one of the world's cultural treasures on UNESCO's list of "intangible heritage".

The problematic plan to adapt the famous novel Bumi Manusia (Earth of Mankind) into a film and the ensuing arguments actually show how low Indonesians’ literacy can drop.

Although George R.R. Martin has not confirmed any publishing date, the author has stated that he is working on the next entry in the A Song of Ice and Fire series.

A photo posted by the German government showing a determined Angela Merkel standing up to an intransigent Donald Trump appears destined for the history books, summing up the fractures left by a deeply divisive G7 summit.

Shamsie’s seventh book is no stranger to awards. Last year, it was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.

Writer and poet Beni Satryo writes about his daily with such ease that when it comes across as comedic — and it often does — it feels earned and personal.

Jesmyn Ward introduces us to a poor family living in Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, in the course of 12 days before and after the devastating hurricane Katrina.  

A 24-hour bookstore in Hefei, capital of East China's Anhui province, opened the country's first book house for foreign talents on Wednesday, as the inland city enhanced its efforts to further open up.

Kartini is more than just a one-dimensional figure. Her story and legacy deserve to be celebrated every day, not just once a year.

Wider use of smartphones and faster internet connectivity are major drivers of online reading.

American journalist Elizabeth Flock’s first book, Love and Marriage in Mumbai, is a powerful nonfiction narrative on three marriages in a modern India that is undergoing massive social change.

The glamorous world of fashion is inseparable from the life of designer Sebastian Gunawan. Likewise, Sebastian has been a constant fixture on the Indonesian fashion scene.

Taxi company Blue Bird Group launched Kartini Blue Bird: The Spirit of Emak-Emak on May 11.

No one can predict which genres or authors will trend in the near future, but keep in mind that for a book to be collectible and or rare it does not necessarily have to be old.

The book might seem like a hybrid of Gossip Girl and Gone Girl at glance, but Burton makes the story work on every level.   

An English translation of Polish novel "Flights", which interweaves narratives of travel with explorations of the human body, was on Tuesday named as the winner of the prestigious Man Booker International Prize.

Harry Potter special editions helped Bloomsbury’s revenue to its highest level since 2007, when the last of the original books came out, lifting the publisher’s shares to a 10-year high.

Aceh has become a source of inspiration for this author.

Up to 25,580 books have been distributed through post offices to taman baca masyarakat (community libraries) across the country as of April this year.

Millennials are often stereotyped as a generation glued to their screens. Are books still relevant to this generation?

While Chinese Whispers is primarily an account of Rani’s childhood in the days leading up to the riots, it also discusses the political and social context of the racial tensions, which had started during Dutch occupation.