A newly published book on Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe reveals that a native of modern-day Sumatra had a hand in cementing the Portuguese navigator's place in history.

Eric Carle, author and illustrator of the beloved children's classic The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has died aged 91.

Writer and researcher Widjajanti W. Dharmowijono looks into her country's history to understand racial tensions.

Book piracy has been prevalent in Indonesia and the digital era has made it all the more  easy for both buyers and sellers. While book lovers might say they go for pirated books because they're strapped for cash, those in the legitimate industry aren’t buying the excuse. Where do you stand on the issue, and is there a solution?

Library for orphans in Yangon, built of recycled plastic waste, has been indefinitely deferred its opening by Myanmar's bloody coup.

Jakarta is seeking international accolades to brand itself as a city with deep appreciation for literature and the publishing world, but readers and publishers have suggested administrators get a reality check.

The boom has been ignited by a 34-year-old associate professor at Osaka City University who reimagined the theory expounded in the 19th-century German thinker's seminal "Das Kapital" from the perspective of environmental conservation in a bestselling book published last September.

In a statement, W.W. Norton said that it will be "permanently putting out of print" the book titled "Philip Roth: The Biography," by Blake Bailey, who has been accused of multiple instances of assault over the past 10 days, stemming from his time as a middle school teacher in New Orleans.

Online bookstores are mushrooming while their physical counterparts are losing customers. As this process of bookstore digitization takes place, The Jakarta Post talks to bookstore owners and avid readers about what is lost and what is gained.

The Scottish author's latest will be released simultaneously in 20 different countries and multiple languages on October 12, French publisher Gallimard said.

State of Terror will tell the story of a novice secretary of state serving in the administration of her political rival as a "series of terrorist attacks throws the global order into disarray."

That's the premise of a new book by a top astronomer, who argues that the simplest and best explanation for the highly unusual characteristics of an interstellar object that sped through our solar system in 2017 is that it was alien technology.

Yunice Abbas, one of five men who robbed US media personality Kim Kardashian at her hotel in Paris in 2016, has authored a book detailing the incident.

The platform known best for its music has used podcasts to drive growth since 2019, and recently began bolstering its audiobook selection.

Indonesian writer Feby Indirani attempts to go beyond ideological polarization by presenting the complex nuances of current sociopolitical lives through her work.

The 340-page book offers A-to-Z knowledge about Indonesia’s traditional tunic-like blouse, including tips on how to make them at home.

Writer Pallavi Aiyar and her globetrotting cats, Tofu and Soyabean, return for another adventure, this time, in Indonesia.

How a bookstore shaped a culture.

A painting of comic book hero Tintin that for years was kept folded in a drawer is to go on sale at a Paris auction house on Thursday with an estimated sale price of more than 2 million euros.

She once called it quits, but Aimée de Jongh returns with another critically and commercially successful work.

Apparently, literary festivals and publishing companies are not just curling up and doing nothing during the pandemic.

French authors Albert Camus and Simone de Beauvoir rub shoulders with the likes of Jewish diarist Anne Frank and Russian poet Osip Mandelstam in Tehran bookstores where the largely female readership lap up foreign writers.

Sexual assault and harassment allegations have shaken Turkey's literary world, creating a rare #MeToo moment as women break taboos and speak out in the still largely patriarchal country.

An illustrated book published by online feminist publication 'Magdalene' seeks to shed light on Indonesian women who have left remarkable legacies in the public realm.

John le Carre, the British writer best known for his Cold War espionage novels "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and "The Spy Who Came In From The Cold", has died aged 89.

Road to Jakarta International Literary Festival 2021 runs until Dec. 6 on YouTube and its website.

A new book takes an inclusive, educational approach to raise awareness and understanding – and hopefully, spur action – on the 2019 ILO convention that aims to eliminate violence and harassment in a broadened “world of work”.

Big Bad Wolf's online sale on Tokopedia will offer more books with discounts of up to 90 percent. 

UK-based publisher Comma Press is set to publish an anthology of short stories all based in Jakarta, as a part of its critically acclaimed Reading the City series.

Etgar Keret, one of Israel's most popular living writers, says the COVID-19 pandemic has brought him a lot of inspiration and chides those inclined to romanticize the pre-coronavirus world.