Author Leila S. Chudori finds herself deeply grateful to have been named the Indonesian winner of this year’s Southeast Asian Writers award.

North Korea’s literary news outlet praised J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series for the pioneering spirit that it models for children.

The online bazaar Big Bad Wolf (BBW) is back until June 30 on its official store on Tokopedia.

Jakarta’s bookworms are finding more time to read during quarantine, as reflected in rising online book sales by popular publishers.

After 44 years of entertaining families in Indonesia, Album Donal Bebek, a local version of Disney’s Donald Duck comics, will cease its publication near the end of this month, in a move that has been met with sorrow by its loyal readers.

The co-founder of Metallica will open the doors of his garage in "Reclaimed Rust: The Four-Wheeled Creations Of James Hetfield," which will hit bookstores on July 28.

Spanish novelist Carlos Ruiz Zafon, whose book "The Shadow of the Wind" sold more than 15 million copies, has died of cancer aged 55 in Los Angeles, his publishing house said on Friday.

A chamber called the Dropbox is used to "quarantine" returned books. 

The former Pink Floyd frontman will release his first new song in five years as part of the audio adaptation of his wife Polly Samson's "A Theatre for Dreamers".

Donald Trump's niece is set to publish a no-holds-barred memoir next month that "shines a bright light on the dark history" of the US president's family, her publisher says.

The novel coronavirus pandemic briefly gave Syrians a sense of belonging to the rest of the world after years of isolating war, Syrian author Khaled Khalifa said.

Leila Chudori’s novel Laut Bercerita (The Sea Speaks His Name) has been announced as the Indonesian winner of the 2020 Southeast Asian Writers Award.

People who wish to visit the library are required to register online to receive QR codes that will be scanned when they enter and exit the building. 

Queues formed outside French bookshops Tuesday as legions of Elena Ferrante fans rushed to get a copy of her acclaimed new book, "The Lying Life of Adults".

Marcus Books in Oakland, California, has served the black community in the Bay Area with books by and about African Americans for the past 60 years.

The lines of a poem usually flow with grace, evoking ethereal feelings and stirring the imagination.

Hundreds of Moscow residents flocked to an open-air book fair in Red Square on Saturday, though some publishing houses opted to stay away as city authorities keep most coronavirus restrictions in place.

Selected participants will have the chance to join writing classes and international and national book fairs next year. 

The Gramedia Official Shop on Shopee is offering discounts of up to 70 percent.

From "White Fragility" to "The New Jim Crow," literature about the history of racial discrimination in the United States is selling out as white Americans seek to educate themselves as nationwide protests grow over the killing of unarmed black people.

The British romance novelist will reunite with her beloved character of Louisa Clark for the first time since the end of her "Me Before You" trilogy.

After closing its doors to visitors on March 16, the National Library of Indonesia (Perpusnas) in Central Jakarta is preparing to reopen for the first time in months under special protocol.

What if people are inherently kind?

Frankfurt's annual book fair will take place as scheduled in mid-October, a sign of some return to normality amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Kwikku used to serve as a local social media platform, but it is now modifying its goal: to provide reading material for teens and young adults.  

The Chinese dissident artist has announced a forthcoming new book, "Human Flow: Stories from the Global Refugee Crisis," which will be published on Oct. 13.

J.K. Rowling published the first chapters of a fairy tale about a monster known as the Ickabog on Tuesday, an allegory about truth and abuse of power that is free online so that children can read it during coronavirus lockdown.

Besides the elaboration on the thesis of kindness, Humankind also explores how our cynical view of humanity might be detrimental to society and how we can improve the system with this new realism approach.

Four original drawings by the creator of Asterix the Gaul sold Tuesday for nearly 400,000 euros to benefit Paris hospitals.

These books explore practical ways young children can avoid infection and transmission, and provide strategies parents can use to help children cope with anxiety. Some books feature adult role models, but the majority feature children as heroes.