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.

The Birdwoman’s Palate, the English translation to Laksmi’s novel Aruna & Lidahnya ( 2014 ), was published in January this year.

Despite her children’s repeated requests to shut down her Maranatha comic store in Bandung, West Java, Herlina Markus is staying true to her heart, patiently waiting for comic book lovers to discover the legendary wayang comic books that propelled the place to popularity in the 1960s.

In incorporating various themes, namely child abuse, racism, immigration, arranged marriage and bullying, We Come Apart is an emotional roller coaster in the form of a verse book. 

As head of the Consultative Body for Indonesian Citizenship (Baperki), a leftist organization whose members were largely Chinese Indonesians, Tjhan was suspected of supporting the G30S.

The book is a collection of voluntary narrations by 73 writers from diverse religious and ethnic backgrounds about the ethnic Chinese community in Indonesia. 

This year, the theme was “The Story of Us”, and each speaker discussed his or her own stories on a number of different topics.  

A rare series of sketches of Japanese manga artist Osamu Tezuka's robot character Astro Boy sold for a record 269,400 euros in an auction in Paris Saturday.

Comics lovers certainly remember Siauw Tik Kwie, a household name for Sie Djin Koei, the illustrated story appearing on Star Weekly, Indonesia’s family magazine of the 1950 and 1960s.

In 2015, Rohan's application for a journalistic visa was denied. The 32-year-old then decided to embark on an undercover reporting assignment in Papua.

Noah Charney, the author of the new book 'The Museum of Lost Art' is less interested in all the art we have and preoccupied instead with the art that’s been lost. 

Among the three books Hujan Bulan Juni (Rain in June) by Sapardi Djoko Damono, published by Gramedia Pustaka Utama, was awarded the best compilation book award.

The week-long Abu Dhabi International Book Fair strives to be a hub for the exchange of ideas, arts and culture as well as literacy promotion.

Short fiction writer Ben Loory has the amazing ability to effortlessly weave words into beautiful sentences to write stories ever so engrossing and enchanting.

The year 2018 is one of fierce competition in financial services, especially for banks, hedge funds and insurance companies.

Everyone loves to read a good book once in a while. Welcoming the month of May with National Book Day falling on the 17th, curling up on the sofa and reading a book seems like a cozy prospect.

Indonesia is currently participating in the 37th installment of the Kuala Lumpur International Book Fair (KLIBF) at the Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Winter is not coming, author George R.R. Martin said on Wednesday, disappointing “Game of Thrones” fans who have been waiting since 2011 for his next book in the epic saga.

The Jakarta Post talks to Madeline Miller about her newest book, women in classic stories and plans for future work.

An exhibition celebrating the life of Indonesia’s most-venerated writer, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, is a love letter not only to the man but his readers and family as well.

State-owned publisher Balai Pustaka has announced several of its projects, such as redesigning products from recording studio Lokananta and publishing the Education and Culture Ministry's research.

Some 300 Indonesian books caught the attention of visitors to the London Book Fair held from April 10-12.

The rule of the game is simple: when somebody gives you the book, you have to concentrate and focus, then open a page at random, read the question on that page out loud and give your answer. When you’re done, pass the book to whomever you want.

Racism is a very delicate topic of discussion. 

In Strangers Next Door?, 29 writers, mostly Australian academics, attempt to explore a weird link based on geography and little else.

Keluar dari Ekstremisme was written as an alternative to books and research publications that focus only on radicalization, and examines why people choose the path of violence and how worshippers turn into extremists.  

In celebrating the 80th birthday of senior journalist Aristides Katoppo, an anthology was launched on Monday at the National Library in Central Jakarta. 

Through the platform of comics, many messages and visions in Indonesia have been spread.