Indonesia launched a comic book based on painter Raden Saleh's life on the first day of the 2019 Frankfurt Book Fair.

The Swedish Academy has defended its decision to award the 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature to Austrian writer Peter Handke, saying he had made provocative comments but had not supported bloodshed.

Five key novels by Canada's acclaimed author Margaret Atwood.

Judges tore up the rule book on Monday, awarding the prestigious Booker Prize for Fiction jointly to Canadian author Margaret Atwood for "The Testaments" and Anglo-Nigerian author Bernardine Evaristo for "Girl, Woman, Other".

The late literary figure Arswendo Atmowiloto could barely draw comics, but he was the one who worked tirelessly to shift Indonesian parents’ negative perceptions toward comic books.

Karma – the theme of this year’s Ubud Writers and Readers Festival (UWRF) – is derived from the Balinese Hindus’ spiritual principle of karma phala, where each action has a consequence equal in force, and similar in form.

Spaces is a novel that transforms former political prisoner Putu Oka Sukanta’s historical memory – of being imprisoned without trial from 1966-1976 to withstanding torture and human rights abuses – into fiction.

Indonesia's participation in the 2019 Frankfurt Book Fair is to feature creative contents that are not limited to books, acknowledging the changing times and sensing opportunities for intellectual property licensing. 

Indonesians living abroad know how difficult it is to satisfy their longing for traditional Indonesian dishes.

A copy of A Game of Thrones, George RR Martin’s first book in the series A Song of Ice and Fire, is seen in the arms of fictional character Wolfsbane in Marvel's "The New Mutants" comic.

It's the moment experts say that Tintin stopped being quite so racist, and began his long journey towards what we might now call culturally sensitive "wokeness".

Papua remains a challenging issue for Indonesia’s sovereignty.

Propaganda and the Genocide in Indonesia: Imagined Evil is the latest in overseas publications in English focusing on the events of Sept. 30. 

Festival season might be coming to an end, but some of the biggest names in music will help you get into the swing of fall with these highly anticipated memoirs, out in the coming months.

Through 14 short stories, the anthology highlights the social changes and cultural clashes experienced by South Koreans in their journey to becoming a modern society.

Milea: Suara dari Dilan (Milea: Voice of Dilan) recounts the same teenage love story as written by Pidi Baiq in his two-part Dilan novels. But this time around, Pidi writes from the perspective of the male protagonist.

The library provides up to 3,276 Braille books and 462 audiobooks, ranging from fiction and nonfiction including biographies, religion and general knowledge. 

Growing up in a small town called Tasikmalaya, Ali Muharam had dreams of becoming a writer but fate took him in another direction to become a successful snack entrepreneur.

Margaret Atwood released the much-anticipated sequel to her award-winning 1985 novel "The Handmaid's Tale" on Tuesday, with "The Testaments" set to become a similar smash.

A new book about sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein, written by journalists who broke the story in 2017, details how his brother pleaded with him get help for his "misbehavior."

He may be one of the world's most famous musicians, but Paul McCartney is also just a regular grandfather - and that is the experience he draws on for his new children's book "Hey Grandude!".

Prominent writer Azhari Aiyub turns a group of armed bandits into heroes in his next novel.  

In her debut novel, Ponti, Sharlene Teo explores a different side of Singapore to tell a tale about a vampiric ghost and the joys and angst of adolescence that haunt people into adulthood.

British master spy novelist John le Carre's 25th book condemns "pig-ignorant" Boris Johnson and the "lunacy" of Brexit, according to an excerpt published in Saturday's Guardian newspaper.

When is it to be the turn of Jakarta or other cities in Indonesia to be counted as a World Book Capital and City of Literature?

BASAbali Wiki --  a Balinese-English-Indonesian dictionary -- was one of the five initiatives from around the world to receive the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) International Literacy Prizes for its contribution to literacy and multilingualism.

Copies of Margaret Atwood's long-awaited sequel to "The Handmaid's Tale" were mistakenly sent to readers early, the publisher said Wednesday, sending fans of the Canadian author into a frenzy and angering independent booksellers.

Canadian author Atwood has been nominated to the six-person list for "The Testaments", her hotly anticipated sequel to "The Handmaid's Tale" due out later this month.

The wise say there is nothing eternal but change.

A group of enthusiastic book readers and writers have created a collective movement known as Patjar Merah to provide access to literature for everyone from different social classes and backgrounds.