The Berlin State Library in Germany houses approximately 700 historical Indonesian manuscripts among its collection of 80,000 from all over the world.

Queen Máxima of the Netherlands inaugurated in Leiden last week the Asian Library, which houses the world’s largest collection on Indonesia, including two United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) heritage documents. 

The 17-year wait for a return to the mystical world of British author Philip Pullman's "Dark Materials" series ended Thursday with the release of "La Belle Sauvage", the first volume of a new trilogy.

The sequel to Nelson Mandela's celebrated autobiography "Long Walk to Freedom" will be released on Thursday after his unfinished draft was completed by a South African writer, his foundation announced.

Three British and three US authors will on Tuesday discover which one of them is the winner of this year's Man Booker Prize, whose shortlist stirred controversy over its big name omissions.

Pursuing a career as a writer requires a lot of energy and persistence, according to novelist-scriptwriter Ratih Kumala.

God cannot survive science, "The Da Vinci Code" author Dan Brown said on Thursday, putting his faith in technological advances to connect people in new ways that would eventually scrap the need for religion.

Fans of the Fifty Shades of Grey series can expect to enjoy a new book slated for release on Nov. 28.

Three generations of makeup artists, Irwan Riady, Adi Adrian and Marlene Hariman, launched a tutorial book titled Face on Point on Monday.

Indonesian writer Nirwan Derwanto talks about his works in visual arts, art criticism and poetry.

The Japanese publisher of Nagasaki-born Kazuo Ishiguro said Friday it would republish eight of the British author's books in translation, reporting "a huge number of orders" after he won the Nobel Literature Prize.

In the historical record of the events in Indonesia in 1965, John Roosa’s Pretext for Mass Murder: The September 30th Movement and Suharto’s Coup d’Etat in Indonesia has always been one of the main documents for study.

The French writer Marcel Proust paid for glowing reviews of the first volume of his "Remembrance of Things Past" to be put into newspapers, letters by the great author reveal.

Neurosurgeon Paul Kalanithi’s cancer was the only answer to his question, “What makes a life worth living?”             

An Indonesian translation of historian Peter Carey’s interpretation of the British occupation of Java from an old Javanese manuscript propels us to rethink Indonesia’s position in the global world.

This strategy is intended to help the reader to read effectively and retain as much information as possible. 

PiBo, an online bookstore and e-reader app, was officially launched at Kopi Kalyan, South Jakarta, on Wednesday, Sept. 20. Said to be Indonesia’s first online bookstore that is specifically made for children, PiBo aims to encourage kids to read with quality reading materials.

US author Paul Auster tops the shortlist for Britain's prestigious Man Booker Prize published Wednesday, one of six books that organizers said "collectively push against the borders of convention".

Whether a paperback, a newspaper or e-book, reading has been proven to be beneficial in many ways in addition to making you more empathetic.

In the half-century since Orwell first wrote 1984, we have seen the world transformed by the rise of the internet and, with it, a growth in our access to information and the truth

27 days of Heartbreak, a uniquely-styled fiction documenting a heartbreak process was launched Sept. 8 at Kinokuniya Bookstore, Plaza Senayan in South Jakarta by Gramedia Pustaka Utama.

As McGlynn describes, it is still a “slow, uphill climb,” even after three decades and support from many notable Indonesian authors.

Since 1987, the Lontar Foundation has been one of the most active independent institutions in translating Indonesian works into English, quietly developing and making local literature accessible abroad as a result.

While backpacking across Europe to meet Indonesians living in exile, author Martin Aleida discovered that even though they may no longer live in Indonesia, the country remains in their hearts.

J.K. Rowling’s digital publishing, e-commerce, entertainment and news company Pottermore has unveiled a new “Harry Potter” experience for fans.

An insider’s illustrations and narration sheds new light on the dark history of a prison camp on Buru Island in Maluku.

Fans of Ahmad Fuadi’s work can now add his newly released book, Anak Rantau (Wandering Kid), to their bookshelf.

Indonesia International Book Fair (IIBF) is set to return on Sept. 6-10 at the Assembly Hall of the Jakarta Convention Center.

An English translation of the comic book aims to help more people understand the tragedy.

Language is a fickle thing, and oftentimes words betray meaning.