The Eastern Publishing Co., Ltd.

The Eastern Publishing Co., Ltd. (台灣東方出版社股份有限公司), commonly known as Eastern Publishing (東方出版社), is a Taiwanese publishing house founded in Taipei in 1945, the final year of Japanese rule and the year the Republic of China took control of Taiwan. It is widely described as one of the earliest publishers to open up children's book publishing in Taiwan, and it built its identity around promoting Mandarin-language education and children's literature. The company's catalogue is organized around children's and young-adult reading. Its main series lines include picture books (繪本), bridge books for early independent readers (橋梁書), children's literature (兒童文學), natural science (自然科學), young-adult literature (青少年文學), historical stories (歷史故事), detective and mystery fiction (偵探推理), reference and tool books (工具書), and graphic novels (圖像小說). Books are further sorted by age band — parent-child co-reading for ages 3–5, and independent reading tiers for ages 6–7, 8–9, 10–11 and 12 and above — and by theme, including life education, love and hope, care for life, optimism and confidence, friendship and sharing, parent-child communication, character and motivation, emotional management, fantasy and adventure, logical reasoning, historical legend, nature writing and language learning. Beyond original Taiwanese titles, Eastern Publishing is a significant importer of translated children's literature. Its site highlights award-linked authors and series such as the Newbery Medal, Carnegie Medal, Hans Christian Andersen Award winners, the Bologna Ragazzi Award, the American Library Association and the Japan Library Association, alongside Japanese picture-book creators such as Noriko Kudo (工藤紀子) and the Kate DiCamillo series. It also promotes Taiwanese recognition lists and prizes, including the Golden Tripod Award (金鼎獎), Good Books for Everyone (好書大家讀), the Openbook Award, the Mandarin Daily / Ministry of Culture recommended reading lists, the Wu Zhuoliu Literary Award and Bookstart. The publisher maintains a strong backlist of world classics in Chinese translation, including titles such as Jane Eyre, The Lady of the Camellias, Helen Keller's biography, Touching Spirit Bear and Walk Two Moons, sold through its own online store and through Taiwanese book retailers. It also runs a rights catalogue (Eastern Rights Catalog) for licensing its titles abroad, and it marks major anniversaries with commemorative merchandise — the site advertises a 70th-anniversary limited set and an 80th-anniversary reproduced memo-pad set, indicating a publishing history spanning eight decades. Eastern Publishing remains active in the Taiwanese market, participating in book fairs and reading-promotion events such as the Taiwan International Children's and Youth Carnival book fair and the Taipei Teacher Appreciation Month book fair, and announcing selections and award shortlists through its news section. Its headquarters are in the Datong District of Taipei.

The Eastern Publishing Co., Ltd. was founded in Taipei in 1945, the year the Republic of China assumed administration of Taiwan after fifty years of Japanese colonial rule. In that period, the promotion of Mandarin Chinese as a national language became a public priority, and Eastern Publishing positioned itself at the center of that effort, publishing language-education materials while also beginning to issue children's books. It is credited in Taiwanese accounts with opening the era of children's-book publishing on the island. Over the following decades the company broadened from language and educational publishing into a full children's and young-adult list. Its catalogue came to include picture books, bridge books designed to move young readers from shared reading to independent reading, children's fiction, young-adult novels, natural-science titles, historical stories, detective and mystery fiction, reference works and graphic novels. Books are organized both by age band and by theme, reflecting a deliberate reading-ladder approach. A major part of Eastern Publishing's identity is translation and licensing. The house brought many international children's and young-adult titles into Chinese, including award-winning works associated with the Newbery Medal, the Carnegie Medal, the Hans Christian Andersen Award and the Bologna Ragazzi Award, and it built long-running series around authors such as Kate DiCamillo and the Japanese picture-book creator Noriko Kudo. It also maintained a classics line, with Chinese editions of works such as Jane Eyre, The Lady of the Camellias, Helen Keller's biography, Touching Spirit Bear and Walk Two Moons. Domestically, Eastern Publishing has been closely associated with Taiwan's reading-promotion ecosystem. Its titles appear on and are marketed through lists and prizes including the Golden Tripod Award, Good Books for Everyone, the Openbook Award, Ministry of Culture recommended reading lists for primary and secondary students, the Wu Zhuoliu Literary Award and Bookstart. The company participates in book fairs and reading months, and it operates its own online store and a rights catalogue for overseas licensing. The publisher has marked its longevity with anniversary programs: the website advertises a 70th-anniversary limited set and an 80th-anniversary reproduced memo-pad set, indicating continuous operation from 1945 into the 2020s. Its news section continues to announce award shortlists and book-fair participation, and its headquarters remain in the Datong District of Taipei.

• 2025

  Marked its 80th anniversary with a reproduced memo-pad set.

• 2015

  Marked its 70th anniversary with a limited commemorative set.

• 1945

  Founded in Taipei as a publisher of language-education and children's books.

A long-established Taiwanese publisher focused on children's and young-adult literature, language education and translated classics, with a strong award-linked and reading-promotion profile.

• Children's picture books (繪本)

• Bridge books (橋梁書)

• Children's literature (兒童文學)

• Young-adult literature (青少年文學)

• Natural science series (自然科學)

• Historical stories (歷史故事)

• Detective and mystery fiction (偵探推理)

• Reference and tool books (工具書)

• Graphic novels (圖像小說)

• World classics in Chinese translation, e.g. Jane Eyre, The Lady of the Camellias

• Kate DiCamillo series

• Noriko Kudo series

• SDGs-themed titles

1. 1東方出版社官方網站1945.com.tw
2. 2The Eastern Publishing Co., Ltd. — Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3台灣東方出版社 — 維基百科zh.wikipedia.org