As the new school year kicks off, kids will be assigned plenty of math, science, history and grammar lessons. But children’s literature — including these books written and illustrated by local authors ...

While enjoying Peter Carey's Parrot and Olivier in America, I found myself wondering from time to time what it was about. I finished it with unabated enjoyment, still wondering. I could say that it's ...

America is a nation of turbulent pork eaters, obsessed with money and trade: So opines Olivier-Jean-Baptiste de Clarel de Barfleur de Garmont, one of two narrators in Peter Carey’s comic novel, ...

Independent publishing house Niyogi Books has launched a children’s imprint. Perky Parrot is a cheerful, talkative bird that wants to befriend a new generation of book lovers. “It is a vibrant imprint ...

Peter Carey's imagination fails him in this tale of an unlikely friendship between a French aristocrat and his English servant Peter Carey's new novel is described on its jacket as "an improvisation ...

Lucy Daniel rollicks along with Parrot and Olivier in America, Peter Carey's delightful new novel about nineteenth century America Peter Carey’s latest historical novel is a puzzling experience.