Callisto's jacket assures readers that "once you start reading this weirdly cool novel of coincidence, conspiracy and corruption, you will not be able to stop". Such promises are rarely fulfilled, but more than 400 pages later, it seems that the consistently excellent Atlantic Books is on to another winner.

But just who this winner is, is something of a moot point, for Krol - already acclaimed in Australia and New [...]

Byambasuren Davaa is the Oscar-nominated Mongolian film-maker whose unforgettable work - including The Story of the Weeping Camel and The Cave of the Yellow Dog - blends documentary, natural history and traditional story-telling to show us modern life on the Mongolian steppe in all its strange glory.

Like her films, this beguiling book can't be defined exactly as memoir, travel or current affairs. It contains accounts of the author's emigration [...]

It started with a coconut. Or was it a kiss? When Fletcher Christian cracked open a coconut from the Bounty's supply to quench his thirst, he had no idea that his boss and erstwhile chum Captain Bligh would react so violently. What was, for Christian, an "act of no consequence" was seemingly the last wet towel on the bathroom floor that broke the lover's back, and set in motion a [...]