by John Martino | Sep 7, 2022 | Event, Review
Big day for the novel – the rather lovely ‘digital badges’ and book-adhesive labels signifying the recent distinction came through from the US. Not too shabby for a debut novel; not too shabby at all. I start work on the ‘Olympia’ sequel...
by John Martino | Aug 31, 2022 | Uncategorized
Book Review: ‘Olympia: The Birth of the Games’: A Fun, Though Violent Perspective of the Start of the Olympics BY DUSTIN BASS TIME AUGUST 22, 2022 What is the true story of how the Olympic Games began? John A. Martino and Michael P. O’Kane, authors of “Olympia: The...
by John Martino | Jun 30, 2022 | Event, Review
Quite a special day. After a near year-long process, where ‘Olympia: The Birth of the Games’ progressed from Long List to Short List to Semi-Finalist and then Finalist, it made the final jump to First Place Category Winner for the international Chaucer Awards. The...
by John Martino | Jun 25, 2022 | Event
Victoria’s most significant museum (now also home to the most complete fossilised Triceratops skeleton on the planet) has just taken delivery of its first shipment of ‘Olympia’. Stocked in conjunction with the Benaki Museum (Athens) exhibition of...
by John Martino | Jun 23, 2022 | Review
A very big day for the novel. One of the finest higher learning institutions on the planet has just released a very positive assessment of ‘Olympia’. A couple of minor quibbles aside – which we shall address in updated editions – we...
