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Cambridge University’s ‘Journal of Classics Teaching’ review of ‘Olympia’…
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 couldn't be happier with the...
Official ‘Olympia’ book launch a resounding success…
Despite an imminent lockdown, fated to start only a few hours after the end of the launch event, the official book launch for 'Olympia: The Birth of the Games' at Melbourne's gorgeous Hellenic Museum went off with a real bang. Mountains of books were moved into the...
Philip Barker review of ‘Olympia’ in ‘Journal of Olympic History’
The prominent British Olympic commentator, Philip Barker, has released quite a flattering initial review of 'Olympia: The Birth of the Games' this week. He also intends to follow up this first 'marking piece' with a more detailed review of the novel in the next...
Light of Olympia as unique as the rest of the opening ceremony.
Now at the halfway mark of the Paris Games (wherein my own country of Australia is performing incredibly well), it remains a source of great pleasure and relief that the incredibly innovative 'levitating' Paris Games Olympic cauldron continues to operate exactly as...
‘Olympia’ 2024 Illustrated Edition – Press release.
To mark the release of the gorgeously illustrated 2024 version of 'Olympia: The Birth of the Games', our publisher has been sure to have it mentioned everywhere important. Now being stocked by Harvard University's own bookshop...
Care for a 24-page ‘sneak peek’ within ‘Olympia’? Try this new ‘Biblet’…
Ever wondered what a 'Biblet' is? Me, too. So, my wonderful publisher - Histria Books - whipped one up. It's essentially a 'bird's eye view' or 'teaser' for a book, offering the reader (in the case of 'Olympia') some 20-odd pages of continuous novel narrative to...
100 Days To Go (actually, a bit less than that now)…!
Held by a torch maiden who captured the rays of Helios in a special concentric dish, the heat of the Sun ignited the first Olympic torch for the Paris 2024 Games on the 16th of April. The torch now travels some 12,000 kms across the globe - with a special emphasis...