by John Martino | Aug 3, 2024 | Event, Paris 2024 Games
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...
by John Martino | Jul 17, 2024 | Event, Media coverage, Paris 2024 Games, Review
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...
by John Martino | Apr 22, 2024 | Event, History, Media coverage, Paris 2024 Games
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...
by John Martino | Mar 23, 2024 | Event, History, interview, Media coverage
After a remarkably successful 2024 Antipodes Festival (the single largest event of its kind outside of Greece; now a Tier One funded event: with even the Australian Prime Minister attending), the literary opportunities for ‘Olympia’ shifted gear to the...
by John Martino | Dec 17, 2023 | Event, interview, Media coverage, Uncategorized
After selling out all stock of ‘Olympia’ within record time at the 2023 Greek Book Fair, I was fortunate enough to come to the attention of both the Hellenic Consul-General to Victoria, Mr Emmanuel Kakavelakis, and local journalist, Mary Sinanidis, who...
by John Martino | Dec 17, 2023 | Event, Media coverage
Held again at the Greek Community of Melbourne Centre on Lonsdale Street, CBD, the 2023 Book Fair was a smash hit for ‘Olympia’. Not only did the forthcoming illustrated edition of ‘Olympia’ attract huge attention, but all pre-existing copies...
