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 18, 2022 | Event
After recently presenting at the 40th Greek Festival of Sydney, I had the very good fortune to be approached by the SBS producer, Mr Efthymios ‘Themi’ Kallos, who had me interviewed by one of his colleagues, the delightful Ms Marianna Kefallinou. Marianna...
by John Martino | May 27, 2022 | Event
After attending the premiere night of ‘Open Horizons: Ancient Greek Journeys and Connections’ last month, Museums Victoria have very kindly asked me come in and present a chat about ‘Olympia: The Birth of the Games’ as part of their jam-packed...
by John Martino | May 16, 2022 | Event
The latest presentation for ‘Olympia: The Birth of the Games’ – at the 40th year for the Greek Festival for Sydney – proved a wonderfully entertaining night. Up on stage with my good friend Vasileios ‘Billy’ Cotsis (journalist,...
by John Martino | May 7, 2022 | Event
Presenting alongside my good friend, Billy Cotsis (multi-novel author, journalist & film-maker), at the 2022 Greek Festival of Sydney, I will be highlighting the age-old mysteries and controversies of the Olympics, as viewed through the prism of ‘Olympia:...
