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 | Media coverage, Uncategorized
After its sell-out run at the 2023 Greek Book Fair, ‘Olympia’ also gained significant mention within the Summer Reading Guide of Neos Kosmos’ ‘recommended reading list’. Listed alongside a number of other notable titles,...
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...
by John Martino | Feb 24, 2023 | Event, History, interview, Media coverage
Neos Kosmos, the top selling Greek-Australian newspaper, has very kindly devoted a feature article to ‘The 3 Amigos of History’ (myself, Jim Claven and Billy Cotsis) who will be sharing a stand and regaling the 10s of 1000s of Antipodes Festival goers this...
by John Martino | Nov 22, 2022 | Event, interview, Media coverage
Melbourne-based Radio 3XY Hellas very kindly interviewed me today (22-11-2022) about my participation in the forthcoming Greek Book Fair – see prior post on this Blog for details. The interview is broadcast nationally, on digital platforms and across to Europe....
