by John Martino | Dec 15, 2024 | Media coverage, Review
My thanks to Mr Billy Cotsis (award-winning documentarian, fellow author and journalist) and Mr Jim Claven AO (award-winning historian) for this kindly article which includes the launch release (non-illustrated) edition of ‘Olympia’ as a must-read. Thank...
by John Martino | Dec 15, 2024 | Media coverage, Myth, Review
What a lovely box to unpack! Five of the best have now reached me in Melbourne, Australia and will be despatched to reviewers as soon as I finish typing this. Or even sooner! Stay tuned for expert-reader feedback on the gorgeously illustrated new ‘Olympia’...
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 | 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 | 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 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...
