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...
by John Martino | Mar 12, 2022 | Event, Review
‘Olympia’ has taken yet another significant step up the ladder of the Chaucer Awards for pre-1750s historical fiction. We will know soon enough whether it has had the very good fortune to go all the...
by John Martino | Feb 18, 2022 | Event, Review
‘Olympia’ advances from the CIBA Chaucer Awards long list to the short list; now in contention for the...
