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...
by John Martino | Sep 22, 2021 | Review
For the full review, head to ‘Midwest Book Review’, hit the ‘Historical Fiction Shelf’ and scroll down. The ‘Olympia’ review is listed second from the top in its category. It contains very approving passages like the following:...
