The book This is Our Promised Land written by Olympia Rizidis will be launched Sunday 1 April by Maria Kostas, solicitor and niece of the author.

It is the story of Olympia’s family from Asia Minor in 1922 when evicted from Turkey, suffering in refugee camps in Thessaloniki, settling in northern Greece and surviving through the Second World War and the Civil War until finally migrating to Melbourne Australia in 1955.

This is Our Promised Land will be launched at Philanthropic Society of Kaloneri Kozanis, 81 Atherton Road Oakleigh VIC from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm on Sunday 1 April. For info and to attend contact Anastasia Kostas on 03 9545 0414 email kosfam@bigpond.net.au