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Life

Fronditha Care launches its community centre and history book

More than 120 people packed Fronditha Care’s new community centre on Sunday 17 November in Mulgrave, to mark two milestones in the organisation’s journey – the joint launch of its …

Life

Top 10: Crime, guns and Greek-inspired literature

Over the years there are Greeks who have written good crime fiction and English-speaking writers who are inspired by Greece and have proved very adept at trawling the Greek underworld. …

Life

Christos Tsiolkas talks about ‘Damascus’: The dawn of a new creed

‘Damascus’ is Christos Tsiolkas’ most demanding book. Based on Paul’s transformation from Saul and his travels, the novel seeps into one’s skin. It draws out dreams and creates sleepless nights. …

Dialogue

Jim Claven’s ‘Lemnos and Gallipoli Revealed’ captures the ANZAC spirit

There is an arresting photograph in historian and long-time Neos Kosmos contributor, Jim Claven’s recently published book ‘Lemnos & Gallipoli Revealed’ that encapsulates the spirit of the work like no …

Life

Book launch for ‘Lemnos and Gallipoli Revealed’, a book that should be on the school reading list

Key stakeholders from the Australian and multicultural community of Victoria attended the the book launch of academic Jim Claven’s latest work, ‘Lemnos and Gallipoli Revealed’. But the spotlight was not …

Life

Celebrating Erotokritos Year 2019 (Part 1): What’s it all about?

In Greece, 2019 has been officially declared ‘Erotokritos Year’, ‘Έτος Ερωτόκριτου’. But what is Erotokritos? And why is a year dedicated to it? Some people will remember Erotokritos from the …

Life

Book of expat artist community on Hydra earns PM’s literary award

Greece in the 1950s and 60s was a magnet for young seekers and artists in a world that was finally recovering from the ravages of war and was shrugging off …

Life

Billy Cotsis’ new book takes us to the Crystal Palace

Billy Cotsis, Neos Kosmos’ own writer, is about to release his new book, Once Upon a Time in Crystal Palace. His latest novel varies significantly from his journalistic and documentary …

Features

Peter Polites: ‘Mortgage, success, houses, investment. These aren’t Greek values’

In creating Panos, the main protagonist for his latest novel The Pillars, author Peter Polites took inspiration from notorious gay right-wing troll Milo Yiannopoulos. At the beginning of the book, …

Life

Volume documenting Brisbane’s Greek cafe culture a finalist for Queensland Book of the Year Award

Brisbane’s Greek Cafes: A Million Malted Milks has been named a finalist for The Courier-Mail People’s Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award. Written by Dr Toni Risson, author of …

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