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1453: Constantinople and the Immortal Rulers

This is the fifth book from Billy Cotsis, whose previous efforts include the acclaimed Many Faces of Hellenic Culture and Once upon a time in Crystal Palace. The latter is set to be turned into a film if finance is secured. Billy has also just completed work on a documentary trilogy, “Magna Graecia” set in Calabria and Apulia about the Greek speaking villages in Italy. Whilst  in Italy, he also directed “An Olive Tale,” which takes in the world of olives across the south of Italy, as well as the Peloponnese and Lesvos. Channel 44 Adelaide will be playing this two part series in early October, and Foxtel shortly after. This was a production in conjunction with Mimmo Lubrano, Sandhurst Fine Foods.

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An Olive Tale

A two part mini-series, that premiered on Channel 31, set across three countries, Italy, Greece and Australia. This stunning series takes us to Apulia, Amalfi, Sicily, Lesvos, Peloponnese and Sydney, led by Italian-Australian, Mimmo Nucera. Mimmo is well known as

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From Pyrrhus to Cyprus

Billy Cotsis releases a new book on the Forgotten and Remembered Hellenic Kingdoms, Territories, Entities and a Fiefdom As the name suggests, this book brings you an overview of 36 identified Greek ‘territories’, after the disintegration of the empire built

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Jorge Sotirios: «Graffiti over Marble»

Graffiti over Marble explores the human cost of the Greek economic crisis. With its myriad voices and vibrant characters, this memoir focuses on a turbulent drama played out in the street, inside the home, at the workplace and within cafes and tavernas. From Athens to the traditional village, from remote islands to the Balkan borderlands, a portrait emerges of a nation under siege.

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Once upon a time in Crystal Palace

When a Greek Aussie, a Cypriot, football and Brexit all meet in Crystal Palace. Writer, director and good bloke, Billy Cotsis has brought out his book title, his fourth since 2016. The book, a novel, allows him to return to the type of fiction he experimented with in the mid 2010s with a series of short film satires; only this time it’s in written form. The book is centred on a fictional Greek Aussie called Phillipos, an out of form player who was born and bred in Canterbury and is likely to return home, having been deemed a flop.

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Oι Συντάξεις της Ντροπής του Κώστα Τζαβέλλα

«Οι συντάξεις της ντροπής» εκδόθηκαν το 1993 σε βιβλίο με πρόλογο της Ερασμίας Γαλιατσάτου – Παπαγεωργίου. Ευχαριστούμε θερμά τον συγγραφέα Κώστα Τζαβέλα για την άδειά του να δημοσιεύσουμε το βιβλίο του στην ιστοσελίδα μας.

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The Many Faces of Hellenic Culture

Billy Cotsis, as of 2017,has travelled to more than 48 countries and 58 Greek islands, allowing him to bring together a collection of tales on Hellenism that exists outside of Greece. The stories are unique; they combine elements of history with a slant on Byzantine heritage and the lives of the subject Hellenes that he interviews. Billy tells us about his new book and his travels.

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Η οικογένεια Ervin Katz χορηγός στο καινούργιο βιβλίο του Ιστορικού Βασίλη Βασίλα

Αυτές τις μέρες κυκλοφόρησε το νέο βιβλίο του Ιστορικού και Εκπαιδευτικού Βασίλη Βασίλα «When Freedom Beckons: The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and the Jewish Hungarian Journey to Australia (Όταν σε καλεί η ελευθερία: Η Ουγγρική Επανάσταση του 1956 και το

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Η Σμυρνιά του καταυλισμού

Ράκης Μπάμπης Είναι δυνατόν δυο άνθρωποι από διαφορετικούς κόσμους να αγαπηθούν για πάντα; Να ξεπεράσουν τα αξεπέραστα, αυτά που οι κοινωνίες καταδικάζουν; Η Φιλιώ έρχεται στην Ελλάδα χωρίς όνειρα, χωρίς αύριο, με μόνη προίκα το παρελθόν της στη Μικρά Ασία.

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Κυκλάμινο (Μονοπάτια της ελευθερίας #3)

Το μυθιστόρημα Κυκλάμινο είναι το τελευταίο της τριλογίας «Μονοπάτια της Ελευθερίας». Το μυθιστόρημα εκτυλίσσεται στο δεύτερο μισό του 19ου αιώνα και απεικονίζει τους αγώνες, την επινοητικότητα και το κουράγιο του ελληνικού λαού στο νεότευκτο Βασίλειο.

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