Two Greeks from the Diaspora, author Christos Tsiolkas and director and screenwriter Ana Kokkinos were chosen this year by the RMIT University to share their knowledge with future authors, whose main reference is their Greek origin, in the context of the program The Writers in Residence. Tsiolkas, a child of Greek immigrants, openly homosexual and [...]
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Tsiolkas’ Book Taps Aussie Swim Culture
The new book written by Greek author Christos Tsiolkas is expected to be published in October, his fifth, and five years after his previous novel The Slap. The main character is an Australian swimmer who made many sacrifices to become an Olympic champion, “but life had other plans.” The theme is timely after the recent [...]
A Greek-Australian Family’s Slap Up for Emmy
The Slap, an eight-part television series based on a novel by Greek-Australian author Christos Tsiolkas and screened on the Australian channel ABC1, has been nominated for an Emmy award in the United States. The presentation of the winners will be in New York on Nov. 19. Some of the Greek-Australian actors of the series are: [...]
Strong Greek Presence at 2012 AACTA Awards
‘The Slap’ series, based on the book of Greek-Australian writer Christos Tsiolkas, won the Best Screenplay In Television award during the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards that were held on Tuesday night. Moreover, Alex Dimitriades won the AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Series for his role in ‘The [...]
TV Series ‘The Slap’ Receives Rave Reviews
TV critics believe that the adaptation of the book ‘The Slap’ written by Greek-origin Christos Tsiolkas into a TV series constitutes a masterpiece. The first episode of the series (they are going to be 8 episodes in total) came in on Thursday night on SBC TV in the mainland capital city ratings with 946,000 viewers. [...]
“The Slap” Premieres October 6th
A new TV series, The Slap, goes to air on ABC TV on October 6. Itʼs based on Christos Tsiolkas bestselling novel of the same name about what happens when a group of friends attend a barbeque and one of the men slaps another personʼs child. The group of friends are then forced to choose [...]
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05 / 20 Greek- Aborigine Receives Scots College Scholarship
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