'When playwright Dan Giovannoni was handed a copy of Christos Tsiolkas’ compilation of stories Merciless Gods, he knew he had been introduced to something special.' (Introduction)
'One of the pleasures of a literary friendship is exchanging poems. It serves as a means of dialogue, which all too often cannot take place given separations in time and distance, and neither letters nor social media quite fill that space a completed poem can occupy. Some time ago I sent out a chapbook of mine to friends, and marvellous to say, I received Dimitris Troaditis’ volume Tightrope Walking / Ακροβασíες in exchange.' (Introduction)
