Blogs
An Early Review of Going Beyond
by Robert Taylor Peter Oldmeadow’s new book, Going Beyond, does something quite remarkable. Through a dialogue between Western philosophy and Buddhism, this work gifts some of Buddhism’s sacred spark into the Western canon. Oldmeadow achieves several important aims in...
A Publishing Adventure: Behind the Scenes at the London Book Fair 2024
12 – 14 March 2024 “It is one thing to produce a book, quite another to sell it, though some authors one meets regard the two as synonymous.”—p. 158, The Truth About Publishing by Sir Stanley Unwin (Lyons & Burford, 1960). With a couple of days before...
Recap of the Book Launch for Monumental: The Story of the Stupa
On Sunday, 19th November 2023, Ian Green OAM in conversation with publisher Matthew Dawson launched Monumental: The Story of the Stupa at the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion in Bendigo, Victoria. The event was attended by around 60 people at the...
Recap of the Book Launch for Calling the Lama From Afar
On Friday 30th June 2023, author Ven. Jampa Kalden via Zoom (Nepal), Wangdrak Rinpoche via telephone (Nangchen), and Dr. Elizabeth McDougal (Tenzin Chozom) in person, launched Calling the Lama From Afar: The Yogini Nuns of Gebchak Gompa at Temple on the...
Recap of the Book Launch for “The Gold Sutra”
On 18th December 2022, Samuel Bercholz launched Platform Publications edition of The Gold Sutra at E-Vam Institute in Melbourne. The event saw a full house, in-person and online. Sam Bercholz delivered a wonderful teaching on how this short but...
Recap of the Book Launch for Timeless Truths and Modern Delusions
On Saturday 24th April 2021, author Dr. Harry Oldmeadow gave a talk that launched his book, Timeless Truths and Modern Delusions: The Perennial Philosophy as a Guide for Contemporary Buddhists at the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion in Bendigo,...