Help us to make a promotional video for Martha Long

In May a film producer will be travelling to Dublin to make promotional video of Martha. She wants to interview Martha outside some of the places mentioned in the book. If you had to choose five which would you recommend she uses in the film?

AUTHORS MARTHA HAS BEEN COMPARED TO BY HER FANS

On Facebook we recently ran a survey to see which authors Martha fans would compare her to.  There were some interesting answers ranging from high literature to mass market fiction and from authors rooted in Ireland to authors from the deep south in America. What do you think?  Do you agree with these or would you add some more:

Thanks for taking the time to let us know what you think.

SIGNED BOOK PLATES AVAILABLE

At the Dublin launch Martha signed a few book plates (smart stickers which go on the title page of the book). We have decided to hold a draw for fans who couldn’t make the launch to win them either to put in their own copy of the new book or put in a book they might be buying someone for Christmas. If you’re interested go to the Facebook page for Martha Long and direct message her with your address. It won’t be used in the future or stored on a database.

Martha Long at Dublin book signing

AN EVENING WITH MARTHA LONG A ROARING SUCCESS!

An Evening with Martha Long at the Workman’s Club in Dublin was a roaring success. Thanks so much to everyone who came. Shame on the people who reserved tickets and didn’t turn up preventing other fans from getting tickets! There are some wonderful photos on the Facebook page, Bestselling Author Martha Long, so check if you’re in there and tag yourself so we know who you are. On the night Martha announced the seventh and final book in the series will be about Jackser dying and a huge cheer went up among the 200 odd people who were there. It will be launched in Dublin, same time, same place (we hope!) next year. Meantime if you’d like a Martha signing near you just holler. We can’t promise anything but it was the number of people asking to see here from Dublin which prompted that event so maybe we can fit another signing in before Christmas if there is enough demand.

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Official pub date of Book 6 in the series is tomorrow, 6 September, but the book will be launched in Dublin next Wednesday 12 September at The Workmans Club so fans on the guest list hoping to get their book signed by Martha will be able to buy books there. Interesting to see who gets a copy first and by what means. Post here as soon as you get your hands on a copy and let us know how you got it!

FINAL DETAILS FOR AN EVENING WITH MARTHA LONG WEDNESDAY 12 SEPTEMBER

The event is completely full so please do not come along if your name is not on the following list. If your name is on the following list and you have not received details direct from the publisher please contact fiona.brownlee@mainstreampublishing.com to confirm you are coming.

If you are not on the list and would like to be put on the list for future events, again please e-mail fiona.brownlee@mainstreampublishing.com and she will be able to contact you direct as soon as anything is set up.

The venue is the Workman’s Club, 10 Wellington Quay, Dublin (beside the Clarence Hotel in the Temple Bar district). The start time has been brought forward to 6pm to allow ID to be checked against the names on the list and people to buy the new book ahead of the event, glass of Jameson in hand!  Priority in the signing queue will be given to people with the new book.

Martha will do a short reading from her first book and the latest book then in order to get the opportunity to sign books for everyone who is there and meet them in person she will need to get on with the signing straight away. Due to the number of people attending Martha will only be able to sign 3 books  per person and won’t be able to write personal messages though time permitting she will write names if required.

The event will finish at 9pm but the venue will stay open long after that and there is a paying bar should you wish to make a night of it!

Guest list as follows:

Attfield   Geraghty	Gwen
Barnett	Michelle
Boylan (c/o   Blount)	Michelle
Brady	Carmel
Brooks	Debbie
Burke	Eimear
Burke	Liz
Burns	Gers (Geraldine)
Carr	Vanessa
Carey	Christine
Carter	Mary
Casserley   (Moyle)	Caroline
Cassidy	Louise
Cassidy   McGovern	Cassandra
Clarke	Marie
Clarke	Vicky
Coady	Jolene
Cocco	Nicoletta
Coffey	Caroline
Conaghy	Gemma
Connerney	Jennifer
Connolly	Barbara
Conolly	Michelle
Conway	Anita
Copestick	Theresa
Corcoran	Martina
Costello	Edel
Coy	Maura
Coyle	Carla
Coyne   (McGuire)	Maeve
Cremin	Samantha
Cullen Loftus	Sharon
Daily	Tessie
Dalton   (Doyle)	Andrea
Delahunty   (Reinhardt)	Yvonne
Denman	Teresa
Derham	Nicola
Devine	Lisa
Dickson   (McManus)	Emma
Dillon	Pauline
Dow	Alison
Doyle	Anna
Dunne	Philomena
Ennis	Debbie
Enright	Mary
Eyre (Jim)	Tanya (Sonny)
Fagan   (Conroy)	Noeleen
Fallon	Ciara
Field	Ciara
Finglas   Marlowe	Jean
Finn Scannell	Dawn
Fitzgerald	Ann
Flanagan	Miriam
Flynn	Carolann
Flynn	Karina
Forsythe	Elaine
Ford	Jackie
Ga	Liz
Gough	Judelle
Hailes Harkin	Susie
Harford	Christine
Hickey	Linda
Higgins	Sarah
Hogan	Claire
Hayes	Siobhan
Holden	Kristal (Peggy)
Hoyne	Isabelle
Jamieson	Lesley
Kavanagh	Maria
Kearns	Antoinette
Keely	Majella
Keeley	Brenda
Kennedy	Amanda
Kenny	Mary
Lear	Emily
Mackey	Laura
Macnamanra	Louise
Maguire	Khristine
Maher	Aine
Mann	Cheryl
McAleer   (Mullan)	Susan
McArdle   (McMaz)	Marianne (swore on FB)
McArdle	Aoife
McCarthy	Avril
McCarthy	Sinead
McCaul	Cathy
McDermott	Sarah
McDonagh	Siobhan
McDonell   Herra	Janice
McDonell   Herra	Helena
McDonnell	Karen
McGrath	Jean
McLeod	Aoife
McMahon	Elizabeth
McMahon	Nikita
Mellor	Fiona
Monaghan	Noelle
Moo (Carol   Lakes!)	Mushy
Morgan	Alison
Mulvany	Geraldine
Murphy	Breda
Murray	Lisa
Myles	Siobhan
Nolan   (Dudley)	Sue
O’ Leary   Doyle	Eve
O’Brien	Ann
O’Brien	Sharon
O’Keeffe	Sharon
Omphile	Asalepele
O’Neill	Karrie
O’Regan	Elaine
O’Reilly	Trish
O’Shaughnessy	Jacqui
O’Sulllivan	Sinead
Owens	Adele
Peters	Ann
Pollard   (Maher)	Elaine
Porter	Ingrid
Redmond	Margaret
Rogers	Susan
Rogozoca	Simona
Rollo	Carol (Jessica on FB)
Ryan	Rachel
Ryan   (Teeling)	Shauna
Sharlott	Jackie
Smith	Eimear
Smith	Rhonda
Stapleton   Forde	Jacqui
Stokes	Haley
Stokes	Valerie
Sweeney	Anita
Sweeney	Una
Szaniszloova	Livia
Taylor	Noeleen
Tierney	Olive
Ui Bhradaigh	Gayle
Wallbank	Craig Ross
Walsh	Avril
Walsh	Cat
Walsh	Shirley
Warner	Lenora
Waters	Lynda
Wilson	Vicky
Wixted	Nicola
Wogan Dunne	Rishenda
Worrall	Ruth
Yeates	Alicia

Plus Jackie Forde, Vanessa Carr, Eimer Smith, Karen Redmond, Julie Tuhoey, Rhonda Whittaker, Laura Mongey, Ayshe Kelleher, Noelle Gaynor, Claire Thomas, Noeleen Fox, Anne Tully, Sandra Laffey, Amy Marie Courtney, Lisa Delany, Adele Owens, Samantha Halpin, Ashley O’Toole, Sarah Reinhardt, Lisa Spiers, Janice Slator, Orla Golden-Ranhin who have not yet been in touch direct.  Again please email fiona.brownlee@mainstreampublishing.com to find out how many places you are down for and to confirm you are coming if you haven’t already heard from her via direct message on Martha’s Facebook page or by email.

We all look forward to what we are sure will be a fantastic way to launch the 6th book in the Ma series. An evening with Martha and her greatest Irish fans.

 

An Evening with Martha Long – 12th September, Dublin.

Mainstream Publishing would like to thank everyone for their interest and excitement in An Evening with Martha Long at the Workmens Club in Dublin (by the Clarence Hotel) on Wednesday 12 September. The event will start at 7pm with a glass of Jamesons Whiskey courtesy of Irish distillers then Martha will read from her first and most recent book.

Tickets are free!  If you would like to attend, just reply with your full name and how many tickets you would like – we need to ensure there is room for everybody!  Please bring ID with you on the night.

You can also reply via the Facebook page here:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Martha-Long-Bestselling-Author-of-the-Ma-Series/108035932557360

All the best – looking forward to seeing you all there!