News
[May 2007] - Ride On released in Ireland...
The final installment in the Superchick Trilogy - Ride On - is released throughout Ireland by Mercier Press! It's not all champagne and caviar at the top for The Grove. Jimmy and Aesop are finding that being public property has its price ... and now they need the services of a very old friend to help them pay up. But this old friend isn't one for taking shite. Not from Aesop at any rate...
[Feb 2007] - Superchick gezocht released in The Netherlands...
The first foreign-language translation of one of Steve's books is now available in The Netherlands. Titled "Superchick gezocht" ("Wanted: Superchick"), the book has already received glowing reviews in the press. The book is being published by Houtekiet. For more info, contact www.houtekiet.com
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[May 2006] - Rock and a Hard Place released in Ireland...
The eagerly-awaited sequel to Superchick will be released by Mercier Press throughout Ireland on May 8th, 2006. Find out how Jimmy, Aesop and the rest of the lads are getting on in the wake of their search for the perfect woman. It looks like The Grove is finally going places. Could this be the the big break they've been waiting for? Well, maybe in an ideal world...
[April 2005] - Superchick released in Ireland...
April 11th, 2005 saw the Irish release of what has been described as 'quite possibly the funniest books ever set in Ireland'. The novel Superchick is being published and distributed nationwide by Mercier Press of Cork. The previously self-published book has already gained wide industry acclaim and is set to be the smash of the summer.
[July 2004] - Mercier Press buy Superchick...
Back home in Ireland, in the sweltering heat of an Irish summer, Steve Martin has just signed a publishing deal with Mercier Press of Cork, Ireland's oldest independent publishing house. The Irish release of Superchick is set for Spring of 2005!
"We are delighted to have signed Stephen J Martin to our list of authors and are expecting great things from him! Superchick is a hilarious, laugh-out-loud novel and we are certain that the Irish market will love it as much as we do." - Clodagh Feehan, CEO Mercier Press Ltd.
[Pre-June 2004] - The Story So Far...
The novel Superchick by Stephen J Martin, was published by Pointed Shoe Publishing and released independently in Australia and over the Internet. Almost immediately, the reaction to the book was profound. Within twelve months a second printing was ordered and sales soon numbered in the thousands - fuelled entirely by word-of-mouth reviews and recommendations.
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