A unique charity auction on eBay is offering members of the public the opportunity to see their name in a thriller and, in turn, help raise funds for Irish charity 'Fighting Blindness'.
Best-selling author Anthony Galvin is offering people a once-in-a-lifetime chance to star in one of his books.
The Clare-native explained, "I have written a thriller called 'The Gilli Gilli Man', and I want people to volunteer their names as the hero, the villain, and other key characters. They will then see their own name on a book, immortalised forever. It is the perfect gift for someone you love – or maybe for someone you don’t like at all, if you go for the villain!"
"A group of us are trying to raise EUR200k for Fighting Blindness by walking to Mount Everest, and I thought this would be a different way of helping the cause", said Mr. Galvin, who leaves for the Himalayas on Sunday 21st October.
Fighting Blindness is committed to finding treatments and cures for all forms of blindness and related sensory loss through the funding and promotion of Irish research. The Dublin-based charity also provides support to those who are affected by degenerative blinding conditions and information to all interested parties.
Galvin’s first book, 'Family Feud', was top of the best-seller charts for nearly three months, and the most shoplifted book in Irish publishing history. His third book, 'Contract with Controversy', is due out early in 2008, and publishers expect to sell 500,000 copies in Ireland and the UK alone.
'The Gilli Gilli Man' is Galvin's first work of fiction. The opening chapter has been published on the Internet at www.gilli-gilli.blogspot.com.
For further information on next week's Mount Everest charity walk see www.mycharity.ie/
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Notes to Editor:
Anthony Galvin (00353 87-7504321) is available for interview and further comment.
Photo opportunities can be arranged on request. Please call Mark Dunphy of Dunphy Public Relations on 086-8534900 or media@dunphypr.com
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