A Touch of Poison now in audiobook

A Touch of Poison, by Aaron Kite, is now available in audiobook. Janet Henke, life-long dramatist, has skillfully narrated this YA tale of intrigue and triumph. In 2012 A Touch of Poison won the Watty Award for best YA fantasy, and received rave reviews from readers. Janet says of the narration process: “For me, this experience is an excellent opportunity to grow and learn….  I do believe that young audiences will enjoy the audio version; hope it knocks…

Two new audiobooks forthcoming

Five Rivers Publishing has signed two agreements today to produce audiobook versions of D.G. Laderoute’s 2014 shortlisted Best YA Prix Aurora, Out of Time, and Aaron Kite’s 2012 Watty Award Winner, Most Popular Fantasy, A Touch of Poison. Damien Brunetto produces second book with Five Rivers Voice actor Damien Brunetto, who narrated Dave Duncan’s Eocene Station (due to release as an audiobook November 2017, and shortlisted for the Endeavour Award), is also narrating Laderoute’s Out of Time. Damien is a graduate of…

We miss you, Shakespeare!

Today is the 400th anniversary of the death of the Great Bard, William Shakespeare. Arguably the greatest writer to have ever lived, his work is as relevant and timeless today as it was in Elizabethan England. He wrote of love and betrayal, humour and tragedy, the caprice of social mores and political figures. To give homage to that remarkable voice, Five Rivers is pleased to gift our readers with free eBooks for an entire week…

It’s the third Slackers!

Continuing in the madcap, shredded, reconstructed, irreverent, hang-on-to-your seats series Shakespeare for Slackers, Aaron Kite and Audrey Evans have delved into the boiling, toiling, troubling pot of Macbeth and created a dastardly delightful modern take on The Bard’s dark and legendary work. ISBN 9781927400739 7 x 10 Trade Paperback $17.99eISBN 9781927400746 $4.99 We give you the Slackers version of Act 1 Scene 1: The place: Scotland and England. Though, I guess that’s two places, actually…….

Thus the marathon begins

Here we are; first Monday of 2015. Robert and I have been hard at it from the first bell of the year. Robert’s working on several manuscripts, a few of which are new offerings from Dave Duncan. I’m presently finalizing the layout for the third book in the Shakespeare for Slackers series, this one a weird and wonderful interpretation of Macbeth.  Later in the week I’ll be reading a fascinating SF submission, finalize the last…