Writing After Retirement

Five River Publishing’s Senior Editor, Robert Runté, has a chapter in the newly released Writing After Retirement: Tips by Successful Retired Writers [edited by Christine Redman-Waldeyer and Carole Smallwood. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press (Imprint of UK’s Rowman & Littlefield)]. His Chapter is “Estate Planning for Authors” which hopefully will help authors plan how they want their literary legacy handled after they’re gone…. The other 26 chapters in the collection are filled with tips on how…

Nate Hendley interviewed at Chazz Writes

Author and editor, Robert Chute recently interviewed Nate Hendley for his informative blog, Chazz Writes. We reprint that interview with Robert’s permission. Nate Hendley is a Toronto-based author who was born in Connecticut in 1966. He is a full-time journalist and writer and has published and written over a dozen books, primarily on true-crime topics. He lives with a demanding cat and has a website at www.natehendley.com. You can check out his latest works on…

Goodreads Festive Season Sale

Exclusively at Goodreads, all of Five Rivers eBooks are available from now until January 1, 2011 for a mere $1.00. It’s our way of saying thank you to all the people who support and believe in indie presses, and who love interesting and eclectic books. The eBooks are all in ePub format, and so easily read on most readers and computers. If you do avail yourself of this special offer, we’d love to read your…

Toronto’s Word on the Street

A day to recuperate and organize my thoughts about Five Rivers’ experience this year at Toronto’s Word on the Street. In a word: fabulous! Last year we had a booth in the Fringe Beat section, nestled amid philosophers of morality and inarticulate sword-masters, of foul-mouthed publishers of twisted dystopia, and hawkers of a better life. We crammed ourselves into a microscopic space of five feet. But it was a start, and we put out the…