About those Canadian voices

To acknowledge this Canada Day, I thought I would explain a bit about Five Rivers’ mandate: publishing Canadian voices. That statement, publishing Canadian voices, might be thought a bit exclusionary, a bit insular, especially in light of an increasingly inclusive and global recognition. In fact, when I set my foot upon the path of this venture, this publishing house, I realized there were some very deep, fundamental beliefs I held that were worth exploring. At the forefront was the…

Hunter’s Daughter and a Hot Toddy: Good Books and Warm Drinks

Hello, readers! Welcome to the weekend! At Five Rivers, we always celebrate the short moments in which you can enjoy a pocket book (or an e-book, you tech-savvy, you). And the weekends are just the right time to commit to a book whether you want to go on whole-day marathon, or reserve the lucky tome for your night-time quiet-time. We want to fix you up with the perfect book you would be happy to spend…

#FTRWeek: Inviolably Multicultural

Web Banner from freedomtoread.ca. // Barbara Klunder (illustration), Reva Pomer (design), Webcom (printing) Another day, another belief system challenged! Welcome to Freedom to Read week, you hooligan-supporters of the postmodern idea of multiculturalism. Five Rivers Publishing is celebrating your right to read anything you want by delivering you impassioned letters stating why you shouldn’t read our books, and get the satisfaction of defying another person who tells you what to read or think! Dear Five,…

When Words Collide Festival Report

From the Desk of Senior Editor, Robert Runté When Words Collide (Calgary) convention was once again wildly successful, with great programming, wonderful Guest of Honour speeches, and 650 wonderful-to-meet-and-talk-with attendees. Small enough convention to feel ‘intimate’, but large and diverse enough that one constantly learns new things. The cross-genre format of WWC leads to a lot of cross-pollination. (For example, the launch of Sleuth at WWC this year, a new mystery magazine from the people…

Five Rivers 5-Book Launch in Victoria, BC

On the hot summer’s day of  June 27th, authors Paula Johanson, Dave Duncan and Nowick Gray held a collaborative book launch for: Nowick Gray’s quintessential Northern mystery, Hunter’s Daughter   Paula Johanson’s biography, King Kwong: the China Clipper who broke the NHL colour barrier, released May 1st; and the newly revised and expanded edition of her fantasy, Tower in the Crooked Wood, released June 1st. Dave Duncan’s 50th book, the fantasy mystery, The Eye of…