Butterfly Stitching: Update on Forthcoming Novel

One of the exciting developments of 2010 was the signing of debut author, Shermin Nahid Kruse. Her novel, Butterfly Stitching, is a compelling and searing tale of a woman’s escape from Iran during the Tehran uprising of 1979. Butterfly Stitching is now in editing, and we’re shooting for a publication date either late 2011 or early 2012. For the cover art we’ve hired a remarkable Calgary artist, Jeff Minkevics. His interpretation of Shermin’s novel is…

Five Rivers Signs Debut Author, Shermin Kruse

We’re very pleased to announce we’ve signed another debut author, Shermin Kruse, and acquired the publishing rights to her novel, Butterfly Stitching. The novel is an honest, at times heart-breaking, window into the world of Samira, an Iranian woman caught in the contradictory and eventually revolutionary world of 1979 Tehran. Ultimately a very female novel, we feel very strongly this story will resonate not only with women on a global scale, but people who struggle…