It’s that time of year again, and nominations for the Prix Aurora Award are once again open. This year Five Rivers has several books eligible for nomination. We hope you will register with CSFFA and consider nominating Five Rivers’ eligible titles. Online nominations must be submitted by 11:59:59 PM EST on April 12, 2014. Voting will begin on May 3, 2014. Online votes must be submitted by 11:59:59 EDT on September 6, 2014. The Aurora…
For young readers on your list The Runner and the Wizardby Dave Duncan Out of Timeby D.G. Laderoute Mik Murdoch: Boy Superheroby Michell Plested Typeby Alicia Hendley
Alicia Hendley first made her publishing debut with A Subtle Thing in 2010. Alicia Hendley (right)with brother Nate Hendley (left)at Q Space launch of Type. In 2012 she presented Five Rivers with a YA novel based upon a society structured around the tenets of Jungian Myers-Briggs typology, gone horribly wrong. The concept was enough to pique my interest. What followed in Hendley’s first draft demonstrated a very strong narrative which only required minor revision and…
By 2010 Five Rivers was beginning to solicit the interest of a few more authors. Late in 2009 I was approached by Nate Hendley who had a shelf full of orphaned titles, and he wondered if I’d be interested in giving life to any of them. Nate Hendley (right) with his sister, Alicia Hendley (left)at Word on the Street, Toronto, 2010. I have to say right from the outset I was impressed with Nate Hendley….
Two great reviews showed up on LibraryThing, as a result of their Early Readers Program, for Alicia Hendley’s Type, and Michael R. Fletcher’s 88. This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. What an amazing novel. Alicia Hendley is an awesome writer. I was hooked from the beginning and didn’t want to put this book down until I finished, I believe this story will stay with me for a long time to come. I received this…