Five Rivers is joined by layout artist, Éric Desmarais

Five Rivers is pleased to welcome layout artist, Éric Desmarais to the crew. Éric Desmarais Éric graduated in 2006 with a BA in Communications and no idea what to do with his life. He decided to narrow his job search to anywhere that would hire him. He luckily found a great position in the federal government as a desktop publisher, which is a cross between a layout artist and a webmaster. Once he’d finished writing his first…

New Editorial Assistant, Kathryn Shalley

Five Rivers welcomes Kathryn Shalley to the expanded editorial team as our first Editorial Assistant. Kathryn is a student of English and Linguistics at Mount Royal University (Calgary) and describes herself as a lover of stories.   Kathryn says, “Five Rivers is an opportunity to do the work I love and gain valuable experience in the publishing world so that in the future I may continue to smell of ink and coffee—rather than beer and barbeque…

Kim Greyson joins Five Rivers’ editorial team

Kim Greyson We’re ever so pleased to welcome to Five Rivers’ editorial staff Kim Greyson. Kim Greyson is a retired high school Social Studies and English teacher. As an educator, he has done numerous presentations on how to engage reluctant readers. As an editor, he has been a beta reader for numerous established authors, and a writing coach for first time writers.  He has been part of the Speculative Fiction world for over twenty years…

New Creative and Art Assistant, Grace Wirzba

Grace Wirzba We’re continuing to develop our creative crew here at Five Rivers Publishing, and are very pleased to welcome in the capacity of Art and Creative Assistant, Grace Wirzba. Grace is a student and artist at the University of Lethbridge. She wasn’t one of those people who drew since she could hold a pencil. High school was where she fell in love with art. Encouraged by teachers, professors and fellow artists she pursued the…

Aerin Caley joins Five Rivers’ publishing team

It is with great pleasure we welcome Aerin Caley to the good ship Five Rivers in the capacity of copy-editor. Aerin Caley Aerin Caley has had a varied career: working as a writer, a technical writer, a shiatsu therapist, an editor and a reviewer. One uniting theme is her ongoing interest in communication of all types and a love affair with the eccentricities of the English language. Working as an editor and proof-reader is a…