Interview with Prix Aurora nominees, Susan Forest and D.G. Laderoute

Susan Forest and D.G. Laderoute talk about what it means to be short-listed for the Prix Aurora. Short-listed for Best Fiction The Gift, by Susan Forestshort-listed for Best Short Story short-listed for Best YA Fiction To download the voters’ package, and to vote, visit: http://www.prixaurorawards.ca 

Dave Duncan’s The Runner and the Kelpie available for pre-order

ISBN 9781927400654 $11.99eISBN 9781927400661 $4.99releases August 1, 2014 The third book of Duncan’s Runner series is now available for pre-order directly from Five Rivers and online booksellers globally, in both print and eBook. In this final installation, the wyrd-woman warns Ivor he’s going to meet a monster. He doesn’t believe her. He thinks he has worse things to worry about. He’s wrong about both. The cover is once again the inspiration and genius of Five…

Mik Murdoch: The Power Within contest and pre-order

Ever since Michell Plested’s debut YA novel, Mik Murdoch: Boy Superhero, released in 2012, fans and readers across Canada, United States, United Kingdom, and Australia have been clamoring for the sequel. If you, like all of us at Five Rivers, are one of those twitching fans, your happy day is about to happen. releases August 1, 2014directly from Five Rivers Publishingand online booksellers globally Format Print $21.99 CADeBook $4.99 CAD The sequel, Mik Murdoch: The Power…

King of Shadows now available for pre-order

The fifth book in Ann Marston’s epic fantasy, King of Shadows: The Rune Blades of Celi, is now available for pre-order. Always a master storyteller, Ann Marston’s novels have been delighting fans for years, and we’re pleased to bring back this series in its entirety. Next year will see not only the sixth book, Sword and Shadow, return in February, but the addition of a brand new novel in the series, Bane’s Choice, which will release…

A Touch of Poison now available for pre-order

It’s a busy summer here at Five Rivers, and we’re pleased to let our fans and readers know Aaron Kite’s Wattie Award-winning YA fantasy is now available for pre-order through Five Rivers’ website, as well as from online retailers globally. Gwenwyn is the most miserable princess ever, and for good reason. Merely brushing up against her or touching her exposed skin is enough to cause painful burns, or worse. And if that wasn’t enough, she’s…