Take 5: Five Rivers Publishing Submission Tips

Hello, writers! Five Rivers Publishing’s submission period is only a few days away! If you haven’t marked your calendars yet, it’s February 1 to the 14 every year. Manuscripts submitted this year will be considered for publication in 2018. Five Rivers is fully booked (pun intended) for 2017, and our publisher and editor are looking for 12 cream of the crop from this year’s submissions. It’s going to be a stiff competition, and we’re sure…

Genius…er…genesis of a cover: A Town Called Forget

Five Rivers’ Art Director, Jeff Minkevics, has once again been beavering away creating some truly amazing covers for some of our forthcoming releases. We thought you might find it of interest to explore the creative process that has gone into creating one of these. A Town Called Forget is a tender and often hilarious debut novel from Alberta writer, C.P. Hoff. It presented a few intriguing opportunities to explore from a cover design perspective. The…

An exciting year ahead in 2016

If you think 2015 was a dynamic year for Five Rivers, wait till you see what’s ahead in 2016. We presently have in production some truly exciting titles, both fiction and non-fiction. And we’re also giving you a sneak peek at some of the fabulous covers Jeff Minkevics has designed for our 2016 catalogue. In addition to what we’re previewing below, we will also release several more books in the Prime Ministers of Canada series….

Five Rivers Recommends: Good Books and Warm Drinks Part III

Hello, readers. Welcome to the weekend! You did a good job working your way to some nice free time, and we’re here to provide you with some options for your entertainment. Here at Five Rivers Publishing, we are a strong advocate for Canadian voices, so we think you’d appreciate a book about a sport about which Canadians’ voices are especially loud—hockey. We want you to build up your hockey-enthusiasm endurance for Hockey Night(s) in Canada,…

Print price increase and we’re sorry

We apologize for any stuttering of the heart our Canadian fans and readers may have experienced recently when perusing the prices for our print books. But truly, it’s not our fault. While there has been a slight increase in printing cost which took effect January 1, the real problem is our falling Loonie. In its most simple analysis, it would seem world markets seem to think the Canadian economy is in tight tandem with the…