Why we published: Mik Murdoch: Boy Superhero, by Michell Plested
One of the joys of running a small publishing house is the ability you have to access unknown authors with that gem of a manuscript. It isn’t an every day occurrence, but I’d have to say it’s happy circumstance that Five Rivers has had an embarrassment of riches from debut authors. Such was the case when Michell Plested first approached us in 2010 with a story about a young boy determined to be the guardian…