The Gift

By way of a gift to Five Rivers supporters, readers, fans, we’re offering you this excerpt from Lorina Stephens’ collection of short stories, And the Angels Sang. The work is held under copyright by Lorina Stephens, and may not be reproduced in any form without direct permission of the author. The Gift Without Laura’s environmental data the geological report meant little. Again Brian glanced at the calendar on the computer. A dark square outlined today….

Goodreads Festive Season Sale

Exclusively at Goodreads, all of Five Rivers eBooks are available from now until January 1, 2011 for a mere $1.00. It’s our way of saying thank you to all the people who support and believe in indie presses, and who love interesting and eclectic books. The eBooks are all in ePub format, and so easily read on most readers and computers. If you do avail yourself of this special offer, we’d love to read your…

Chat with Lorina Stephens

In our continuing efforts to allow fans and readers access to our authors, we decided to open another discussion on Facebook with the woman who started it all here at Five Rivers, author and publisher, Lorina Stephens. Here’s your opportunity to query Lorina about any of her books, the writing process, and publishing. The discussion will be ongoing. However, three participants will receive a copy of one of her books, in either print or digital…

Five Rivers at Word on the Street

Five Rivers will be at Toronto’s Word on the Street again this year, Sunday, September 26, 2010, from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. This year we’re in the publisher’s section, Booth 327, right at the corner of Hoskin Avenue and Queen’s Park Crescent West, across from an Information Booth, an ATM kiosk and the World’s Food Market. The highlight of our day will be the launch of Alicia Hendley’s debut novel, A Subtle Thing. Alicia…