Congratulations, Robert Runte!

Congratulations to Five Rivers’ Senior Editor, Dr. Robert Runte, for receiving the Prix Aurora Award for Best Fan-related Work, for “Why I Read Canadian Speculative Fiction: The Social Dimension of Reading”, Scholar Keynote Address at ACCSFF ’13, Toronto. Robert Runte, front, fourth from leftmugging it with other Prix Aurora winners at V-Con 2014 Well done, Robert! We are so proud of you. Robert Runte (right) holding his Prix Aurora, with William Gibson author of the…

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Oct 2014

By Lorina StephensAwards, Robert RunteComments Off

Writing After Retirement

Five River Publishing’s Senior Editor, Robert Runté, has a chapter in the newly released Writing After Retirement: Tips by Successful Retired Writers [edited by Christine Redman-Waldeyer and Carole Smallwood. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press (Imprint of UK’s Rowman & Littlefield)]. His Chapter is “Estate Planning for Authors” which hopefully will help authors plan how they want their literary legacy handled after they’re gone…. The other 26 chapters in the collection are filled with tips on how…

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Sep 2014

By Lorina StephensMotivate to Create, Nate Hendley, Robert Runte, writingComments Off

Updates from When Words Collide

Editor-in-chief, Dr. Robert Runte is currently attending the pre-festival workshops at When Words Collide. Thought we’d share this group shot he sent along. He says, “At When Words Collide conference, during a break in workshop by Adrienne Kerr (acquisition editor for commercial fiction at Penguin Canada). At the table are (left to right) short story author Ron Freidman, Five Rivers author Connie Penner, editor and author Elizabeth McLachlan, myself, Five Rivers author Susan Forest, Penguin…

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Aug 2014

By Lorina StephensConnie Penner, conventions, Newsletter, Robert Runte, Susan ForestComments Off

Five Rivers represents in the 2014 Prix Aurora nominees

The 2014 Prix Aurora Award Ballot nominee list was released yesterday, and Five Rivers is pleased to have two of our publications short-listed, as well as two of our team nominated for work in other categories. Susan MacGregor’s The Tattooed Witch has been short-listed in the Best English Novel category. D.G. Laderoute’s Out of Time has been short-listed in the Best English Young Adult Novel category. Susan Forest’s The Gift has been short-listed in the…

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Apr 2014

By Lorina StephensAwards, David Laderoute, Newsletter, Robert Runte, Susan Forest, Susan MacGregorComments Off

Book Launch X 3 at University of Lethbridge

Dr. John Poulsen, author of Shakespeare for Readers’ Theatre, is featured at a University of Lethbridge celebration of learning. It is to be noted our own Dr. Robert Runte’s short story, ‘Split Decision’, appears in one of the showcased books at this event: Reading Canada, Teaching Canadian Fiction in Secondary Schools. Join us in celebration and learning as we present a book launch for three recently released books from U of L Faculty of Education members….

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Sep 2013

By Lorina StephensEvents, John Poulsen, Robert Runte, Shakespeare for Readers' TheatreComments Off