Michell Plested has posted a wonderful, honest interview that was done with him for his forthcoming debut YA novel, Mik Murdoch: Boy Superhero. Hope you’ll listen to the podcast and be as informed as delighted as we were. Mik Murdoch: Boy Superhero releases August 1, 2012, and launches at When Words Collide. The novel is now available for pre-order at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Five Rivers and coming soon to Indigo.
Five Rivers Editor, Amy Bright, launched her first YA novel, Before We Go in Lethbridge, Alberta, Thursday evening (May 24). The book is published by Red Deer Press. Amy talked about the book, her other writing projects, and her development as a writer She also read two brief excerpts from the novel. Amy signing her book. Set in Victoria, one feature of the novel that stands out among YA literature is that it all takes…
Jeff Minkevicscover artist for Mik Murdoch: Boy Superheronot nearly as bad-ass as this photo would indicate, in fact a Really Nice Guy. One of the books we’re really excited about is Michell Plested’s Mik Murdoch: Boy Superhero. We commissioned Jeff Minkevics to do the cover, and netted him recently to discuss his artistic vision for the cover. Lorina: Tell us a bit about yourself and your background in visual arts. Jeff: I’m a graduate of…
Author, Matt Hughes We recently corresponded with Matt Hughes in his southern France house-sitting gig, to interview him regarding the re-release of his sensational thriller, Downshift, available June 1. Lorina: What was the inspiration for Downshift? Matt: I wanted to be a crime writer and I had a publisher interested in signing me. That deal didn’t work out in the end, but I was lucky to make contact with the late L.R. Wright, one of…
Among the many books crime-writer Nate Hendley has penned, Dutch Schultz: brazen beer baron of New York, is one of the most recent. Factual, gritty, written in a readable, fluid manner, Schultz is now beginning to receive a few accolades. This is a recent 5-star review from a Goodreads reviewer: ‘I received this as a Goodreads giveaway. ‘This isn’t really a book I would normally go for, but the description piqued my curiosity. I went…