It’s that time of year again, and nominations for the Prix Aurora Award are once again open. This year Five Rivers has several books eligible for nomination. We hope you will register with CSFFA and consider nominating Five Rivers’ eligible titles. Online nominations must be submitted by 11:59:59 PM EST on April 12, 2014. Voting will begin on May 3, 2014. Online votes must be submitted by 11:59:59 EDT on September 6, 2014. The Aurora…
D.G. Laderoute D.G. Laderoute will appear at Chapters, 797 Memorial Avenue, Thunder Bay, Ontario, on Saturday, April 5, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. He will be signing copies of his debut novel, Out of Time. Later in the month, April 24, at 7:00 p.m., Laderoute will do a reading for the Friends of Thunder Bay Public Library, as the keynote speaker at their AGM. Event is to be held at the Mary J.L. Black Public Library, 901…
Five Rivers’ publisher, Lorina Stephens, recently interviewed Leslie Gadallah, author of The Legend of Sarah, about Gadallah’s new release, writing, and what’s next. Leslie Gadallah LS: The Legend of Sarah was originally published as The Loremasters in 1988 by Del Rey, and has now been revised and re-released under its new title. Tell us a little about how that original publication came about and was received by the public, and then how it came about…
Two short but sweet reviews from book-lovers on LibraryThing for Matt Hughes’ latest Sid Rafferty Thriller, Old Growth. available in print and eBookfrom Five Riversand booksellers worldwide This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. “Old growth forests are living lessons in the power of vegetative persistence”. Matt Hughes shares his knowledge of Vancouver Island forests, coalmines, small town costal life and the vagaries of being a free-lance writer. The tangents are interesting and the outcome…
In 2012 Five Rivers received a pitch for a series of books called Shakespeare for Slackers. At once outrageously irreverent and funny, there was also a very pragmatic interpretation of some of The Bard’s famed plays, employing modern dialogue and humour. The result is a series of side-by-side publications which will be of interest to educators, students, theatres and lovers of these timeless plays. The first of the Shakespeare for Slackers series is Romeo and…