From the desk of Senior Editor, Robert Runté Jeet This Week (June 23, 2015) on CBC’s Q gave a fascinating rant entitled, “Canada hides behind the myth of boringness”. It’s worth the nine minutes and 3 seconds it takes to listen, though I’m most interested in what he has to say in the last half: his theories of why Canadian history is (portrayed as) so boring. He’s not wrong when he says “Canada has constructed…
This reader review recently appeared at Read and Blog. Thursday, June 4, 2015 Shadow Song by Lorina Stephens Published by Five Rivers Haunting and beautiful, I couldn’t put this book down. Partly historical, partly supernatural yet grounded, and always in tune with nature. This is a child’s journey to adulthood through very different lifestyles. Beginning in pre-Victorian England, only child to moderately wealthy parents, Danielle sees her world crumble as her uncle, the older son…
Tony King’s Reviews > The Eye of Strife Read My rating: 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars[ 5 of 5 stars ] The Eye of Strife by Dave Duncan Tony King‘s review May 16, 15 4 of 5 stars Read in May, 2015 The Eye of Strife is not a long book, but it is brimming with everything Dave Duncan fans love and have come to expect. The religious and political…
Great review in from a Early Reviewer at LibraryThing for Nowick Gray’s crime drama set in 1960s Ungava. This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. I received this through the Early Reviewers’ program. This is by far the best book I have received through Library Thing’s Early Reviewers’ program.A tense crime story, this is not the usual sort of police procedural (a genre I read often and enjoy). The difference was that this is placed…
Please join us at 3:00 pm, Saturday, June 27th, at Royal Canadian Region Britannia Branch as Five Rivers launches five of our spring releases. It’s a chance to meet and greet (and get your book signed) by our authors: Paula Johanson, Dave Duncan and Nowick Gray. At this book launch, we are proud to present: Nowick Gray’s quintessential Northern mystery, Hunter’s Daughter Paula Johanson’s biography King Kwong: the China Clipper who broke the NHL…