Part of our mandate here at Five Rivers is to discover and showcase new and rising Canadian talent. Last year D.R. Laderoute presented us with a wonderful Canadian story aimed at the YA audience. We loved the story, and the writing, so much we acquired the manuscript, and are now pleased to present you with Out of Time. The story follows the adventures of two boys. For Riley Corbeau, moving to a small town on…
Derryl Murphy’s first collection of edgy, visionary short stories is back in print: There are eleven stories in this collection, ten of them gathered together for the first time and one making its debut in these pages. All of them examine our experience with the worlds around us, anticipating dread and disaster with every turn, even while hope is sometimes allowed to win out. Come witness: the destruction of the Earth; an alien tourist and…
Late in September the University of Lethbridge featured a trio of dedicated and talented writers from the faculty, among them John Poulsen and his book, Shakespeare for Readers’ Theatre, Volume 1. The Lethbridge Herald covered the event and had this to say: Finding better ways to educate students spurred four educators to put their thoughts on paper for all teachers and student teachers to use. John Poulsen, a professor in drama education at the University…
In 2005 Prime Publishing released a collection of short stories by Canadian author, Derryl Murphy, called Wasps at the Speed of Sound. While the collection went on to receive positive critical and reader response, and hit academic required reading lists, Wasps eventually ended up unavailable and sidelined. Because of the visionary and edgy nature of Murphy’s writing, we thought Murphy’s stories worthy of rebirth. So it is we’re very proud to announce the return of Murphy’s…
There are times we all need a little silliness in our lives, something to take us out of ourselves, our work, the humdrum of the day-to-day. For some of us that escapism involves humour. Sometimes the more ridiculous the better. It was that very basic concept that sold me on an idea Michell Plested (author of Mik Murdoch: Boy Superhero), and editor/writer Jeffrey Hite pitched to me one Saturday afternoon over a Skype conference. I’d…