Indeed it has been amazing year at Five Rivers. Never did we imagine when we first started this publishing venture in 2007 it would grow to such an enterprise. This year we published nine new books, bringing our catalogue to 22 publications. We also signed 15 additional authors and have committed to publishing in excess of 50 books over the next four years. We did something we never thought we would have to do: we…
For as long as I can remember I’ve been reading articles, and listening to discussions, about creating the perfect pitch to a publisher. I used to spend hours refining cover letters, CVs, synopses, and then refining again when the manuscript would be rejected, again, by my prospective publisher. Fast forward several decades, switch chairs, I find myself now behind not only the editor’s desk, but the publisher’s desk, reading submission after submission (I refuse to…
Robert Fletcher It would seem Five Rivers is in the orchard business, if we can borrow from the metaphor of fruit not falling far from the tree. We’ve published sibling authors Alicia and Nate Hendley; mother and daughter authors Lorina and Kelly Stephens (Kelly’s novel, 5000 Kilometre Journey, will release in 2013), and next year father and son authors, Michael R. Fletcher (the son, and author of the dystopian SF novel 88) and now Robert Fletcher….
Many of you will scratch your heads over this post, wondering why Five Rivers is promoting another publisher’s project. It’s quite simple: Five Rivers believes in supporting the arts in Canada, and if that means we give over some of our space from time to time to discuss what we think is a worthy project, well, that’s just what we’ll do. In this case we’re supporting ChiZine Publications and what promises to be a fabulous…