Crystal Death: North America’s Most Dangerous Drug

June 1, 2011 will mark the launch of Nate Hendley’s revised and updated book, Crystal Death: North America’s Most Dangerous Drug. It’s a hard-hitting look at the most dangerous illegal drug in North America. A fact-based account featuring up to the minute interviews and life stories from users, dealers and doctors, with a Canadian perspective on the problem and its potential solutions. An important book for teachers, parents and anyone interested in, or living close…

Alicia Hendley Appears in Guelph

In the final stop on Alicia Hendley’s spring book tour, she’s appearing at Chapters, Stone Road Mall, 435 Stone Road West, Guelph, ON, N1G 2X6, Sunday, May 15, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Alicia will be signing copies of A Subtle Thing, her debut novel, which has received note-worthy reviews by readers and critics. View Larger Map

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May 2011

By Lorina StephensA Subtle Thing, Alicia Hendley, EventsComments Off

May Sale

In celebration of spring, Five Rivers is having a May Sale. Until May 31, 12:00 a.m., select titles are only $5.00 through our secure, online shopping cart. Why not pick up a read for your upcoming vacation, or buy all five? At this price they’re a steal. $5.00 until May 31, 2011 $5.00 until May 31, 2011 $5.00 until May 31, 2011 $5.00 until May 31, 2011 $5.00 until May 31, 2011

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May 2011

By Lorina StephensA Subtle Thing, Al Capone, And the Angels Sang, Events, From Mountains of Ice, Shadow SongComments Off

Five Rivers Books Now Available on Smashwords Mobile App

Smashwords and ScrollMotion Announce Partnership to Create Mobile Apps for Indie eBook Authors and Publishers New York, NY and Los Gatos, CA – May 4, 2011 – ScrollMotion (http://www.scrollmotion.com/), creative leaders in the digital publishing business, and Smashwords, the leading ebook publishing and distribution platform, have announced today that ScrollMotion will create individual mobile applications for Smashwords’ Premium Catalog of over 34,000 original ebooks. ScrollMotion will develop applications across a variety of mobile platforms including…

H.A. Hargreaves Work to be Published by Five Rivers

H.A. Hargreaves is one of Canada’s remarkable, one might even say legendary, speculative fiction writers. He is a retired professor of English, formerly at the University of Alberta (Edmonton), and was twice nominated (1982 and 1983) for the Lifetime Contributions category in the Prix Auroras. His collection of short stories, North by 2000, in its time received wide critical acclaim from both peers and periodicals. Today Five Rivers is pleased to announce the rebirth of…