Join Me in St. Catharines

I’ll be at Chapters, 285 Geneva Street, St. Catharines, Ontario on Saturday, July 25, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., signing copies of And the Angels Sang and Shadow Song. If my first shipment of From Mountains of Ice arrives, I may have copies of that available as well. Hope to see you there. View Larger Map

Marian Ritchie in St. Catharines

Marian Ritichie, author of The Long Way Home: A Journey into Alzheimer’s, will be at Chapters, New Fairview Mall, 285 Geneva, St. Catharines, ON L2N 2G1, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., on Saturday, August 15. Marian has received wide acclaim for her book and insight into the devastating disease, from individuals living with Alzheimer’s to medical staff and experts in nursing homes to the Mayo Clinic. She has lectured across North America and recently in Scotland….

From Mountains of Ice Now Available

I’m thrilled to announce the release of my new cultural fantasy novel, From Mountains of Ice. Back cover blurb: Sylvio spent the past decade banished from Simare’s court, stripped of land, ancestral home and title – from Minister of National Security to back-country bowyer. But not any bowyer; Sylvio creates bows from laminations of wood and human bone, bows that are said to speak, bows known as the legendary arcossi. And now, after a decade,…

Real Publishers

Recently a discussion came up among fellow writers about the legitimacy of self-publishing versus legacy publishers. Some of the comments from my colleagues left me, frankly, startled. One writer commented that he had, ‘a deep-seated distrust of all things that smack of self-publishing,’ while another writer commented that ‘…”real” publishers regard themselves as such, and they regard everything from literary presses with two books a year down through small press, ebooks and self-publishing as being…

Now Distributing Minute-Men

I’m pleased to announce that Five Rivers is now distributing to Indigo Books the Minute-Men books, by Mike Aragona, published by Savage Enterprises Publishing. The Mysterious Minute-Men Omnibus Not all Superhero Teams are the same, and when it comes to the zany adventures of The Mysterious Minute-Men, the differences are all part of the fun! Funnier than a barrel of monkeys – and probably just as powerful! Minute-Man’s powers are so Mysterious, even he doesn’t…