Susan MacGregor talks about being shortlisted for the Prix Aurora

Susan MacGregor has been shortlisted in the Best Novel category for the Prix Aurora Award, for her debut novel, The Tattooed Witch. She chatted with publisher, Lorina Stephens, about being shortlisted, and the forthcoming sequel in the trilogy, The Tattooed Seer. available in print and eBook from Five Riversand online booksellers worldwide You can download the entire voters’ package at The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association’s website, as well as vote.

Canada Day Contest for Wasps at the Speed of Sound

ISBN 9781927400432 $19.99eISBN 9781927400449 $4.99available from Five Rivers Publishingand online booksellers worldwide To celebrate Canada Day, Five Rivers is having a contest. Guess the Morse Code message in the embossed background of the cover for Derryl Murphy’s edgy collection of short eco-fiction, Wasps at the Speed of Sound, email us using that information, along with your proof of purchase, and you’ll win five eBooks of your choice from our catalogue. Contest ends Friday, July 4, 2014. Winner…

Interview with Prix Aurora nominees, Susan Forest and D.G. Laderoute

Susan Forest and D.G. Laderoute talk about what it means to be short-listed for the Prix Aurora. Short-listed for Best Fiction The Gift, by Susan Forestshort-listed for Best Short Story short-listed for Best YA Fiction To download the voters’ package, and to vote, visit: http://www.prixaurorawards.ca 

Dave Duncan’s The Runner and the Kelpie available for pre-order

ISBN 9781927400654 $11.99eISBN 9781927400661 $4.99releases August 1, 2014 The third book of Duncan’s Runner series is now available for pre-order directly from Five Rivers and online booksellers globally, in both print and eBook. In this final installation, the wyrd-woman warns Ivor he’s going to meet a monster. He doesn’t believe her. He thinks he has worse things to worry about. He’s wrong about both. The cover is once again the inspiration and genius of Five…

Mik Murdoch: The Power Within contest and pre-order

Ever since Michell Plested’s debut YA novel, Mik Murdoch: Boy Superhero, released in 2012, fans and readers across Canada, United States, United Kingdom, and Australia have been clamoring for the sequel. If you, like all of us at Five Rivers, are one of those twitching fans, your happy day is about to happen. releases August 1, 2014directly from Five Rivers Publishingand online booksellers globally Format Print $21.99 CADeBook $4.99 CAD The sequel, Mik Murdoch: The Power…