Interview with Matt Hughes, author of Old Growth

At the moment Matt Hughes is house-sitting in Montebelluna, near Venice, Italy. He took time from his exhausting writing schedule to have a chat with Five Rivers’ publisher, Lorina Stephens, and talk about his forthcoming new release, Old Growth, the long-awaited sequel to Downshift. LS: In this Rafferty mystery you have him dealing with the more radical side of environmentalism, in this case the old growth crises that arose in the 1990s. What is it about…

The Legend of Sarah now available for pre-order

In 1988 Del Rey published a novel called The Loremasters, by Canadian author, Leslie Gadallah. The novel did respectably well on the sales charts and then quietly disappeared from print. The timeless nature of the novel attracted Five Rivers, and so discussion occurred between Editor-in-Chief Robert Runte and Leslie Gadallah. That discussion resulted in a publishing agreement in which Gadallah would be able to revise and address all the concerns she originally had, and Five…

The Runner and the Saint now available for pre-order

ISBN 9781927400531 114pgs, 6×9 $11.99eISBN 9781927400548 $4.99 The second book in Dave Duncan’s The Runner series of novellas, The Runner and the Saint, is now available for pre-order from Five Rivers and major booksellers worldwide, in both print and digital formats. In this second adventure, Earl Malcolm has reason to fear the ferocious Northmen raiders of the Western Isles are going to attack the land of Alba, so he sends Ivor on a desperate mission…

Nate Hendley reading at Words Worth Books

Nate Hendley Nate Hendley, author of Steven Truscott: Decades of Injustice, will be appearing at Words Worth Books in Waterloo, Ontario February 19 at 7:00 p.m. Hendley will be reading from his book about falsely condemned adolescent Steven Truscott. Authors Ian Hamilton and Gloria Ferris will also appear. Words Worth Books is located at: 96 King Street South, Waterloo, ON Phone: 519-884-2665 Toll-Free: 1-888-241-7546

D.G. Laderoute reading in Thunder Bay

D.G. Laderoute On February 25, 2014, D.G. Laderoute, author of the young readers novel, Out of Time, will appear at The Thunder Bay Public Library, 216 South Brodie Street. Start time is 7:00 p.m. There’ll be several local writers in addition to Laderoute reading their work that night, so come on out and enjoy some great writing read by the authors! 6 x 9 Trade Paperback $23.99eBook $4.99available from Five RiversThe Game Shelfand online booksellers…