One of Five Rivers’ fall releases is Dutch Schultz: brazen beer baron of New York, another in the crime biography series by Nate Hendley. In creating the cover for the Schultz book, we wanted to create a look similar to the Al Capone book, but unique enough that it would stand on its own. Both covers are the work of Five Rivers’ publisher, Lorina Stephens, who has a background in fine and graphic art, and…
We like to think of Canadians as being polite, stand-up people who would never resort to bullying or strong-arm tactics. It’s a nice thought. But of course simply isn’t true. We can be, unfortunately, as bullish and predatory in business as our American, and global, counterparts. Take, for example, Indigo’s latest tactic with small and micro publishers. Over the past year, because of Indigo’s new retail policy, whereby 50% of retail space is now dedicated…
We’ve released three terrific titles this summer: The Organic Home Garden, by Patrick Lima and John Scanlan; Crystal Death, by Nate Hendley; and Stonehouse Cooks, by Lorina Stephens. This fall we’ll follow those successes with two more great releases: Dutch Schultz: the brazen beer baron of New York, by Nate Hendley; and North by 2000+, by H.A. Hargreaves. Dutch Schultz is a revised and fast-paced version of Nate’s original book about this colourful and psychotic Depression…
A great review for Patrick Lima’s The Organic Home Garden appears in the Fall 2011 edition of Garden Making magazine, written by Betty Fox, editor. Sage advice for the veg bed Once upon a time, before supermarkets and fast food, we grew most of what we ate, learning how to garden almost by osmosis — everyone in the family pitched in. But for the legions of us who didn’t grow up with a spade in…
Growing up Bronx: A Memoir of my Shapers and Shakers, by H.A. Hargreaves, is a tender, insightful memoir in ten short stories. Two stories of the collection, Requiem for a Bookman, and The Seer of Nanny Goat Hill, both aired on Alberta Anthology, CBCFM in the early 1980s. Today, Five Rivers is thrilled to announce we’ll be releasing Growing up Bronx early in 2013. As Hargreaves indicates in the sub-title, the collection is a tribute…