Lorina Stephens appears at Chazz Writes

As part of Robert Chute’s author profile series at Chazz Writes, he interviewed Lorina Stephens. That interview is reprinted here with Robert’s permission. ABOUT LORINA STEPHENS In 1980 Lorina Stephens picked up the pen professionally and never looked back. She has worked as editor, freelance journalist for national and regional print media, is author of six books both fiction and non-fiction. She has been a festival organizer, publicist, lectures on many topics from historical textiles…

Nate Hendley interviewed at Chazz Writes

Author and editor, Robert Chute recently interviewed Nate Hendley for his informative blog, Chazz Writes. We reprint that interview with Robert’s permission. Nate Hendley is a Toronto-based author who was born in Connecticut in 1966. He is a full-time journalist and writer and has published and written over a dozen books, primarily on true-crime topics. He lives with a demanding cat and has a website at www.natehendley.com. You can check out his latest works on…

Bread for the Troops

Recently there was a discussion among SFCanada members regarding historical authenticity and credible fantasy in writing fiction. In light of that discussion, I thought I’d revive an essay I wrote back in 1997 for Serve it Forth, an historical culinary periodical. In our pursuit of foods medieval we look to the recipes left by those great cooks of the time, recipes which were designed and prepared for the glittering aristocracy. But what of the peasantry? What…

Little Red Reviewer on From Mountains of Ice

From Mountains of Ice, by Lorina Stephens has received another glowing review, this time from the Little Red Reviewer. An excerpt from that review is reposted here. Along with natural sounding and witty dialogue, Stephens presents a renaissance Italianesque world populated by a unique ancestor worshipping population. You can’t help but love Sylvio and Aletta, this is a mature and intelligent couple who has been together for decades. They trust each other implicity, and know when they…

Key Porter Loss, Five Rivers Gain

Patrick Lima & John Scanlan The publishing world heard of the demise of one more icon of Canadian publishing this week, Key Porter. The report wasn’t exactly surprising, given Key Porter had closed its Toronto offices in the fall of 2010 and moved to owner Fenn’s offices in Bolton. Even previous to that Key Porter was shedding its midlist authors in an attempt to restructure. What was Key Porter’s loss, however, has become Five Rivers’…