Submissions open for 2018

As part of our 10th Anniversary Celebrations, we’re opening our submissions window for the year. What that means is you don’t have to worry about our usual two-week reading period in February. We’ll be pleased to review your submissions all year. However, please do read our guidelines carefully, otherwise you may find your query summarily rejected. And in the interest of disseminating information easily, we’re including our guidelines in this blog post. Queries: Please email…

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Feb 2018

By Lorina StephenssubmissionsComments Off

The Boy on the Bicycle

July 1, 2018, Five Rivers releases Nate Hendley’s in-depth, expose, The Boy on the Bicycle: A Forgotten Case of Wrongful Conviction in Toronto. The story chronicles the wrongful conviction of Ron Moffatt in the mid-20th century, and his subsequent exoneration. Sadly, although Mr. Moffatt received an apology, he never received any kind of compensation for the egregious harm he suffered because of police bungling. We are pleased to reveal the cover created by Five Rivers’ artistic…

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Jan 2018

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Nate Hendley’s crime bio, Al Capone coming in audio

Nate Hendley’s hugely popular biography, Al Capone: Chicago’s King of Crime, will be available in the early fall of 2018 as an audiobook. Narrated by John Campagna, the biography is a concise, well-researched overview about this most renowned and infamous of gangster, Al Capone. John Campagna brings to the audio production a considerable body of experience, with a very resonant baritone voice, good enunciation and cadence. Al Capone, Chicago’s King of Crime, presently ranks 332 on Amazon’s books…

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Jan 2018

By Lorina StephensAl Capone, audio books, Nate HendleyComments Off

A decade publishing and another great year

Who knew a decade would fly by so quickly! Indeed it is 10 years since we decided to give voice to Canadian authors. The line-up for 2018 is, quite frankly, very exciting. Five Rivers is releasing a series of great new books, both fiction and non-fiction, starting with the release February 1 of a new installment in Dave Duncan’s wildly popular King’s Blades fantasy series, One Velvet Glove. Duncan, a CSFFA Hall of Fame inductee,…

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Jan 2018

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Seasons Greetings from Five Rivers Publishing, to you

Seasons Greetings from Five Rivers Publishing! Wishing all our readers, fans, authors and team a very Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year—good health, contentment and prosperity. And, of course, my favourite Christmas song: The Gloucester Wassail, sun by The Briton Ensemble.

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Dec 2017

By Lorina StephensEventsComments Off

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