2018 Submissions

February 1 is quickly coming upon us, and I’m sure many authors who follow Five Rivers are wondering what we’ll be looking for in our 2018 submission window from February 1-14. Here’s a list of what will likely get more favourable consideration. Fiction Historical Fiction: Successful manuscripts will be based on Canadian history, solidly researched, well-defined characters. We will not consider romance disguised as historical fiction. For examples of what we will publish, take a…

Toronto crime writers at Toronto Reference Library

Nate Hendley, author of the forthcoming book The Boy on the Bicycle: A Forgotten Case of Wrongful Conviction in Toronto, recently joined the Toronto crime writers at the Toronto Reference Library. Thought our readers would enjoy a video of the full presentation.

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Caliban, by Lorina Stephens, now available for pre-order

The wait is over! A new novella from Lorina Stephens releases March 1, 2018, and is now available for pre-order in both print and EPUB. Lorina says, “I began Caliban in the 1980s, wrote it fast and furiously, and abandoned it for several decades. Originally I wanted to tell a story about a character utterly alien to human sensibilities, a character who, by the standards of his universe, was considered ugly, terrifying, bound by symbiosis…

New crime book forthcoming from Nate Hendley

Crime-writer, Nate Hendley, will be releasing with Five Rivers Publishing a fascinating, painstakingly researched book July 1, 2018, The Boy on the Bicycle: A Forgotten Case of Wrongful Conviction in Toronto. On the night of September 15, 1956, seven-year-old Wayne Mallette, was brutally murdered on the grounds of the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. The chief suspect was a “boy on a bicycle” seen pedalling away from the CNE. Investigators zeroed on 14-year-old Ronald Moffatt,…

Lest We Forget

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