D.G. Laderoute to appear at Friends of the Merril Christmas Cream Tea

Every year the Friends of the Merril gather for a Christmas Cream Tea, where amid convivial company, authors and followers of Canadian sf&f share readings, news, and a liberality of ideas. This year author and professor Allan Weiss will be the keynote speaker, discussing the work of Mary Shelley and its resonance in modern society. Rounding out that presentation, D.G. Laderoute will be reading from his newest YA novel, The Great Sky, and cover artist Patrick Hunter…

Big Buttes Book

That got your attention. In 1599, Henry Buttes wrote a slightly comical cookbook for the Bacon family to raise funds for the construction of a church. For the first time in modern history, you may review Buttes’ eight course feast based on the Elizabethan humours, edited for the modern kitchen. Original recipes, commentary on the medieval humours of each main ingredient, stories to amuse a Tudor noble, and explanations of Buttes’ dry witticisms (plus a…

Joe Mahoney to publish novel with Five Rivers

We’re very pleased to announce Whitby author, Joe Mahoney, will be releasing his debut novel, A Time and a Place, October 1, 2017 through Five Rivers Publishing. Joe Mahoney works full-time for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, where he’s helped make many radio shows over the years, including Writers and Company, Quirks and Quarks, and Q. He’s produced documentaries on science fiction for The Arts Tonight and The Current. He produced Six Impossible Things, a compilation of short…

Launch of The Great Sky

The launch of D.G. Laderoute’s YA fantasy, The Great Sky, was a fun and engaging event Tuesday, October 18 at The Bookshelf in Thunder Bay, Ontario. We thought we’d share a few pictures, most especially, THE CAKE! The Great Sky is available in print and eBook from Five Rivers, online booksellers worldwide, and select bookstores.

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By Lorina Stephensbook launch, bookstores, David Laderoute, The Great SkyComments Off

Celebrating the conclusion of The Tattooed Witch trilogy

To celebrate the conclusion of Susan MacGregor’s trilogy, Five Rivers Publishing is offering 45 days at Kobo where you can download a free copy of the first in the series, The Tattooed Witch. The promotion runs October 15 through November 30. For those of you who haven’t delved into this lush, tense paranormal fantasy, we’re sure you’re going to be hooked. The last in the trilogy, The Tattooed Queen releases December 1. Happy reading!

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Oct 2016

By Lorina Stephenssale, Susan MacGregor, The Tattooed Queen, The Tattooed Seer, The Tattooed Witch TrilogyComments Off

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