Five Rivers 5-Book Launch in Victoria, BC

On the hot summer’s day of June 27th, authors Paula Johanson, Dave Duncan and Nowick Gray held a collaborative book launch for: Nowick Gray’s quintessential Northern mystery, Hunter’s Daughter Paula Johanson’s biography, King Kwong: the China Clipper who broke the NHL colour barrier, released May 1st; and the newly revised and expanded edition of her fantasy, Tower in the Crooked Wood, released June 1st. Dave Duncan’s 50th book, the fantasy mystery, The Eye of…

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Jul 2015

By Lorina Stephensbook launch, Dave Duncan, Hunter's Daughter, King Kwong, Nowick Gray, Paula Johanson, The Adventures of Ivor, The Eye of Strife, Tower in the Crooked Wood1 Comment

Day in the Life of an Editor

From the Desk of Robert Runté, Senior Editor: So…my 11 year-old is having trouble getting to sleep one night, so I offer to sit with her until she is asleep. I bring my computer so I won’t be bored and so she can’t talk to me when she should be trying to get to sleep. And I’m doing my email, because that’s the sort of not-having-to-concentrate work you do when you’re in a dark room…

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Jul 2015

By Lorina StephensA Quiet Place, humour, J.W. Schnarr, Robert Runte, Things Falling Apart, When Words CollideComments Off

Five Rivers at When Words Collide Festival

From the Desk of Robert Runte: Five Rivers will have seven authors and two staff attending the When Words Collide Festival in Calgary, August 14-16, 2015. It’s my favorite writers convention because of the high proportion of writers, the cross-genre orientation/cross-pollination, and the high quality of the programming. I missed that Susan MacGregor (pictured below) was going to WWC this year until after I’d already done the poster, but she’ll be there too, and doing…

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Jul 2015

By Lorina Stephensbook launch, Candas Jane Dorsey, Hawk, Hunter's Daughter, J.W. Schnarr, Jill Cabrera, Marie Powell, Nowick Gray, Robert Runte, Susan Bohnet, Susan Forest, Susan MacGregor, When Words CollideComments Off

Are Canadians Boring?

From the desk of Senior Editor, Robert Runté Jeet This Week (June 23, 2015) on CBC’s Q gave a fascinating rant entitled, “Canada hides behind the myth of boringness”. It’s worth the nine minutes and 3 seconds it takes to listen, though I’m most interested in what he has to say in the last half: his theories of why Canadian history is (portrayed as) so boring. He’s not wrong when he says “Canada has constructed…

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Jun 2015

By Lorina StephensJeet, PM Series Interviews, Prime Ministers, Robert RunteComments Off

Shadow Song, by Lorina Stephens, called haunting and beautiful

This reader review recently appeared at Read and Blog. Thursday, June 4, 2015 Shadow Song by Lorina Stephens Published by Five Rivers Haunting and beautiful, I couldn’t put this book down. Partly historical, partly supernatural yet grounded, and always in tune with nature. This is a child’s journey to adulthood through very different lifestyles. Beginning in pre-Victorian England, only child to moderately wealthy parents, Danielle sees her world crumble as her uncle, the older son…

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Jun 2015

By Lorina StephensLorina Stephens, Reviews, Shadow SongComments Off