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Omnibus version of Dave Duncan’s Runner Series releases June 1, 2015

Five Rivers is pleased to announce the release, June 1, 2015, of the omnibus version of Dave Duncan’s YA fantasy trilogy of novellas, entitled The Adventures of Ivor. ISBN 9781927400890, 6 x 9 trade paperback, 310 pgs. $24.99eISBN 9781927400906, $9.99 In the preface, Dave Duncan writes: For this edition I have added a brief epilogue and taken out a few short repetitions. (How often do you need to be told that Ivor has nine older…

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May 2015
By Lorina StephensDave Duncan, The Adventures of Ivor, The Runner and the Kelpie, The Runner and the Saint, The Runner and the Wizard, The Runner Trilogy1 Comment

Interview with Colin Scheyen, author of Beyond Media Literacy

Colin Scheyen Late 2014 Robert Runté, Five Rivers’ Senior Editor, finalized a contract with Colin Scheyen, one of his former grad students, for a book which had its genesis as Scheyen’s Masters project at Athabasca University.  ISBN 9781927400876, 6 x 9 Trade Paperback, $12.99eISBN 9781927400883 $4.99 Beyond Media Literacy: New Paradigms in Media Education, is a fabulous little teaching guide for educators from middle school to university, even adult education. It’s a refreshing, accessible, completely…

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May 2015
By Lorina StephensBeyond Media Literacy, Colin Scheyen, InterviewsComments Off on Interview with Colin Scheyen, author of Beyond Media Literacy

The PM Series Interviews: Paula Johanson

We asked the same five questions of the authors of the Prime Minister of Canada series. 5R: There are those who persist in saying Canadian history is boring. Having undertaken to write part of that history, how would you respond to that assertion? PJ: Good grief, Canadian history boring? Whenever I get a chance to learn some history from anything but a school textbook, our history is anything but boring. I’ve always enjoyed travelling on roads that follow the…

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Apr 2015
By Lorina StephensInterviews, Paula Johanson, PM Series Interviews, Prime MinistersComments Off on The PM Series Interviews: Paula Johanson

The PM Series Interviews: Gordon Gibb

We asked the same five questions of the authors of the Prime Minister of Canada series. 5R: There are those who persist in saying Canadian history is boring. Having undertaken to write part of that history, how would you respond to that assertion? GG: If history can be summarized as boring – regardless of the nature, and ownership of the history we are talking about – then it is to suggest that history has to be sensational,…

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Apr 2015
By Lorina StephensGordon Gibb, Interviews, Lester B. Pearson, PM Series Interviews1 Comment

Nowick Gray discusses literature and cultural clash at WarpWorld

Nowick Gray, author of the quintessentially Northern mystery, Hunter’s Daughter, discusses literature and cultural clash at WarpWorld. Full article below: Most stories, fiction or non-fiction, contain some kind of conflict–cultural or otherwise–but what about the actual medium itself? Author Nowick Gray considers the culture clash between corporate media and literature and what that means to society. In my recently published novel of the Arctic, Hunter’s Daughter (Five Rivers, 2015) the very basis of the plot, themes and…

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Apr 2015
By Lorina StephensHunter's Daughter, Nowick GrayComments Off on Nowick Gray discusses literature and cultural clash at WarpWorld