Mark Lefebvre, Director of Kobo Writing Life and Author Relations, writes, “…good follow-up to the first book….” available in print and ebookfrom Five Riversonline booksellers worldwideand select bookstores Mark‘s review Sep 12, 14 4 of 5 stars Read from August 19 to September 08, 2014 — I own a copy This was a good follow-up to the first book about Mik Murdoch. It was fun to return to his world and see what sort of…
It would seem Sean Hitchings of Churchill, New York, has some pretty great mapping skills. He’s successfully plotted the coordinates Mik Murdoch radios in Michell Plested’s newest novel, Mik Murdoch: The Power Within. Sean has won a free digital copy of D.G. Laderoute’s Out of Time. The co-ordinates? Well, read The Power Within, map the co-ordinates, email Mik Murdoch the location of the co-ordinates with your name and email address, and you also can win…
Five Rivers regularly participates in LibaryThing’s Early Reviewers Giveaways, a way for readers to obtain review copies of new releases from publishers. The following is one reader’s review of Susan Bohnet’s debut YA fantasy, My Life as a Troll. available in print and eBookfrom Five Riversonline booksellers worldwideand select bookstores This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. Jared is an outsider at school and unhappy at home, his parents fight all the time and his…
VCON is Vancouver, British Columbia’s premier science fiction, fantasy and games convention, since 1971. This year VCON is being held October 3-5 at the Sheraton Vancouver Guildford hotel. Our own Senior Editor, Robert Runté , will be in attendance and involved in various functions. SATURDAY OCTOBER 4, 2014: 11:30 – 12:00 Robert Runté Reading 1:00pm – 2:00pm Five Rivers Publishing: Pitch Session with Robert Runté 4:00pm-6pm: Aurora Awards Ceremony 6:00- 7:00 pm: Live Action Slush with hosts: Randy McCharles (M),…
This fall Five Rivers is pleased to welcome our new Social Media and Promotions Intern, Jill Cabrera. Jill Cabrera Born in the Philippines and currently studying at MacEwan University (Edmonton, Alberta) Cabrera has been part-time Administrator and Retail for the Students’ Association of MacEwan University, as well as Communications Support at MacEwan’s Students’ Association, and a Customer Advisor at Healthy Options Education. She says of herself, “I am writer by passion and an editor by…