Untold Stories wins First Place

The BookFest The BookFest is an online community connecting reading, writing and publishing communities with online events, panels, chats, virtual booths and more. Every quarter they award accolades in various genres from small press and independent books. This spring, Untold Stories won first place for Best Fiction Anthology. Why this is relevant to me is my alternate history story, “For a Cup of Tea” is part of that great collection of fantastika. Untold Stories is available in…

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Apr 2024

By Lorina StephensAwardsLeave a comment

Five Rivers’ creators rocking awards

Two of Five Rivers’ creators shortlisted for awards The Mermaid’s Tale The first is D.G. Valdron for his grim-dark fantasy novel, The Mermaid’s Tale, which has been shortlisted for the Kevin Van Rooy Award for Genre Fiction, through the Manitoba Book Awards. The full list of nominees is: The Bootlegger’s Confession by Allan Levine, published by Ravenstone Press, an imprint of Turnstone Press Fragment by Craig Russell, published by Thistledown Press The Mermaid’s Tale by D.G. Valdron, published by Five…

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Jun 2018

By Lorina StephensAnn Crowe, Avians, Awards, D.G. Valdron, The Mermaid's Tale, Timothy GwynComments Off

Prix Aurora Award nominations now open

The Prix Aurora Awards are now open for nomination. Five Rivers Publishing has several eligible works you should consider: In the Novel Category A Poisoned Prayer, by Michael Skeet. This is a swashbuckling tale with a strong female protagonist, an interesting twist on magic and Catholicism, set in a pseudo-17th century France around the time of The Three Musketeers. A Time and a Place, by Joe Mahoney. Weird, wonderful, a Dirk Gentlyesque tale gone complete awry and absurd….

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Apr 2018

By Lorina StephensA Time and Place, Ann Crowe, Ann Marston, Avians, Awards, Diamonds in Black Sand, Joe Mahoney, Michael Skeet, Prix Aurora, Timothy GwynComments Off

Allow me to introduce: Susan Forest

One of Canada’s best-kept secrets, Susan Forest is an award-winning author, artist and publisher. And if you haven’t read her work, you should. She pushes boundaries, examines human relationships in impossible situations, much in the way of Candas Jane Dorsey (another of Canada’s best-kept secrets) and the illustrious Ursula K. le Guin. Susan first came to my attention in 2011 after an introduction from Robert Runté. He suggested we consider putting together a collection of…

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Apr 2018

By Lorina StephensAwards, Immunity to Strange Tales, Susan Forest, Why We Published, writersComments Off

Allow me to introduce: H.A. Hargreaves

Shortly after Robert Runté came aboard as senior editor with Five Rivers, he introduced me to H.A. Hargreaves. It was to be a relationship that went beyond publisher and author, for during the months and years that followed I came to call this quiet, unassuming, brilliant author a friend. The first book of Hargreaves’ we published was an updated and expanded version of his original collection of short stories, North by 2000, to which we added a +, and…

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Mar 2018

By Lorina StephensAwards, Growing Up Bronx, Hargreaves, Interviews, North by 2000+Comments Off