Another weekend is approaching and we’re here to equip you with quality R&R tools. Your favourite blanket is a staple, and for your adventure this weekend, we recommend a trip to 13th Century Gwynedd courtesy of Marie Powell’s Hawk. Hawk will let you experience the tumultuous time in medieval Wales from the perspective of two Welsh youths. This book is rich in Welsh culture, tradition, history and myth. Join Hyw and Cat as they live…
At the Five Rivers book launch of Marie Powell’s book, Hawk, Barbara Tomporowski buys the first copy to roll out from printers. The book launch was at When Words Collide festival, Calgary, last weekend. (Photo by Elizabeth Lang)
From the Desk of Senior Editor, Robert Runté When Words Collide (Calgary) convention was once again wildly successful, with great programming, wonderful Guest of Honour speeches, and 650 wonderful-to-meet-and-talk-with attendees. Small enough convention to feel ‘intimate’, but large and diverse enough that one constantly learns new things. The cross-genre format of WWC leads to a lot of cross-pollination. (For example, the launch of Sleuth at WWC this year, a new mystery magazine from the people…
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…
Award-winning author, Marie Powell, will be the guest speaker at the Regina Annual Saint David’s Day Banquet. Marie Powell Powell is an experienced professional writer and author of 15 books, as well as fiction, poetry, and articles in regional, national, and international magazines. Her many interests include writing, photography, walking, exploring nature trails, visiting museums, laughter, and laughing. She has two adult children and one cat. Her talk will focus on her research through the countryside of the last true Prince…