Three Great Books Unrolling from Five Rivers

Five Rivers has some fabulous books coming to you this summer. We’re so excited we’re ready to shout. The first of our trio of fabulous books releases June 1, 2011, from well-known Five Rivers author, Nate Hendley. Crystal Death: North America’s Most Dangerous Drug, is a hard-hitting look at the most dangerous illegal drug in North America. A fact-based account featuring up to the minute interviews and life stories from users, dealers and doctors, with a…

Goodreads Review of From Mountains of Ice

The following review of From Mountains of Ice appeared this week on Goodreads, by author Steven Buechler. This stave of yew was something he knew. This he could coerce, cajole into something of beauty and value to his village and himself. Once he had encompassed more, shouldered more, had the weight of command and government and actions that dealt in very real human lives, and very real human deaths. Once. Not so long ago. With…

Two Great Events This Past Weekend

Authors Alicia Hendley and Lorina Stephens had two great events over this past weekend. On Saturday, February 26, Alicia appeared at Chapters in Ancaster, Ontario. Book lovers and fans gave Alicia a warm reception, and A Subtle Thing very nearly sold out. Alicia continues her 2011 book tour next month at the University of Waterloo bookstore on March 10, and then at Chapters, Stone Road Mall in Guelph on March 26. Check out Five Rivers’…

Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award

A purely personal post this afternoon, with a bit of a revelation: I entered the Amazon Breathrough Novel Award (ABNA). My entry is the first novel I published, Shadow Song. It’s an historical fantasy, based upon an actual tragedy that occurred in the early 1830s in the village of Hornings Mills, Ontario. For the most part, Shadow Song has received four and five star reader reviews, as well as a few starred reviews from blog reviewers….