Five Rivers will be at Toronto’s Word on the Street again this year, Sunday, September 26, 2010, from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. This year we’re in the publisher’s section, Booth 327, right at the corner of Hoskin Avenue and Queen’s Park Crescent West, across from an Information Booth, an ATM kiosk and the World’s Food Market. The highlight of our day will be the launch of Alicia Hendley’s debut novel, A Subtle Thing. Alicia…
Saturday, August 28, Lorina Stephens appears at Chapters, Bayview Village, 2901 Bayview Avenue, North York, ON, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. She will be reading from, and signing copies of From Mountains of Ice, And the Angels Sang, and Shadow Song. View Larger Map
Midwest Book Review has given five star ratings to Lorina Stephens’ And the Angels Sang, and From Mountains of Ice. And the Angels Sang is an anthology of short, speculative fiction stories author Lorina Stephens has penned over the course of twenty-five years. Some were previously published in periodicals or writers’ workshops; all offer snapshots of the human condition. From the titular story of how a pious man perceives angels even as he suffers unspeakable…
July 17, 2010: Lorina will be signing copies of her new fantasy novel, From Mountains of Ice, as well as And the Angels Sang and Shadow Song. Location and Time: Chapters, 873 Lansdowne, Peterborough, ON, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. View Larger Map July 21, 2010: Simon Rose conducts teleclasses with the Children’s Writers Coaching Club at the National Writing for Children Centre. Magic in Stories for Children Part Six: FairMagical Objects, Secret Languages and Mysterious Books….
It would seem Mirella Patzer at The Historical Novel Review has ploughed through my two novels in a hurry. Her review of Shadow Song appears on the blog today. And a very fine review it is. Mirella sums up her review with: ‘Shadow Song was a beautifully written story, one that was well researched as it pertains to the lives of settlers in the wilds of Upper Canada. Lorina Stephens’ prose is lyrical and evokes…