A day to recuperate and organize my thoughts about Five Rivers’ experience this year at Toronto’s Word on the Street. In a word: fabulous! Last year we had a booth in the Fringe Beat section, nestled amid philosophers of morality and inarticulate sword-masters, of foul-mouthed publishers of twisted dystopia, and hawkers of a better life. We crammed ourselves into a microscopic space of five feet. But it was a start, and we put out the…
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…
Lars Van Tol, a Goodreads member, recently posted the following review of Nate Hendley’s book, Motivate to Create: a guide for writers. This is the first book I received or won from the Goodreads giveaways, and hopefully not the last… thank you Goodreads. Nate Hendley, in Motive to Create, has a simple message for those about to write: if the writer isn’t motivated, the writer will have to be content with mediocrity. That’s just what…
Sibling writers Nate Hendley and Alicia Hendley will be promoting their new releases this Saturday, August 7. Veteran journalist Nate Hendley appears at World’s Biggest Bookstore for the launch and re-release of his book Al Capone: Chicago’s King of Crime, and Motivate to Create: a guide for writers. World’s Biggest Bookstore is located at 20 Edward Street, Toronto, Ontario. Nate will be signing copies of his books from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Alicia Hendley is…
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….