David Laderouteauthor of Out of Time Another gem landed in our submissions folder a few months ago, this time from Dave Laderoute. What unfolded was an honestly written, engaging YA novel, Out of Time, targeted for the 8-12 reader, absolutely Canadian in content and outlook. It’s always a joy when you forget you’re reading as an editor, and become engaged as a reader. Dave Laderoute and his wife, Jackie, live in Thunder Bay, Ontario, along…
In celebration of the month of Things That Creep You Out, we’re offering all our fans and readers a special promotion. Purchase any of the print books in our catalogue, and you’ll receive a free print copy of And the Angels Sang, a collection of short, speculative fiction by Lorina Stephens. Highly recommended by Midwestern Book Review, the stories range through horror, strange tales and dark humour. All you need to do when ordering is enter the…
John Steckleyphoto by Emary Johnston In an agreement finalized last week, Humber College professor, John Steckley will publish a middle-school text, The Invisible Ape, with Five Rivers. Steckley has been teaching at Humber College in Toronto since 1983, and has also taught Anthropology at Memorial University of Newfoundland and at Trent University, and Native Studies and Anthropology at Laurentian University. He has published 12 books, including Beyond Their Years: Five Native Women’s Stories (1999); (with Bryan Cummins) Full Circle: Canada’s…
Susan Bohnet Part of our mandate here at Five Rivers states specifically that we give voice to Canadian authors. Part of that mandate includes giving voice to new Canadian authors. It’s difficult enough as a writer to elicit the notice of publishers, and despite the fact we periodically are swamped with unsolicited submissions, we really don’t want to change that if at all possible. So many presses, whether large or small, close the doors, work…
Peter Such In 2005 Ekstasis Editions published Peter Such’s science fiction novel, Earthbaby, which, despite excellent reviews, quietly slipped out of print. Over the course of this summer Robert Runte, Lorina Stephens, Marian Hebb and Peter Such came to an agreement to reissue a revised version of that worthy novel, under its original title, Forevering. The story remains contemporary in the face of climate change, manipulation of civilian initiatives, and continued global, political unrest. Such brings with…