So I’ve had my head attached to my computer for several weeks straight now, finalizing the content of my upcoming anthology, And the Angels Sang. Last week I decided I needed to have interior illustrations (partly I think out of paranoia over this collection of short stories), and while over the years I have created several water colour and pen & ink paintings and sketches, certainly there were gaps, even with a few guest illustrators…
In this my fifth book, I present a provocative anthology of speculative short fiction in And the Angels Sang. Some stories have appeared previously in publications such as On Spec and Sword & Sorceress X, while some make their debut. There are 17 stories, from dystopia to utopia, written over the past 25 years. I chose to divide the anthology into two sections to easily separate the more fantastical from the speculative, naming each section…
June Book Signing My book signing at Indigo, Richmond Hill went quite well on Saturday, June 28. Signed copies of Shadow Song and Recipes of a Dumb Housewife are now available at: Amazon BooksBarnes and Noble online BookLore, Orangeville, Ontario Borders Books online Chapters, Barrie, Ontario Chapters online Coles, Orangeville, Ontario Coles, Newmarket, Ontario Indigo, Richmond Hill, Ontario Millennia Books, Hanover, Ontario W.H. Smith online And the Angels Sang My anthology of short, speculative fiction…
2008 Book SigningsWe’re ramping up here at Five Rivers for the 2008 book signings of Recipes of a Dumb Housewife, and, Shadow Song. The tentative schedule looks like this: Ø March 29 – Coles, Orangeville, OntarioØ April 26 – Coles, Waterloo, OntarioØ May 31 – Coles, Newmarket, OntarioØ June 28 – Indigo, Richmond Hill, OntarioØ August 30 – Chapters, Markham, OntarioØ September 27 – Chapters, Yonge & Steeles, Ontario As these dates are confirmed we’ll…
2007 was a great year here at Five Rivers. Migrating away from historical sewing patterns, and returning to her first career as a writer, Lorina Stephens launched two books and saw a spring and fall season of successful book signings at independent books stores as well as Ontario stores in the Chapters/Indigo chain. Her books are selling not only in Canada, but the United States and United Kingdom, and are gaining interest in the European…