What’s happening at Five Rivers in 2019

It’s been 11 years since first I launched Five Rivers Publishing. I’ve been proud to publish over 70 books in that time, by some 30 authors. That catalogue has ranged from science fiction and fantasy, historical and mainstream fiction, detective and horror, and non-fiction covering everything from how to write effectively, historical and modern cookery, and investigative research into wrongful convictions. A Common Thread What has been common through all these publications is the championing…

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Jan 2019

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A decade of publishing

It is amazing to me it’s been a decade since I published that first book, which was more about dipping my toes back into publishing waters than with a concept that 10 years on I would see Five Rivers Publishing having released over 70 titles. Over the next months I thought I’d share some of that journey with our readers and followers. So, how did it come to be that Five Rivers Publishing should exist?…

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Feb 2018

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A decade publishing and another great year

Who knew a decade would fly by so quickly! Indeed it is 10 years since we decided to give voice to Canadian authors. The line-up for 2018 is, quite frankly, very exciting. Five Rivers is releasing a series of great new books, both fiction and non-fiction, starting with the release February 1 of a new installment in Dave Duncan’s wildly popular King’s Blades fantasy series, One Velvet Glove. Duncan, a CSFFA Hall of Fame inductee,…

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Jan 2018

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New, lower prices on print books

Thanks to a reduction in our print costs, and a strengthening loonie, we’ve lowered the price on all our print books. That reduction is now live on our website. That price reduction will be effective through all our retail partners worldwide as of October 1, 2017. You may now commence shopping and your version of a happy dance.

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Sep 2017

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Forward into 2017

Well look at that. Another new year. What’s in store at Five Rivers Publishing this year? Oh my, such a lot. We’re building on the successes of previous years with a line-up of new releases we think are going to fascinate you. February 1 First up is a remarkable and prodigious work of experimental archaeology in Michelle Enzinas’ Big Buttes Book: Annotated Dyets Dry Dinner (1599), by Henry Buttes, with Elizabethan Recipes. This is a fascinating tome….

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Jan 2017

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