We’re closing in on the end of another year. What seems to have been a pivotal year for so many individuals and nations alike, on both a small and grand scale. From the micro perspective, it’s been a good year for Five Rivers Publishing. We’ve retained the brilliance and expertise of a remarkable group of creative folk throughout the publishing process. We’ve published some simply stunning works this year, books and authors worthy of your…
We’re very pleased to announce Whitby author, Joe Mahoney, will be releasing his debut novel, A Time and a Place, October 1, 2017 through Five Rivers Publishing. Joe Mahoney works full-time for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, where he’s helped make many radio shows over the years, including Writers and Company, Quirks and Quarks, and Q. He’s produced documentaries on science fiction for The Arts Tonight and The Current. He produced Six Impossible Things, a compilation of short…
We’re pleased to announce, after a short departure, Sara Firmani is back with Five Rivers as a copy-editor. Sara Firmani is based in Cambridge, Ontario. She holds an Honours BA in English and Music from the University of Guelph, where she currently works, and has a Masters of Library & Information Sciences from the University of Western Ontario. She has also studied copy, stylistic, and substantive editing through The Chang School of Continuing Education at…
To acknowledge this Canada Day, I thought I would explain a bit about Five Rivers’ mandate: publishing Canadian voices. That statement, publishing Canadian voices, might be thought a bit exclusionary, a bit insular, especially in light of an increasingly inclusive and global recognition. In fact, when I set my foot upon the path of this venture, this publishing house, I realized there were some very deep, fundamental beliefs I held that were worth exploring. At the forefront was the…
Welcome to Five Rivers Publishing’s new website! We’ve worked very hard to make our new website more functional, visually pleasing, and extremely mobile friendly. You’ll find all our books here, but now each book has its own page, as does each author. That will make it easier for you to share your favourite books and authors with your friends and colleagues. And we’ve simplified our shopping cart to make it easier for you to purchase…