John Poulsen to publish Shakespeare for Reader’s Theatre

John Poulsen University of Lethbridge professor, John Poulsen, and Five Rivers have reached an agreement to publish Shakespeare for Readers’ Theatre. Shakespeare for Readers’ Theatre is a Readers’ Theatre collection of three of Shakespeare’s most beloved plays in abridged form. Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, as well as Midsummer Night’s Dream have been trimmed while keeping Shakespeare’s beautiful language. Hamlet can run more than four hours but this Hamlet will run less than 45 minutes while…

Ann Marston Signs Nine Book Deal with Five Rivers

Ann Marston Former Harper Collins fantasy author, Ann Marston, finalized a nine book agreement late last week with Five Rivers.The agreement includes Marston’s popular Sword Series (Kingmaker’s Sword, The Western King, Broken Blade, Cloudbearer’s Shadow, King of Shadows and Sword and Shadow), a new novella for the series, tentatively titled Keylan’s Story, as well as another two, new, unrelated novels: A Still and Bitter Grave, and Diamonds in Black Sand. Marston, who besides being an…

Five Rivers to Publish A Method To the Madness: A Guide to the Super Evil

Villains rejoice! Five Rivers has reached an agreement with co-editors, Michell Plested and Jeffrey Hite to publish the anthology, A Method To the Madness: A Guide to the Super Evil. A Method To the Madness: A Guide to the Super Evil will be a tongue-in-cheek anthology of short essays aimed to guide the up-and-coming mad scientist to success in a career of supervillainry. A Method To the Madness: A Guide to the Super Evil is…

Five Rivers to re-issue Schnarr’s horror collection

In an agreement reached this week between J.W. Schnarr and Lorina Stephens,Five Rivers has acquired the publishing rights to Schnarr’s collection of 22 horror short stories, entitled Things Falling Apart. Although Schnarr originally self-published the collection under his imprint, Northern Frights Publishing, work commitments became such that he was pulled in too many directions. “It’s really all about time and fatigue,” he says. “I’ve been finding there really isn’t time enough in the day to…

Second Week in Update

Things are cooking along here at Five Rivers, and just two weeks into 2012. North by 2000+ by H.A. Hargreaves is now available for preorder in print from Amazon and Barnes and Noble and available from them and Smashwords immediately in digital format. It is soon to be available through Apple and Kobo. It can also be ordered directly through Five Rivers. Discounts are available for class sets for schools and universities, as well as…