In our continuing Profile Series, Five Rivers presents, Nate Hendley, author and freelance journalist. Q: You originally majored in Cultural Studies at Trent University. Why Cultural Studies? Nate: The honest answer is that I couldn’t major in Political Science, because I neglected to take some important pre-requisite courses. I really had no idea what I was doing at university and sort of fell into Cultural Studies because it seemed interesting. I didn’t want to major…

On Saturday, March 27, 2010 Lorina Stephens will appear at the University of Waterloo bookstore, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. She will be signing copies of her latest novel, From Mountains of Ice, a cultural fantasy influenced by the Italian Renaissance, as well as her historical fantasy, Shadow Song, and collection of short stories, And the Angels Sang. The signing will offer a unique and exciting experience for visitors, in that the UofW bookstore, under…

With the acquisition of six books from Nate Hendley, another two in the works, and submissions now becoming quite active, an expansion of not only our book list, but our staff is in order. It gives me great pleasure to announce the addition of two excellent associates here at Five Rivers. In the capacity of Editor I’d like to welcome Robert Runté to the fold. Dr. Robert Runté is an associate professor at the University…

Thought I’d post some of the covers for which I’ve created artwork and have designed. If you have need of cover design work, contact me.

The following is a re-posting from Paul Lima’s blog. This week, I had the pleasure of giving two talks based on my book, How to Write a Non-Fiction Book in 60 Days to members of the Toronto Chapter of the Canadian Authors Association and to members of the Writers and Editors Network. Below are notes from my talk. How to Write a Non-Fiction Book in 60 Days Talk PresumptionYou want to write or are writing…