This past week Nate Hendley and Ron Moffatt appeared on the Sault Ste. Marie Public Library to speak about Nate’s book The Boy on the Bicycle. This meticulously researched journalistic investigation into the wrongful conviction of Ron Moffatt as an adolescent was the subject of the presentation. Ron, now a senior living in Sault Ste. Marie, was only 14 when Toronto police bungled a conviction regarding the heinous murder of a seven-year-old boy on the CNE…
One of Dave Duncan’s last works is a suspenseful science fiction entitled Pillar of Darkness, now published posthumously and releasing January 1, 2019. It’s now available for pre-order in print and ebook through Five Rivers and your favourite online bookseller worldwide. Two hundred miles wide and higher than the moon, Sungoback has stood over central Africa for thirty years, a pillar of light by night and of darkness by day. Science cannot explain it; it destroys technology….
Timefall is set in Regina – present-day, and a thousand years in the future – featuring a teen mom whose baby is the long-predicted saviour of a distant future society; a flawed psychic Seer; and ecological cataclysm looming in both worlds. Biking along Wascana Creek, all Katie wants is a bit of peace – away from her teething baby Tyler, her bratty brother, and her nagging mom. Finding a quiet spot to stretch out on…
That’s right! More audiobooks are on their way. We’ve just entered in agreements for two more audiobook productions. The first audiobook is the third novel in Ann Marston’s fabulous Celtic fantasy, The Rune Blades of Celi: Broken Blade. Once again Austin Vanfleet is narrating and producing. We’re thrilled he’s agreed to continue to narrate the series, and if you want to know why, just have a look at some of the fabulous reviews both he and Ann…
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?…