Read the Guidelines! So you think you’ll try your luck with Five Rivers this year. The first imperative: READ THE GUIDELINES! Yes, I know that was all in caps. It’s in caps because I’m hoping you’ll actually pay attention to those guidelines. You have no idea how many submissions cross my desk, briefly, which demonstrate clearly the author hasn’t bothered to check out Five Rivers’ guidelines. Or if they have, think their work is so…
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…
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?…
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,…
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.