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December 24, 2011
From Five Rivers to You
Wishing you contentment, health and prosperity.
December 21, 2011
Patrick Lima Interview
We caught up with Patrick Lima at his Bruce Peninsula home, Larkwhistle, via Skype this week, and chatted about his new book, The Organic Home Garden, and the principles of organic gardening.
The result is this informal, four part interview.
The result is this informal, four part interview.
December 11, 2011
Memories, Mother and a Christmas Addiction
Another book trailer for the festive season.
December 9, 2011
For the Gardeners...
... a tempting tease of spring to come, winter dreaming and scheming, The Organic Home Garden book trailer.
December 7, 2011
Five Rivers to Publish Susan J. Forest Collection
Susan J. Forest
In an
agreement reached yesterday, Five Rivers is pleased to welcome Susan J. Forest
to our conclave of authors, with the 2012 release of Notice, a collection of 12 speculative fiction short stories. Nine
of the stories have been previously published, while three make their debut
with Notice.
Forest's
work has appeared in Analog ; OnSpec ;
Tesseracts 10, 11 and 14; Asimov's Science Fiction and Legacy , among others, and she was the
2011 winner of The Galaxy Project, juried by Robert Silverberg, David Drake and
Barry Malzberg, for her novella, Lucy.
Her YA novel, The Dragon Prince, was awarded the
Children's Circle Book Choice Award and her story, Back was a finalist for the 2009 the Prix Aurora Award.
You can
check out her website at http://susanforest.speculative-fiction.ca/
Forest is also a fiction editor for Edge
Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishers.
Notice will release from Five Rivers in both print and
e-Book formats in 2012.
December 6, 2011
Dutch Schultz Book Trailer
To tease you for the festive season, a book trailer for Dutch Schultz: brazen beer baron of New York, by Nate Hendley.
December 3, 2011
New E-scapes Book for Christmas
In time for Christmas, we're pleased to present you with a garland of three, tender seasonal short stories by Lorina Stephens, Memories, Mother and a Christmas Addiction. Set against the backdrop of the Great Depression, WWII, and the indigence of a fatherless home, the stories explore the character of Barbara Brown, from ages four through fifteen, and the excitement and challenges she faces.
Now available for Kindle through the link provided here, as well as through Smashwords, and hopefully before Christmas from Apple, Sony, Nook, Kobo and Diesel.
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Now available for Kindle through the link provided here, as well as through Smashwords, and hopefully before Christmas from Apple, Sony, Nook, Kobo and Diesel.
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December 1, 2011
New Editor at Five Rivers
We're pleased to announce Barb Geiger has accepted the position of editor at Five Rivers, promoting her from an editorial intern.
You can read more about Barb on Five Rivers' website.
Welcome aboard, Barb!
You can read more about Barb on Five Rivers' website.
Welcome aboard, Barb!
November 30, 2011
Spinning the Spud
Available at Indigo and Kobo
This morning brings me to the
latest McDonald's commercial I've seen, in their attempt to health-up their
image.
So the commercial features some alleged mommy group visiting the potato farms from which
McDonald's allegedly buys their potatoes, and the women are like, "I like the
fact this is all family run." and "I had no idea raising potatoes was like this"
(and I'm thinking you're a moron!), and then the grand statement of all, "I
feel much better about McDonald's fries now that I know where they come from."
Say what? Are you insane? Go, right now, and throw yourself off a cliff because
you're too stupid to live! It's the PROCESS, you idiot, that makes a potato bad,
even if it's raised in an organic environment! Deep frying. All that fat.
All that sodium that's then dumped on them. Did you ever think to ask what are
McDonald's frying their fries in? Oh no. Now that we've been to the farm and
seen that ohmigodlookatthat they're gown in (gasp!) real dirt! – they must be
okay because it was a FAMILY that dug them up!
From McDonald's own website: ingredients in French Fries: Potatoes, canola oil, hydrogenated
soybean oil, safflower oil, natural flavour (vegetable source), dextrose,
sodium acid pyrophosphate (maintain colour), citric acid (preservative),
dimethylpolysiloxane (antifoaming agent) and cooked in vegetable oil (Canola
oil, corn oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil with THBQ, citric acid and
dimethypolysiloxane.
::headdesk::
Yeah, and like that's
good for you?!
My fries, roasted not fried: potatoes, olive oil, sometimes
rosemary if I want to switch up and sometimes chilli peppers. Salt if you feel
like it, but I don't add. 30 minutes tops to prepare and roast. How fast food
is that?
In fact, you can make a whole fast-food fish and chips meal in that time by trying my Fish Sticks, Fries and Pepper Sticks recipe in my cookbook, Stonehouse Cooks , which is available in print and eBook formats from online booksellers everywhere.
Available at Indigo and Kobo
This morning brings me to the
latest McDonald's commercial I've seen, in their attempt to health-up their
image.
So the commercial features some alleged mommy group visiting the potato farms from which
McDonald's allegedly buys their potatoes, and the women are like, "I like the
fact this is all family run." and "I had no idea raising potatoes was like this"
(and I'm thinking you're a moron!), and then the grand statement of all, "I
feel much better about McDonald's fries now that I know where they come from."
Say what? Are you insane? Go, right now, and throw yourself off a cliff because
you're too stupid to live! It's the PROCESS, you idiot, that makes a potato bad,
even if it's raised in an organic environment! Deep frying. All that fat.
All that sodium that's then dumped on them. Did you ever think to ask what are
McDonald's frying their fries in? Oh no. Now that we've been to the farm and
seen that ohmigodlookatthat they're gown in (gasp!) real dirt! – they must be
okay because it was a FAMILY that dug them up!
From McDonald's own website: ingredients in French Fries: Potatoes, canola oil, hydrogenated
soybean oil, safflower oil, natural flavour (vegetable source), dextrose,
sodium acid pyrophosphate (maintain colour), citric acid (preservative),
dimethylpolysiloxane (antifoaming agent) and cooked in vegetable oil (Canola
oil, corn oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil with THBQ, citric acid and
dimethypolysiloxane.
::headdesk::
Yeah, and like that's
good for you?!
My fries, roasted not fried: potatoes, olive oil, sometimes
rosemary if I want to switch up and sometimes chilli peppers. Salt if you feel
like it, but I don't add. 30 minutes tops to prepare and roast. How fast food
is that?
In fact, you can make a whole fast-food fish and chips meal in that time by trying my Fish Sticks, Fries and Pepper Sticks recipe in my cookbook, Stonehouse Cooks , which is available in print and eBook formats from online booksellers everywhere.
November 20, 2011
Five Rivers Report
It's been awhile since I've updated our followers regarding upcoming titles and happenings here at Five Rivers. That silence is in direct relation to how busy we've been around here.
By the close of the week galleys for North by 2000+ had been prepared and sent off to H.A. Hargreaves for review. One step closer to release, which is slated for late winter 2012 in both print and eBook. Right on the heels of that I'm into the edit of Hank's other collection of short stories, Growing Up Bronx.
In the meantime Barb Geiger and I completed the developmental edit of M.E. Fletcher's debut novel, 88, and the manuscript is now in his hands. Mike tells me his sleeves are above his elbows and he's well into the revision. We're hoping to see 88 release either late 2012 or early 2013.
Mike isn't the only one deep into a revision; debut author Shermin Nahid Kruse is now addressing my developmental edit for Butterfly Stitching. If she can pull it off, we hope to see the launch of the novel in both print and eBook on International Women's Day 2012.
Across the country, Amy Bright and Robert Runte are working on the developmental edits for Simon Rose's forthcoming YA fiction, The Insistence of Memory, and Michell Plested's debut YA fiction, Mik Murdock: Boy Superhero. Both novels are slated for release in print and digital in 2012.
For readers who are looking for print copies of Patrick Lima and John Scanlan's fabulous gardening book, The Organic Home Garden, The Ginger Press in Owen Sound, Ontario, now carries the title. You can also obtain copies through online booksellers globally in both print and digital formats.
And that is just a general overview of the happenings here at Five Rivers. We've had a year of progress here at Five Rivers, and the way things look 2012 will continue that momentum.
As always, we welcome any comments and suggestions our readers and supporters may have.
By the close of the week galleys for North by 2000+ had been prepared and sent off to H.A. Hargreaves for review. One step closer to release, which is slated for late winter 2012 in both print and eBook. Right on the heels of that I'm into the edit of Hank's other collection of short stories, Growing Up Bronx.
In the meantime Barb Geiger and I completed the developmental edit of M.E. Fletcher's debut novel, 88, and the manuscript is now in his hands. Mike tells me his sleeves are above his elbows and he's well into the revision. We're hoping to see 88 release either late 2012 or early 2013.
Mike isn't the only one deep into a revision; debut author Shermin Nahid Kruse is now addressing my developmental edit for Butterfly Stitching. If she can pull it off, we hope to see the launch of the novel in both print and eBook on International Women's Day 2012.
Across the country, Amy Bright and Robert Runte are working on the developmental edits for Simon Rose's forthcoming YA fiction, The Insistence of Memory, and Michell Plested's debut YA fiction, Mik Murdock: Boy Superhero. Both novels are slated for release in print and digital in 2012.
For readers who are looking for print copies of Patrick Lima and John Scanlan's fabulous gardening book, The Organic Home Garden, The Ginger Press in Owen Sound, Ontario, now carries the title. You can also obtain copies through online booksellers globally in both print and digital formats.
And that is just a general overview of the happenings here at Five Rivers. We've had a year of progress here at Five Rivers, and the way things look 2012 will continue that momentum.
As always, we welcome any comments and suggestions our readers and supporters may have.
