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Future of Publishing

Publishing: The Revolutionary Future by Jason Epstein provides an interesting take on cultural implications of digital publishing in current issue of New York Review of Books.

Future of Publishing

Publishing: The Revolutionary Future by Jason Epstein provides an interesting take on cultural implications of digital publishing in current issue of New York Review of Books.

Lorina Stephens to do simulcast Espresso book signing

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 the management of  May Yan, is one of seve...

Elephant's Breath & London Smoke -- Review from Jonquil Serpyllum

In our daily feed from Google Alerts, we discovered this favourable review of Deb Salisbury's Elephant's Breath & London Smoke, and thought we'd share it with you.



Elephant's Breath and London Smoke: Historic Colour Names, Definitions, & Uses. Edited by Deb Salisbury, Five Rivers, Neustadt, Ontario, Canada, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9739278-2-5, $32.95.



To begin with, this book is fun. Just skimming the pages leads you to treasures like "wine yellow", "the pale and doubtful shade of claret known as ...

Elephant's Breath & London Smoke -- Review from Jonquil Serpyllum

In our daily feed from Google Alerts, we discovered this favourable review of Deb Salisbury's Elephant's Breath & London Smoke, and thought we'd share it with you.

Elephant's Breath and London Smoke: Historic Colour Names, Definitions, & Uses. Edited by Deb Salisbury, Five Rivers, Neustadt, Ontario, Canada, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9739278-2-5, $32.95.

To begin with, this book is fun. Just skimming the pages leads you to treasures like "wine yellow", "the pale and doubtful shade of claret known as wine...

Profile: Robert Runte, Editor at Five Rivers Publishing

As part of our continuing profile series at Five Rivers, we feature an interview today with Editor, and man of many hats and talents, Dr. Robert Runte.

Q. When not working as an editor at Five Rivers you're a university professor. Tell us a little about your day job, your personal life, and how you dovetail that with your role at Five Rivers.

Robert: I'm an associate professor at the University of Lethbridge. A lot of people assume I'm an English professor, since so much of what I do...

Profile: Robert Runte, Editor at Five Rivers Publishing

As part of our continuing profile series at Five Rivers, we feature an interview today with Editor, and man of many hats and talents, Dr. Robert Runte.
Q. When not working as an editor at Five Rivers you're a university professor. Tell us a little about your day job, your personal life, and how you dovetail that with your role at Five Rivers.
Robert: I'm an associate professor at the University of Lethbridge. A lot of people assume I'm an English professor, since so much of what I do revolves a...

Interview with Kelly Stephens, Editorial Assistant at Five Rivers

By way of introducing the team here at Five Rivers, we thought you might find of interest interviews we recently conducted.
First in the lineup is Kelly Stephens, our Editorial Assistant.
Kelly undertakes a great deal here at Five Rivers, from coordinating author events and assisting in the maintenance of our blog and upcoming Facebook Fan Page, to acting as our front line for submissions and editing manuscripts.
Q: When not leaping tall buildings as editorial assistant at Five Rivers, I...

Editor as Interviewer

Five Rivers Editor, Robert Runté, has an interview with Canadian SF writer Casey Wolf in the Feb 8 issue of Strange Horizons. Robert also has a review of Casey's recent anthology Finding Creatures and Other Stories in the current issue (#18) of Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine.

Interview with Lorina Stephens at Irreverent Muse

Michell Plested recently interviewed Lorina Stephens for his podcast that appears at Irreverent Muse. They discussed publishing and publishing trends, Five Rivers and its place in the publishing world. You can listen to the hour-long interview at: http://www.michellplested.com/getpublished/get-published-episode-24-interview-with-publisher-lorina-stephens/