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Five Rivers Publishing
Publisher: Lorina Stephens
In 2008 Lorina established her own indie publishing house in direct response to the changing face of publishing. She brings with her over 20 years of experience as a freelance writer, author and editor, and a commitment to publishing new Canadian voices which might otherwise remain silent.
Employing print on demand technologies as part of responsible management of environmental and financial resources, Five Rivers Publishing also offers not only a sound and sensible publishing model, but is now developing distribution channels that takes our books into the global market-place.
Editor in Chief: Dr. Robert Runté
Dr. Robert Runté is an associate professor at the University of Lethbridge. As an academic, editor, reviewer, and organizer, Robert has been actively promoting Canadian SF for over 30 years. He was a founding Director of NonCon, Context89, and SF Canada; and has served on the Boards of the Edmonton Science Fiction and Comic Arts Society, On Spec Magazine, Tesseract Books, and The Writers Guild of Alberta. In addition to dozens of conference papers, journal articles, book chapters, and a half dozen entries in the Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada, Robert has edited over 150 issues of various SF newsletters.
In 1989, his Guide to Canadian Science Fiction won an Aurora Award; he won a second Aurora in 1990 for his general promotion of Canadian SF. In 1994 he was honored as Fan Guest at the 52nd WorldCon, and in 1996 he co-edited (with Yves Meyard) the Tesseracts5 SF anthology. More recently, he has been a regular reviewer for NeoOpsis Magazine. In terms of non-fiction, he has co-edited (with Gerald Taylor), a popular first year textbook, Thinking About Teaching: An Introduction and produced a number of educational websites in the “Tigana learns about...” series. His most recent book chapters were on the student construction of the demands of academic writing and using blogs as research tool and data. A full CV may be found at http://www.uleth.ca/edu/runte/professional/cv.htm.
Editor: Barb Geiger
Barb Geiger has been critiquing books for over 15 years. She enjoys any genre as long as it tells a tight story from beginning to end, and believes that while first drafts are perfect just for being complete, the editing process exposes the genius of the work. Several of her short stories have been published, one winning an honourable mention in the Years Best Fantasy and Horror in 2006. She has several romance novels published under a pseudonym, but will take that name to her grave. In 2010, she returned to fantasy, her first love. Barb lives in Lethbridge, Alberta.
Editorial Intern: Amy Bright
Amy Bright is an essayist, short story writer and novelist. Before We Go, her first novel for young adults, is being published in 2012 by Red Deer Press. She holds a BA in English from Mount Allison University, and an MA in English from the University of Victoria. Her academic work can be found in the Journal of Children's Literature and Studies in Canadian Literature. She writes book reviews at Girl to the Rescue.
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