Five Rivers Publishing released New Expanded Edition of Tower in the Crooked Wood

VICTORIA, British Columbia - June 11, 2015 - PRLog -- On June 1st , 2015, Five Rivers Publishing  (Neustadt, Ontario) released a newly revised and expanded version of Paula Johanson’s Tower in the Crooked Wood.

Eileen Kernaghan, author of The Snow Queen, says Tower in the Crooked Wood's  “wealth of realistic detail lends authenticity to this engrossing tale of a young arborist, ‘a scholar of trees.’ Paula Johanson has created a magical alternative world both mythic in feel, and hauntingly evocative of our own.”

Senior editor, Robert Runté, says Five Rivers Publishing acquired the rights to Tower in the Crooked Wood because it is “a completely original fantasy, not  just another sword-and-sorcery adventure… accessible enough to be YA, but smart enough to delve deeply into the real world issues of resistance and community”.

Tower in the Crooked Wood is an adventure with a philosophical, ethical, and cultural slant that is neither pompous nor judgemental. In Tower in the Crooked Wood, the protagonist, Jenia, is  allowed to grow, to question, and to be mistaken. What is the individual's responsibility to the community? What is the community's responsibility to its neighbours? How does one fight evil at its roots?

About the Cover

The new book cover was designed by Five Rivers Publishing Art Director Jeff Minkevics. Jeff found creative inspiration through Canadian artist Emily Carr's paintings of the coastal environment of British Columbia.

About the Author

For over twenty-five years, Paula Johanson has worked as a writer, teacher and editor. Among her twenty-nine books on science, health and literature the most recent are Love Poetry: How Do I Love Thee? (Enslow Publishers), What Is Energy? from the series Let’s Find Out! (Rosen Publishing), King Kwong: Larry Kwong, the China Clipper who broke the NHL colour barrier, (Five Rivers Publishing), and the science fiction anthology Opus 6 (Reality Skimming Press).
An accredited teacher, she has written and edited curriculum educational materials. Recently she completed an MA in Canadian Literature at the University of Victoria.

You can reach Paula at paula.johanson@gmail.com.

Contact Information

For further information, author interviews, or publication excerpts, please contact:
Robert Runté, Senior Editor, at robert@5rivers.org
High-res book cover and author image files are available at http://www.fiveriverspublishing.com.
Author interview about Tower in the Crooked Woods can be found at http://www.fiveriverspublishing.com/2015/05/paula-johanso....