Waterloo author John Fioravanti has been awarded a Bronze medal from the international Independent Publisher Book Awards for his 2007 work, A Personal Journey to the Heart of Teaching. Released by Waterloo’s Iceberg Publishing last fall, Journey is Fioravanti’s reflection upon more than thirty years teaching secondary school in Waterloo region. Its Bronze medal came […]
Waterloo author John Fioravanti has been named a semi-finalist for the international Independent Publisher Book Awards for his 2007 work, A Personal Journey to the Heart of Teaching. Released by Waterloo’s Iceberg Publishing last fall, Journey is Fioravanti’s reflection upon more than thirty years teaching secondary school in Waterloo region. It is shortlisted in the […]
On Friday, April 18, 2008, Iceberg Publishing partner and author Kenneth Tam launched The Grasslands the first book in his new alternate history series, to a full house at the Holiday Inn St. John’s. The event kicked off this year’s Sci Fi on the Rock convention, Atlantic Canada’s largest science fiction event. “It was a […]
Newfoundland novelist Kenneth Tam is returning home this week, to launch the first book in a new alternate history series. The Grasslands will be launched on Friday night, April 18, 2008, at the Holiday Inn St. John’s. The event will kickoff this year’s Sci-Fi on the Rock convention. The Grasslands features the Royal Newfoundland Regiment […]
Wes Prewer is familiar to many Iceberg readers as the author of The Campaign Equation: Retaliation, as well as the forthcoming Pathfinders and the upcoming Seas of Sand series. Few people realize, though, that Wes pulls double duty with Iceberg Publishing: he is the man behind the computer generated visuals that bring life to the […]
On Thursday, January 10th 2008, Iceberg Publishing will partner with the Laurier Science Fiction & Fantasy Club, Skiffy, to launch the next two novels in Kenneth Tam’s Defense Command series, The Sinope Affair and The Dark Cruise. Beginning at 7:00 pm in the Paul Martin Centre at Wilfrid Laurier University, the event marks the second […]
The seventh and eighth Defense Command novels, The Sinope Affair and The Dark Cruise, were launched on Thursday night in Wilfrid Laurier University’s Paul Martin Centre. Iceberg partnered with Laurier’s Science Fiction and Fantasy Club, Skiffy, for the event, and it was a great success. “It was really excellent,” Kenneth says. “We had a great […]
Iceberg Publishing will launch His Majesty’s New World: The Grasslands, at a special event kicking off Sci-Fi on the Rock II, the second edition of Atlantic Canada’s largest science fiction convention. Grasslands, the first book in author Kenneth Tam’s new alternate history series, will be released on Friday, April 18, 2008, at the Holiday Inn […]
A founding partner in Iceberg Publishing, Kenneth Tam remains one of the company’s leading authors. His Equations and Defense Command series have anchored the Iceberg fiction lines since 2003, and are now being built upon by authors Wesley Prewer and John Fioravanti. We sat down with Kenneth to talk about those series, and a new […]
On Thursday, over 75 people joined John Fioravanti and Iceberg Publishing for the launch of A Personal Journey to the Heart of Teaching in the library of St. David Catholic Secondary School. In an evening that celebrated the profession of teaching, John spoke about his new book, read two passages, and answered questions on his […]
As students head back to school, one veteran Waterloo teacher is marking the start of his final year in the classroom with the release of a book he hopes will help new generations of educators. John Fioravanti, who has taught in Waterloo region schools for 34 years, will officially launch A Personal Journey to the […]
Over the weekend of July 6-8, 2007, Iceberg author and partner Kenneth Tam was an author guest at Polaris 21, Canada’s largest fan-run science fiction event. This year marked Kenneth’s fourth consecutive appearance as a guest at the convention (formerly known as Toronto Trek), and saw the launch of three new Iceberg science fiction titles. […]
The first of April, 2007, saw the launch of a new science fiction event in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland, and Kenneth Tam and Iceberg Publishing were in attendance. Sci-Fi on the Rock is Atlantic Canada’s newest and largest science fiction event, this year being hosted at the Hotel Mount Pearl (neighboring the city of St. John’s) […]
Wes Prewer joined Iceberg Publishing’s author list in July of 2006, becoming the first writer outside the Tam family to do so. In summer 2007, his second novel, The Campaign Equation: Pathfinders, will be released, marking the conclusion of his highly successful foray into the Equations universe. His next fiction project, The Seas of Sand […]
Iceberg Publishing celebrated a banner year in 2006, with the release of six new titles, the addition of author Wesley Prewer to the Iceberg writing team, and the release of a new pocket paperback edition of its first title, Standing Tall: A Daughter’s Gift. Coming into 2007 — Iceberg’s fifth year of operations — the […]
Iceberg Publishing is proud to introduce its newest author, John Fioravanti, whose first book, A Personal Journey to the Heart of Teaching, will be released in Iceberg’s non-fiction line in spring 2007. “It’s a big thrill for us to welcome John to the Iceberg team of writers,” Kenneth Tam commented. “John brings a great deal […]
The third and fourth Defense Command novels, The Hawke Mission and The Independent Squadron, were launched to a full audience in Wilfrid Laurier University’s Golden Hawk Lounge on Friday. During the event, which was held in partnership with the Laurier Science Fiction and Fantasy Club (Skiffy), and hosted by Laurier Athletics, Tam read from the […]
Local sci-fi author and Wilfrid Laurier University master’s student Kenneth Tam is releasing the next two books in his Defense Command series on Friday, November 10, 2006 at 7 pm. The event is being organized by the Laurier Science Fiction and Fantasy Club (SKIFFY) and hosted by Laurier Athletics in the Athletic Complex Golden Hawk […]
The third and fourth books in Kenneth Tam’s popular Defense Command series will be released in little more than a month. The Hawke Mission and The Independent Squadron continue the adventures of rogue Commodore Ken Barron and intrepid Captain Karen McMaster, as well as new characters and conflicts that add deeper dimensions to the Martian […]
The weekend of July 7-9th, 2006, proved a landmark one for Iceberg Science Fiction. With author Kenneth Tam celebrating his 22nd birthday on July 9, Iceberg launched four new science fiction titles, set in two different universes, all at the 20th annual edition of Toronto Trek, Canada’s largest science fiction event. “This is my third […]