Harbour Publishing
{{Short description|Canadian book publisher}}
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| founder = Howard and Mary White
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| headquarters = Pender Harbour, British Columbia
| distribution = self-distributed (Canada)
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Harbour Publishing is a Canadian independent book publisher.
The company was founded in 1974 by Howard and Mary White, and is based in Pender Harbour, a small town on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast. Harbour mainly publishes books on British Columbian history, culture, wildlife and environment.{{Cite web |last=Beeck |first=Nathalie |title=Harbour Publishing’s Golden Anniversary on the Sunshine Coast |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/96309-harbour-publishing-s-golden-anniversary-on-the-sunshine-coast.html |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=PublishersWeekly.com |language=en}} As of 2024, Harbour has published over 1000 titles.{{Cite news |title=50-year-old Harbour Publishing has just the book for you — plus its 5 greatest hits |url=https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/books/vancouver-harbour-publishing-greatest-books |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240628001307/https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/books/vancouver-harbour-publishing-greatest-books |archive-date=2024-06-28 |access-date=2025-03-03 |work=The Vancouver Sun |language=en-CA}} Harbour Publishing is the exclusive distributor for Nightwood Editions, Bluefield Books and Lost Moose Books. In 2013, the owners of Harbour acquired Douglas & McIntyre.{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Leigh Anne |title=D&M Publishers Finds Buyer for Douglas & McIntyre Imprint |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com:443/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/55845-d-m-publishers-finds-buyer-for-douglas-mcintyre-imprint.html |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=PublishersWeekly.com |language=en}}
Notable publications
- Raincoast Chronicles series edited by Howard White(1977–present)
- Now You're Logging by Bus Griffiths (1978)
- Writing in the Rain by Howard White (1990)
- The Golden Pine Cone (1994)
- The Encyclopedia of British Columbia edited by Daniel Francis (2000)
- Beyond Remembering: The Collected Poems of Al Purdy edited by Sam Solecki (2000)
- Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest: A Photographic Encyclopedia by Andy Lamb and Bernie Hanby (2005)
- The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names by Andrew Scott (2009)
- The Fly in Autumn by David Zieroth (2009 Governor General’s Award for Poetry)
- History Hunting in the Yukon by Michael Gates (2010)
- Adventures in Solitude by Grant Lawrence (2010)
- Coastal Fishes of the Pacific Northwest: Revised and Expanded by Andy Lamb and Phil Edgell (2010)
- The Chuck Davis History of Metropolitan Vancouver by Chuck Davis (2011)
- The Book of Kale by Sharon Hanna (2012)
- Raven Brings the Light by Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd (2013)
References
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External links
- [http://www.harbourpublishing.com/index.php Harbour Publishing website]
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Category:Book publishing companies of Canada
Category:Publishing companies established in 1974
Category:Companies based in British Columbia
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