Harbour Publishing

{{Short description|Canadian book publisher}}

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| founded = 1974

| founder = Howard and Mary White

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| country = Canada

| headquarters = Pender Harbour, British Columbia

| distribution = self-distributed (Canada)
Midpoint Trade Books (US)
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| imprints = Lost Moose Books

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| url = {{URL|http://www.harbourpublishing.com}}

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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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