Orca Book Publishers
{{Infobox company
| name = Orca Book Publishers
| logo = Orca Book Publishers logo.jpeg
| industry = Book publishing
| founded = 1982
| hq_location = Victoria, British Columbia
| hq_location_country = Canada
| key_people = Andrew Wooldridge, publisher
Ruth Linka, associate publisher
| website = {{url|https://www.orcabook.com/}}
}}{{Short description|Canadian book publisher}}
Orca Book Publishers is a Canadian company that produces books for children.{{Cite web |date=2022-03-30 |title=Twenty-five top sellers from Canadian-owned publishers - Quill and Quire |url=https://quillandquire.com/omni/twenty-five-top-sellers-from-canadian-owned-publishers/ |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=Quill and Quire - Canada's magazine of book news and reviews |language=en}}
Organization
Orca Book Publishers was founded in 1982TOM UE. Seven onSeven: A Conversation with the Writers of Orca Book Publishers’ Series. New Writing, [s. l.], v. 11, p. 417–435, 2014. Disponível em: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsair&AN=edsair.doi...........4218425095486f39b43aa231644f4bbd&site=eds-live&scope=site . Acesso em: 12 dez. 2022. and is based in Victoria, British Columbia.{{Cite web |last=Linsley |first=Maya |date=2022-05-26 |title=Viral books: BookTok's impact on the business of books Martlet |url=https://www.martlet.ca/viral-books-booktoks-impact-on-the-business-of-books/ |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=Martlet |language=en-US}}
Orca primarily published children's literature, printing usually around 95 publications per annum.{{Cite web |last=Bennett |first=Andrea |date=2021-08-09 |title=How Have Publishers Survived the Pandemic? 'It's Kind of a Miracle' |url=https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/08/09/How-Have-Publishers-Survived-Pandemic/ |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=The Tyee |language=English}} Andrew Wooldridge is the company's publisher, Ruth Linka is the associate publisher,{{Cite news |last=Weaver |first=Jason |date=17 Nov 2021 |title=Canadian booksellers are struggling, but not in the way you might think |work=CBC |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/book-industry-facing-paper-shortage-supply-issues-1.6250688}} Sara Harvey is an editor.{{Cite web |last=Williams {{!}} |first=Leigh Anne |title=Seven Authors for Seven Novels in New Orca Series |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/53762-seven-authors-for-seven-novels-in-new-orca-series.html |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=PublishersWeekly.com |language=en}}
History
In 2019, Orca introduced a non-fiction line of books branded as Orca Issues.{{Cite web |last=Corbett {{!}} |first=Sue |title=YA for Changing Times |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/80107-ya-for-changing-times.html |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=PublishersWeekly.com |language=en}} Orca published Eric Walters' pandemic novel Don't Stand So Close To Me in 2020.{{Cite web |date=2020-06-02 |title=How prolific Canadian author Eric Walters published a pandemic book for school kids in just 41 days |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2020/06/02/how-prolific-canadian-author-eric-walters-published-a-pandemic-book-for-school-kids-in-just-41-days.html |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=thestar.com |language=en}} The book was published within 41 days of Walter's pitching the idea to Orca.
15,000 of the company's books caught fire while on the MV Zim Kingston vessel near Victoria, British Columbia in October 2021.{{Cite web |date=2021-11-06 |title=Orca publishing company worries about fate of 15,000 books onboard cargo vessel that caught fire near Victoria |url=https://www.straight.com/arts/orca-publishing-company-worries-about-fate-of-15000-books-onboard-cargo-vessel-that-caught-fire |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=The Georgia Straight |language=en}} In 2022, the company moved production of its books from China and Korea to Canada.
Notable publications
References
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External links
- [https://www.orcabook.com/ Official website]
Category:1982 establishments in British Columbia