Harbour Publishing

Harbour Publishing
Founded1974
FounderHoward and Mary White
Country of originCanada
Headquarters locationPender Harbour, British Columbia
Distributionself-distributed (Canada)
Midpoint Trade Books (US)
Gazelle Book Services (UK)[1]
Publication typesBooks
ImprintsLost Moose Books
Official websitewww.harbourpublishing.com

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.[2] As of 2024, Harbour has published over 1000 titles.[3] Harbour Publishing is the exclusive distributor for Nightwood Editions, Bluefield Books and Lost Moose Books. In 2013, the owners of Harbour acquired Douglas & McIntyre.[4]

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

  1. ^ "Harbour Publishing: Orders". Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  2. ^ Beeck, Nathalie. "Harbour Publishing's Golden Anniversary on the Sunshine Coast". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
  3. ^ "50-year-old Harbour Publishing has just the book for you — plus its 5 greatest hits". The Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on 2024-06-28. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
  4. ^ Williams, Leigh Anne. "D&M Publishers Finds Buyer for Douglas & McIntyre Imprint". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2025-03-03.