Harbour Publishing

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. Nathalie Beeck. 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, retrieved 2025-03-03^
  4. Leigh Anne Williams. D&M Publishers Finds Buyer for Douglas & McIntyre Imprint PublishersWeekly.com, retrieved 2025-03-03^