Harbour Publishing

Harbour Publishing

Founded	1974
Founder	Howard and Mary White
Country of origin	Canada
Headquarters location	Pender Harbour, British Columbia
Distribution	self-distributed (Canada) Midpoint Trade Books (US) Gazelle Book Services (UK) [1]
Publication types	Books
Imprints	Lost Moose Books
Official website	www.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.

External links

• Harbour Publishing website