Harbour Publishing is a Canadian

Canada

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 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

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

's Sunshine Coast. It is one of a few publishers on the Sunshine Coast

Sunshine Coast

There are several places around the globe that use the name Sunshine Coast. They are collections of coastal towns and/or cities that have banded together, usually for tourist promotional reasons...

, including "tmi Publications", Summerwild Productions

Summerwild Productions

Summerwild Productions is a Canadian independent book publisher.The company was founded in 1987 by Ken Budd, and is based in Gibsons, BC, a small town on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast. The company mainly produces coffee table photography books featuring wildlife and the environment...

, Salal Communications and Evin Ross Publications. Harbour mainly publishes books on British Columbian history, culture, wildlife and environment. To date, Harbour has published over 600 titles. Harbour Publishing is the exclusive distributor for Nightwood Editions, The Caitlin Press, Bluefield Books and Lost Moose Books.

Notable publications

• Raincoast Chronicles series edited by Howard White(1977 - 2004)
• Now You're Logging by Bus Griffiths
  Bus Griffiths
  Bus Griffiths was a cartoonist, lumberjack, and fisherman. He was best known for his full length graphic novel, Now You're Logging published 1978 by Harbour Publishing...
  
   (1978)
• Writing in the Rain by Howard White (1990)
• The Encyclopedia of British Columbia edited by Daniel Francis (2000)
• Beyond Remembering: The Collected Poems of Al Purdy edited by Sam Solecki (2000)
• Rafe: A Memoir by Rafe Mair
  Rafe Mair
  Rafe Mair, born , is a lawyer, political commentator and former radio personality and politician in British Columbia, Canada.Mair was born in Vancouver, British Columbia where he worked as a lawyer for many years....
  
  (2004)
• 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)
• History Hunting in the Yukon by Michael Gates (2010)
• Coastal Fishes of the Pacific Northwest: Revised and Expanded by Andy Lamb and Phil Edgell (2010)

External links

• Harbour Publishing website