Book Publishers near Salt Spring Island BC (181 Result(s))

Story of Heritage HouseHeritage House began telling Canada's stories in 1969. Our first book, Wagon Road North, remains one of BC's five all-time bestsellers, with over 140,000 copies sold.Many of our books celebrate the pioneer spirit and colourful history of western Canada, particularly the Cariboo region in which the company's roots are founded. Others delve into contemporary themes, focusing on significant cultural, social, political, environmental and recreational subjects. We also have a range of full-colour pictorials and recreational guides, and a series of shorter narratives designed for younger readers, new Canadians and casual readers, called Amazing Stories. If this is your first encounter with Heritage House, you've just struck gold!Heritage House publishes 20-30 new titles per year. Most of our authors are Canadian citizens or residents, as our mission is to publish and promote distinctive non-fiction works by Canadian authors. Heritage House is a member of The Heritage Group, an affiliation of five separate entities

The CompanyThe Write Room was founded in 2001 by Dr. Gerda Wever. Over the past 13 years it has worked on a wide variety of projects concerning writing, editing, and translation, building a large national and international clientele in the process. In the fall of 2008, The Write Room launched its own independent academic press, The Write Room Press - the first title of which was released in spring of 2009. In 2013 the company split its two branches, The Write Room, and The Write Room Press. While still connected, the two divisions are now operated separately: Dr. Gerda Wever manages The Write Room, which specializes in academic writing, and Jessica Chan manages The Write Room Press. The Write Room Press started out as an exclusively academic press, but it has been growing under Jessica Chan's leadership and now has an expanding portfolio and a variety of existing and upcoming titles.Check out this news story about our first 10 years of proud independent work, which we celebrated in 2011.We are dedicated to maintaining high standards of confidentiality with respect to protecting personal information that is provided to us