Welcome to Harbour Publishing

Books of the Pacific Northwest

Welcome to Harbour Publishing

Books of the Pacific Northwest

Welcome to Harbour Publishing

Books of the Pacific Northwest

About Harbour Publishing

An award-winning independent book publisher owned and operated by Howard and Mary White. Established in 1974 and based on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast.

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Upcoming Books from Harbour Publishing
Upcoming Books from Harbour Publishing

This year, Harbour Publishing is celebrating 50 years of publishing great books. And what better way to commemorate this anniversary than with a lavish new edition of Raincoast Chronicles, the series that ha...

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A Note from the Publisher
A Note from the Publisher

Harbour Publishing turns fifty this year. It seems only a few short years ago that Mary and I were putting our savings on the line to publish our first saddle-stitched book, The Dulcimer Tuning Book by Rand...

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Books for Getting Outside
Books for Getting Outside

Happy Summer! These Harbour Publishing reads will inspire your next great underwater experience, give you ideas for fun activities to get kids away from their screens, and provide indispensable information t...

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The Kelowna Story : An Okanagan History
The Kelowna Story : An Okanagan History

The Kelowna Story: An Okanagan History

Sharron J. Simpson

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Stages of Tanning Words and Remembering Spells : Part 1: Scraping Lungs Like Hide
Stages of Tanning Words and Remembering Spells : Part 1: Scraping Lungs Like Hide

Stages of Tanning Words and Remembering Spells: Part 1: Scraping Lungs Like Hide

Tawahum Bige

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Existing Music
Existing Music

Existing Music

Nick Thran

$19.95

A Kid’s Guide to Plants of the Great Lakes Region : Including Southern Ontario, with Cool Facts, Activities and Recipes
A Kid’s Guide to Plants of the Great Lakes Region : Including Southern Ontario, with Cool Facts, Activities and Recipes

A Kid’s Guide to Plants of the Great Lakes Region: Including Southern Ontario, with Cool Facts, Activities and Recipes

Philippa Joly

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Raincoast Chronicles 25 : m̓am̓aɫa Goes Fishing
Raincoast Chronicles 25 : m̓am̓aɫa Goes Fishing

Raincoast Chronicles 25: m̓am̓aɫa Goes Fishing

Alan Haig-Brown

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Out of the Ordinary : New Poems
Out of the Ordinary : New Poems

Out of the Ordinary: New Poems

Tom Wayman

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Fishes of the Strait of Georgia
Fishes of the Strait of Georgia

Fishes of the Strait of Georgia

Dick Beamish, Jeff Marliave

$99.95

Calm Harbour, Turbulent Seas : A History of Ucluelet
Calm Harbour, Turbulent Seas : A History of Ucluelet

Calm Harbour, Turbulent Seas: A History of Ucluelet

Shirley Martin

$39.95

Indigenous Rights in One Minute : What Everyone Needs to Know to Talk Reconciliation
Indigenous Rights in One Minute : What Everyone Needs to Know to Talk Reconciliation

Indigenous Rights in One Minute: What Everyone Needs to Know to Talk Reconciliation

Bruce McIvor

$22.95

RIP Scoot
RIP Scoot

RIP Scoot

Sara Flemington

$22.95

Native Plants of British Columbia’s Coastal Dry Belt : A Photographic Guide
Native Plants of British Columbia’s Coastal Dry Belt : A Photographic Guide

Native Plants of British Columbia’s Coastal Dry Belt: A Photographic Guide

Hans Roemer, Mary Sanseverino

$29.95

The Last Exile
The Last Exile

The Last Exile

Sam Wiebe

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Indigenous Authors and Themes

The Days of Augusta
The Days of Augusta

The Days of Augusta

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Crushed Wild Mint
Crushed Wild Mint

Crushed Wild Mint

Jess Housty

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Beautiful Beautiful
Beautiful Beautiful

Beautiful Beautiful

Brandon Reid

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Teeth : Poems
Teeth : Poems

Teeth: Poems

Dallas Hunt

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Creeland
Creeland

Creeland

Dallas Hunt

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A Is for Anemone : A First West Coast Alphabet
A Is for Anemone : A First West Coast Alphabet

A Is for Anemone: A First West Coast Alphabet

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This Place Is Who We Are : Stories of Indigenous Leadership, Resilience, and Connection to Homelands
This Place Is Who We Are : Stories of Indigenous Leadership, Resilience, and Connection to Homelands

This Place Is Who We Are: Stories of Indigenous Leadership, Resilience, and Connection to Homelands

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Ben the Sea Lion
Ben the Sea Lion

Ben the Sea Lion

Roy Henry Vickers

$22.95

A Flock of Gulls, a Chorus of Frogs
A Flock of Gulls, a Chorus of Frogs

A Flock of Gulls, a Chorus of Frogs

Lucky Budd, Roy Henry Vickers

$14.95

The Girl Who Loved the Birds
The Girl Who Loved the Birds

The Girl Who Loved the Birds

Elinor Atkins, Joseph Dandurand

$15.95

The Bears and the Magic Masks
The Bears and the Magic Masks

The Bears and the Magic Masks

Elinor Atkins, Joseph Dandurand

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The Punishment
The Punishment

The Punishment

Joseph Dandurand

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Cut to Fortress : Poems
Cut to Fortress : Poems

Cut to Fortress: Poems

Tawahum Bige

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Avenue of Champions
Avenue of Champions

Avenue of Champions

Conor Kerr

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Standoff : Why Reconciliation Fails Indigenous People and How to Fix It
Standoff : Why Reconciliation Fails Indigenous People and How to Fix It

Standoff: Why Reconciliation Fails Indigenous People and How to Fix It

Bruce McIvor

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Saltus
Saltus

Saltus

Tara Gereaux

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Witness, I Am
Witness, I Am

Witness, I Am

Gregory Scofield

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Voices from the Skeena : An Illustrated Oral History
Voices from the Skeena : An Illustrated Oral History

Voices from the Skeena: An Illustrated Oral History

Robert Budd, Roy Henry Vickers

$36.95

The Red Files
The Red Files

The Red Files

Lisa Bird-Wilson

$18.95

New releases from Harbour Publishing

The Broughtons : And Vancouver Island—Kelsey Bay to Port Hardy, Revised Fourth Edition, 2024
The Broughtons : And Vancouver Island—Kelsey Bay to Port Hardy, Revised Fourth Edition, 2024

The Broughtons: And Vancouver Island—Kelsey Bay to Port Hardy, Revised Fourth Edition, 2024

Anne Yeadon-Jones, Laurence Yeadon-Jones

$49.95

The Carbon Tax Question : Clarifying Canada’s Most Consequential Policy Debate
The Carbon Tax Question : Clarifying Canada’s Most Consequential Policy Debate

The Carbon Tax Question: Clarifying Canada’s Most Consequential Policy Debate

Thomas F. Pedersen

$26.95

The Bears and the Magic Masks
The Bears and the Magic Masks

The Bears and the Magic Masks

Elinor Atkins, Joseph Dandurand

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I Hate Parties
I Hate Parties

I Hate Parties

Jes Battis

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I Feel That Way Too
I Feel That Way Too

I Feel That Way Too

jaz papadopoulos

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Chandelier
Chandelier

Chandelier

David O’Meara

$22.95

O Canada Crosswords Book 25
O Canada Crosswords Book 25

O Canada Crosswords Book 25

Gwen Sjogren

$18.95

A Field Guide to Edible Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest : Revised Edition
A Field Guide to Edible Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest : Revised Edition

A Field Guide to Edible Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest: Revised Edition

Daniel Winkler

$9.95

first here and then far : Selected Poems 1971–2024
first here and then far : Selected Poems 1971–2024

first here and then far: Selected Poems 1971–2024

David Zieroth

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Never Boring : The Up and Down History of the Vancouver Canucks
Never Boring : The Up and Down History of the Vancouver Canucks

Never Boring: The Up and Down History of the Vancouver Canucks

Ed Willes

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Adventures in Desolation Sound
Adventures in Desolation Sound

Adventures in Desolation Sound

Ginger Ngo, Grant Lawrence

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From a Square to a Circle : Haida Basketry—Delores Churchill’s Memories of Learning to Weave
From a Square to a Circle : Haida Basketry—Delores Churchill’s Memories of Learning to Weave

From a Square to a Circle: Haida Basketry—Delores Churchill’s Memories of Learning to Weave

Delores Churchill

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Teeth : Poems
Teeth : Poems

Teeth: Poems

Dallas Hunt

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Standing at the Back Door of Happiness : And How I Unlocked It
Standing at the Back Door of Happiness : And How I Unlocked It

Standing at the Back Door of Happiness: And How I Unlocked It

David Roche

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Excerpts from a Burned Letter : Poems
Excerpts from a Burned Letter : Poems

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Joelle Barron

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Fine : Poems
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Here on the Coast : Reflections from the Rainbelt
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Here on the Coast: Reflections from the Rainbelt

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Standoff: Why Reconciliation Fails Indigenous People and How to Fix It

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The Bushman’s Lair : On the Trail of the Fugitive of the Shuswap
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A Is for Anemone : A First West Coast Alphabet
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A Is for Anemone: A First West Coast Alphabet

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British Columbia in Flames : Stories from a Blazing Summer
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This Place Is Who We Are : Stories of Indigenous Leadership, Resilience, and Connection to Homelands
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The Wild Horses of the Chilcotin : Their History and Future
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The Best Loved Boat : The Princess Maquinna
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Dream House : A Poem
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Dream House: A Poem

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A Kid’s Guide to Plants of the Pacific Northwest : with Cool Facts, Activities and Recipes
A Kid’s Guide to Plants of the Pacific Northwest : with Cool Facts, Activities and Recipes

A Kid’s Guide to Plants of the Pacific Northwest: with Cool Facts, Activities and Recipes

Philippa Joly

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The Science and Superpowers of Seaweed : A Guide for Kids
The Science and Superpowers of Seaweed : A Guide for Kids

The Science and Superpowers of Seaweed: A Guide for Kids

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The Big Melt
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The Rooftop Garden
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Workboats for the World : The Robert Allan Story
Workboats for the World : The Robert Allan Story

Workboats for the World: The Robert Allan Story

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Wilson Duff : Coming Back, a Life
Wilson Duff : Coming Back, a Life

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Avenue of Champions
Avenue of Champions

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Conor Kerr

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Hell and Gone : A Wakeland Novel
Hell and Gone : A Wakeland Novel

Hell and Gone: A Wakeland Novel

Sam Wiebe

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The Science and Spirit of Seaweed : Discovering Food, Medicine and Purpose in the Kelp Forests of the Pacific Northwest
The Science and Spirit of Seaweed : Discovering Food, Medicine and Purpose in the Kelp Forests of the Pacific Northwest

The Science and Spirit of Seaweed: Discovering Food, Medicine and Purpose in the Kelp Forests of the Pacific Northwest

Amanda Swinimer

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Possessing Meares Island : A Historian's Journey into the Past of Clayoquot Sound
Possessing Meares Island : A Historian's Journey into the Past of Clayoquot Sound

Possessing Meares Island: A Historian's Journey into the Past of Clayoquot Sound

Barry Gough

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The Sea Among Us : The Amazing Strait of Georgia
The Sea Among Us : The Amazing Strait of Georgia

The Sea Among Us: The Amazing Strait of Georgia

Gordon McFarlane, Richard Beamish

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The Bears and the Magic Masks
The Bears and the Magic Masks

The Bears and the Magic Masks

Elinor Atkins, Joseph Dandurand

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I Hate Parties
I Hate Parties

I Hate Parties

Jes Battis

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I Feel That Way Too
I Feel That Way Too

I Feel That Way Too

jaz papadopoulos

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Chandelier
Chandelier

Chandelier

David O’Meara

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O Canada Crosswords Book 25
O Canada Crosswords Book 25

O Canada Crosswords Book 25

Gwen Sjogren

$18.95

Teeth : Poems
Teeth : Poems

Teeth: Poems

Dallas Hunt

$19.95

Excerpts from a Burned Letter : Poems
Excerpts from a Burned Letter : Poems

Excerpts from a Burned Letter: Poems

Joelle Barron

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Fine : Poems
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Late September : A Novel
Late September : A Novel

Late September: A Novel

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Alternator

Alternator

Chris Banks

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Dream House : A Poem
Dream House : A Poem

Dream House: A Poem

Cathy Stonehouse

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Crushed Wild Mint

Crushed Wild Mint

Jess Housty

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Grandview Drive
Grandview Drive

Grandview Drive

Tim Blackett

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Beautiful Beautiful
Beautiful Beautiful

Beautiful Beautiful

Brandon Reid

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O Canada Crosswords Book 24
O Canada Crosswords Book 24

O Canada Crosswords Book 24

Gwen Sjogren

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Burr
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Burr

Brooke Lockyer

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Old Gods
Old Gods

Old Gods

Conor Kerr

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If It Gets Quiet Later On, I Will Make a Display
If It Gets Quiet Later On, I Will Make a Display

If It Gets Quiet Later On, I Will Make a Display

Nick Thran

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The Girl Who Loved the Birds
The Girl Who Loved the Birds

The Girl Who Loved the Birds

Elinor Atkins, Joseph Dandurand

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The Big Melt
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The Big Melt

Emily Riddle

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