Orca Book Publishers Explained

Orca Book Publishers
Industry:Book publishing
Founded:1982
Hq Location:Victoria, British Columbia
Hq Location Country:Canada
Key People:Andrew Wooldridge, publisher
Ruth Linka, associate publisher

Orca Book Publishers is a Canadian company that produces books for children.[1]

Organization

Orca Book Publishers was founded in 1982[2] and is based in Victoria, British Columbia.[3]

Orca primarily published children's literature, printing usually around 95 publications per annum.[4] Andrew Wooldridge is the company's publisher, Ruth Linka is the associate publisher,[5] Sara Harvey is an editor.[6]

History

In 2019, Orca introduced a non-fiction line of books branded as Orca Issues.[7] Orca published Eric Walters' pandemic novel Don't Stand So Close To Me in 2020.[8] The book was published within 41 days of Walter's pitching the idea to Orca.

15,000 of the company's books caught fire while on the MV Zim Kingston vessel near Victoria, British Columbia in October 2021.[9] In 2022, the company moved production of its books from China and Korea to Canada.

Notable publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022-03-30 . Twenty-five top sellers from Canadian-owned publishers - Quill and Quire . 2022-12-12 . Quill and Quire - Canada's magazine of book news and reviews . en.
  2. TOM UE. Seven onSeven: A Conversation with the Writers of Orca Book Publishers’ Series. New Writing, [s. l.], v. 11, p. 417–435, 2014. Disponível em: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsair&AN=edsair.doi...........4218425095486f39b43aa231644f4bbd&site=eds-live&scope=site . Acesso em: 12 dez. 2022.
  3. Web site: Linsley . Maya . 2022-05-26 . Viral books: BookTok's impact on the business of books Martlet . 2022-12-12 . Martlet . en-US.
  4. Web site: Bennett . Andrea . 2021-08-09 . How Have Publishers Survived the Pandemic? 'It's Kind of a Miracle' . 2022-12-12 . The Tyee . English.
  5. News: Weaver . Jason . 17 Nov 2021 . Canadian booksellers are struggling, but not in the way you might think . CBC .
  6. Web site: Williams . Leigh Anne . Seven Authors for Seven Novels in New Orca Series . 2022-12-12 . PublishersWeekly.com . en.
  7. Web site: Corbett . Sue . YA for Changing Times . 2022-12-12 . PublishersWeekly.com . en.
  8. Web site: 2020-06-02 . How prolific Canadian author Eric Walters published a pandemic book for school kids in just 41 days . 2022-12-12 . thestar.com . en.
  9. Web site: 2021-11-06 . Orca publishing company worries about fate of 15,000 books onboard cargo vessel that caught fire near Victoria . 2022-12-12 . The Georgia Straight . en.

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