Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Ltd. is a Canadian book publishing firm.
Douglas & McIntyre was founded by James Douglas and Scott McIntyre in 1971 as an independent
publishing company
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based in Vancouver. Reorganized with new owners in 2008 as D&M Publishers Inc., it bought New Society Publishers. In October 2012 the company filed a Notice of Intention (NOI) under the
Canadian bankruptcy act. D&M Publishers sold off its imprints while under NOI protection; New Society returned to its previous owners, the imprint
Greystone Books
Greystone or Graystone may refer to:
Locations
*Graystone Manor, the first condominium building built in the continental United States
* Greystone, West Virginia
* Greystone Airport, a private airport in Ocala, Florida
* Greystone (estate), a hi ...
was sold to a group headed by Heritage House Publishing and set up as a stand-alone company called Greystone Books Ltd. while the original Douglas & McIntyre list was sold to the owners of
Harbour Publishing
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 ...
who placed it under a new independent company, Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Ltd.
It is the publisher of
Douglas Coupland
Douglas Coupland (born 30 December 1961) is a Canadian novelist, designer, and visual artist. His first novel, the 1991 international bestseller '' Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture'', popularized the terms ''Generation X'' and ''McJ ...
, poet
Robert Bringhurst
Robert Bringhurst Appointments to the Order of Canada (2013). (born 16 October 1946) is a Canadian poet, typographer and author. He has translated substantial works from Haida and Navajo and from classical Greek and Arabic. He wrote ''The Eleme ...
, anthropologist
Wade Davis, chef
Rob Feenie
Robert Feenie is a Canadian chef based in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Culinary career
His interest in cooking began during a high school exchange program in Europe. He attended Dubrulle Culinary Institute (now part of The Art Institute of Vanco ...
, artists
Bill Reid
William Ronald Reid Jr. (12 January 1920 – 13 March 1998) ( Haida) was a Canadian artist whose works include jewelry, sculpture, screen-printing, and paintings. Producing over one thousand original works during his fifty-year career, Reid is ...
and
Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas
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; and the journalist
Susan Delacourt
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Biography
Delacourt spent her childhood and adolescence in Milton, Ontario. She first developed her skills as a journalist while at the University of Western Ontario, where she was an editor o ...
. Its full titles list stands at over 1000, with over 500 active titles.
Douglas & McIntyre About page
References
Further reading
BC Business
Canada Wide Media Limited is an independently owned publishing company in Western Canada, based in Burnaby, British Columbia.
History
Canada Wide Media Limited co-founder and CEO Peter Legge purchased a ten-cent magazine in 1976 and grew it in ...
1991 profile of Douglas & McIntyre co-founder Scott McIntyre
External links
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Records of Douglas & McIntyre are held by Simon Fraser University's Special Collections and Rare Books
Book publishing companies of Canada
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