Greystone Books
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| Founded | 1993 |
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| Country of origin | Canada |
| Headquarters location | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Distribution | University of Toronto Press (Canada) PGW (US) |
| Publication types | Books |
| Imprints | Greystone Kids |
| Official website | greystonebooks |
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Greystone Books is a Vancouver, British Columbia-based publisher of nonfiction books that publishes in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. The company was established in 1993 as an imprint of Douglas & McIntyre under founding publisher Rob Sanders and has been an independent publisher, Greystone Books Ltd., since 2013.[1]
After its parent company D&M Publishers "filed a Notice of Intention to make a proposal under the provisions of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act,"[2] Greystone Books was revived under the new ownership of partners Rob Sanders, who returned to the role of publisher,[3] and Rodger Touchie, president of Victoria-based Heritage House Publishing.
Greystone Books was recognized in April 2017 by Publishers Weekly, an industry trade magazine, as one of the fastest-growing publishers in North America.[4]
Publication History
Since it began publishing, Greystone Books has released more than 300 nonfiction titles in subjects such as natural history, the environment, science, health, outdoors, sport, and popular culture.
Greystone Books began a partnership with the David Suzuki Foundation in 1994 and later with the David Suzuki Institute.[5] The environmental nonfiction books they have published together include The Sacred Balance (1997) and Letters to My Grandchildren (2015) by David Suzuki, and Tar Sands (2010) by Andrew Nikiforuk.
In "The 150 Bestselling Canadian Books of the Past 10 Years," an article from the CBC in celebration of Canada 150, The Flood of 2013 (2013) appeared at #132.[6] The book was created in collaboration with The Calgary Herald and has sold over 55,000 copies.[7] Greystone has also published several books by frequent Canadian Geographic contributor Candace Savage, including Bird Brains (1995), Prairie (2004), and A Geography of Blood (2012), which won the 2012 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction.
Greystone Kids
Greystone Kids is a Vancouver, British Columbia-based children’s imprint of Greystone Books. The company publishes sustainably produced picture books for young readers, alongside nonfiction books for middle-grade readers in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K.[8] The imprint was established in 2019, under founding publisher Rob Sanders.
The Greystone Kids team launched with creative director Sara Gillingham, former Chronicle Books children’s design director and author-illustrator, children’s author Kallie George as picture book editor.[9]
Aldana Libros is an imprint of Greystone Kids that specializes in producing English-language editions of international titles[10], serving to “bring outstanding books from around the world to the English-speaking market”[11]. Aldana Libros is led by Patricia Aldana, a leading publisher in the children’s book industry and founder of Groundwood Books.
Publication History
Since publication began officially in Fall 2019, Greystone Kids has published over 50 nonfiction children’s picture and middle reader books. Subjects range from science, to nature, the environment, and culture.
Greystone Kids publishes a wide-range of diverse and award-winning authors, such as Peter Wohlleben, Julie Flett, Dr. Jennifer Gardy, and Buffy Sainte-Marie.
Awards
Julie Flett’s 2019 title Birdsong, published during Greystone Kids’ inaugural season, was the winner of the 2020 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award.[12]
Can You Hear the Trees Talking?, the young readers’ edition of Peter Wohlleben’s The Hidden Life of Trees, won the 2021 AAAS/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books in the Middle Grade category. [13]
On The Other Side of the Forest, published in 2021 by Nadine Roberts and illustrated by Gérard DuBois, was named a 2021 New York Times / New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Book.[14]
Aldana Libros’s first picture book, The Moose of Ewenki (2019) by Gerelchimeg Blackcrane, shared the story of Indigenous people of Mongolia. The book went on to win Shelf Awareness’s Best Children’s Book of the Year in 2019 [15], was a Junior Library Guild selection in 2020, and landed in 11th place on the 2020 IBBY Honour List[16].
References
- ↑ "Canadian Publishers". www.livrescanadabooks.com. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
- ↑ Lederman, Marsha (2012-10-31). "Douglas & McIntyre more than $6-million in debt, documents show". Retrieved 2017-07-14.
- ↑ "Opportunity Knocks: Focus on Canada 2013". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
- ↑ "Fast-Growing Independent Publishers, 2017". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
- ↑ "Books | Publications | David Suzuki Foundation". www.davidsuzuki.org. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
- ↑ "The 150 bestselling Canadian books of the past 10 years | CBC Books". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
- ↑ "Fast-Growing Independent Publishers, 2017". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
- ↑ https://greystonebooks.com/pages/about-us#greystonekids
- ↑ https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/79049-greystone-books-expands-into-children-s-publishing.html
- ↑ https://quillandquire.com/omni/greystone-books-gets-into-kidlit-with-greystone-kids-imprint/
- ↑ https://bookcentre.ca/news/greystone-books-announces-new-kids-program
- ↑ https://quillandquire.com/omni/julie-fletts-birdsong-wins-td-childrens-literature-award/
- ↑ https://www.sbfprize.org/can-you-hear-the-trees-talking
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/12/books/review/best-illustrated-childrens-books.html
- ↑ https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=871
- ↑ "Archived Copy". Archived from the original on 2020-07-31. Retrieved 2021-12-07.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
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