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| Parent company | HarperCollins |
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| Founded | 1949 in Winnipeg, Manitoba |
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| Country of origin | Canada |
| Headquarters location | Toronto, Ontario |
| Publication types | Books |
| Fiction genres | Romance, action |
| Imprints | Carina, Canary Street, Kimani, Love Inspired, Mira, Hanover Square, Park Row, Graydon House |
| Revenue | $585 million[1] |
| Official website | www |
Harlequin Enterprises ULC (known simply as Harlequin) is a publisher of romance, women's fiction and various other genres under multiple publishing imprints. Founded in Winnipeg, Canada, in 1949, from the 1960s, it grew into the largest publisher of romance fiction in the world.
Based in Toronto since 1969,[2] Harlequin was owned by the Torstar Corporation, the largest newspaper publisher in Canada, from 1981 to 2014. It was then purchased by News Corp[3][4] and is now a division of HarperCollins.[5][6] In 1971, Harlequin purchased the London-based publisher Mills & Boon Limited and began a global expansion program opening offices in Australia and major European markets such as Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Netherlands, and Scandinavia. Harlequin launched an audiobook program in 2015.[7]
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- ^ "Torstar Corporation Completes Sale of Harlequin Enterprises Limited". Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
- ^ Greenfield, Jeremy Greenfield (May 2, 2014). "News Corp Acquires Harlequin, Adds to HarperCollins Portfolio". Digital Book World. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
- ^ "HarperCollins Canada | Harlequin". HarperCollins Canada | Harlequin. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
- ^ "Harlequin & HarperCollins Launch New Audiobook Imprint".