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| Founded | 1974 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Malcolm Margolin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Berkeley, California |
| Publication types | books, magazines |
| Nonfiction topics | California, natural history, Native Americans |
| Official website | www |
Heyday is an independent nonprofit publisher based in Berkeley, California.
Heyday was founded by Malcolm Margolin in 1974 when he wrote, typeset, designed, and distributed The East Bay Out, a guide to the natural history of the hills and bay shore in and round Berkeley and Oakland, in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area.[1] Heyday publishes around twenty books a year, as well as the quarterly magazine News from Native California.
In 2004, they merged with their nonprofit wing, the Clapperstick Institute, and became a full-fledged 501(c)(3) nonprofit enterprise.[2] In 2016, Margolin retired from Heyday, and Steve Wasserman, previously editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Times Book Review and an editor-at-large at Yale University Press, became Margolin's successor as publisher and executive director.[3] Since 2020, the company has been co-led by Wasserman, publisher, and longtime staff member Gayle Wattawa, now general manager.[4]
- ^ Frances Dinkelspiel and Pete Rosos, "Snapshot: Malcolm Margolin, Founder, Heyday Books", Berkeleyside, January 11, 2012.
- ^ Bancroft, Kim (2014). The Heyday of Malcolm Margolin: The Damn Good Times of a Fiercely Independent Publisher. Berkeley: Heyday. ISBN 9781597142878.
- ^ Milliot, Jim (19 October 2020). "Steve Wasserman To Head Heyday Books". www.publishersweekly.com. Publishers Weekly.
- ^ Odom, J.L. (9 August 2022). "Berkeley's Heyday Books is thriving in the wake of COVID as it approaches 50th anniversary". localnewsmatters.org. Bay City News Foundation.