| Status | Active |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1974 |
| Founder | Richard Grossinger, Lindy Hough |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Berkeley, California |
| Distribution | Penguin Random House Publisher Services |
| Key people | Tim McKee |
| Publication types | Books, film |
| Nonfiction topics | Beat Generation, raw foodism, yoga, martial arts, capioera, spirituality, religion, holistic health, sustainability, nutrition, occult, esotericism, mediumship, parapsychology, New Age, fitness, baseball |
| Imprints | Evolver Editions, Blue Snake Books |
| Official website | northatlanticbooks.com |
North Atlantic Books is a non-profit, independent publisher based in Berkeley, California, United States.[1] Distributed by Penguin Random House Publisher Services,[2] North Atlantic Books is a mission-driven social justice-oriented publisher. Founded by authors Richard Grossinger and Lindy Hough in Vermont, North Atlantic Books was named partly for the North Atlantic region where it began in 1974, as well as Alan Van Newkirk's Geographic Foundation of the North Atlantic, an early (1970) ecological center founded in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, by radicals from Detroit. The publisher also cites Edward Dorn's 1960s poem, "North Atlantic Turbine: A Theory of Truth", which very early described the dangers of global commoditization by the Western World, as an inspiration in the company's name.
Genres published by North Atlantic Books include somatics, social justice, bodywork, health and healing, Buddhism, grief, and internal martial arts (through its imprint Blue Snake Books). In 1980, North Atlantic Books was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organization.