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| Status | Active |
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| Founded | 1991 |
| Founder | Errol Sharpe |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Headquarters location | Nova Scotia |
| Distribution | Brunswick Books |
| Key people | Errol Sharpe, Wayne Antony, Beverley Rach |
| Publication types | Books |
| Nonfiction topics | politics, public policy, social sciences, aboriginal issues |
| Imprints | Fernwood (non-fiction), Roseway (fiction) |
| No. of employees | 7 |
| Official website | fernwoodpublishing |
Fernwood Publishing is an independent Canadian publisher that publishes non-fiction books dealing with social justice and issues of social, political and economic importance.
Fernwood was founded in 1991 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, publishing its first books in the spring of 1992. The Halifax office was moved to Black Point, Nova Scotia and, in 1994, a second office was opened in Winnipeg, Manitoba.[1] In eighteen seasons, Fernwood has published over 300 titles.[2] In 2006, Fernwood acquired Roseway Publishing, which is now their fiction imprint.
Fernwood offers an alternative Canadian perspective on issues that many major book publishers do not.[3] Founder and co-publisher Errol Sharpe has been quoted as saying, "In an era when the restructuring of capitalism seems to be threatening to erase many of the gains that have been made by the oppressed in society, we think that our books have a part to play in bucking the trend."[3]
In 2018, Fernwood Publishing released There’s Something in the Water by Ingrid Waldron. In 2020, It inspired a documentary that premiered in Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and eventually in Netflix.[4]
- ^ "Profile - Association of Manitoba Book Publishers". Archived from the original on 2010-01-07. Retrieved 2009-11-30.
- ^ fernwood Publishing, "About-Us "
- ^ a b Hillary Lindsay, "Keeping a Body of Critical Literature Alive", Canadian Dimension Magazine, May 2005
- ^ Geoff, Edgers (26 Mar 2020). "Ellen Page made a horrifying discovery — and it sparked a film about environmental racism". Washington Post.