Orca Book Publishers is a Canadian company that produces books for children.

Organization

Orca Book Publishers was founded in 1982 and is based in

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. Orca primarily published children's literature, printing usually around 95 publications per annum. Andrew Wooldridge is the company's publisher, Ruth Linka is the associate publisher, Sara Harvey is an editor.

History

In 2019, Orca introduced a non-fiction line of books branded as ''Orca Issues''. Orca published

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' pandemic novel ''Don't Stand So Close To Me'' in 2020. The book was published within 41 days of Walter's pitching the idea to Orca. 15,000 of the company's books caught fire while on the '' MV Zim Kingston'' vessel near

in October 2021. In 2022, the company moved production of its books from China and Korea to Canada.

Notable publications

* ''The Bonemender'' (book series) * '' The King of Jam Sandwiches'' * ''The Lottery'' (Beth Goobie) * '' Weird Rules to Follow''

References

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External links

Official website
1982 establishments in British Columbia Book distributors Children's book publishers Companies based in Victoria, British Columbia