Nimbus Publishing

Publishing company

Nimbus Publishing Ltd.

Founded	1978
Country of origin	Canada
Headquarters location	Halifax, NS
Distribution	Self-Distributed (Canada) Baker & Taylor Publisher Services (US)^[1]
Publication types	Books
Imprints	Vagrant Press
Owner(s)	Terrilee Bulger & Heather Bryan
No. of employees	17
Official website	www.nimbus.ca

Nimbus Publishing is a publishing company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The company specializes in subjects relevant to the Atlantic Provinces.

Until 2016, the company published an average of 35 to 40 new titles a year, but expanded its output to 55 titles in 2017. The company publishes in a broad span of genres including children’s picture and fiction books, non-fiction, history, nature photography, current events, biography, sports, and cultural issues.

It is the largest Canadian-English language publisher east of Toronto.^[2]

In 2005, Nimbus introduced a new fiction imprint called Vagrant Press.^[3] In 2012, owner John Marshall sold the company and general manager Dan Soucoup retired.^[4] Two employees, Terrilee Bulger and Heather Bryan, bought the company in order to prevent acquisition by a larger publishing house.^[4]

In March 2018, the publishing house moved to a warehouse on Strawberry Hill Street in Halifax. At that time, a coffee shop and bookstore were added to the premises.^[5]

Notable authors

Sheree Fitch
Jill Barber
Graham Steele
Bette MacDonald
Paul Hollingsworth
Janet Kitz
John Boileau
Nancy Regan
Carol Bruneau

Notable titles

Bud the Spud and Hockey Night Tonight, by Stompin' Tom Connors
Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion and the Road to Recovery, by Janet Kitz
We Were Not the Savages, by Daniel N. Paul

References

^ "Baker & Taylor | News". Retrieved 2021-03-02.
^ "About Us". Archived from the original on 2008-12-22. Retrieved 2009-01-08.
^ "Submission guidelines". Archived from the original on 2008-12-26. Retrieved 2009-01-08.
^ ^a ^b "As it celebrates its 40th anniversary, Halifax's Nimbus Publishing has ambitious plans for the future". Quill and Quire. 2018-05-03. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
^ "Halifax's Nimbus Publishing expands into new location featuring coffee shop and bookstore". Quill and Quire. 2018-03-12. Retrieved 2021-03-11.