Founded in 1984, Orca Book Publishers is an independently owned Canadian children’s book publisher of award-winning, bestselling books in a number of genres. With over 1,000 titles in print and more than 80 new titles a year, Orca prides itself on publishing authors both new and experienced from a wide variety of backgrounds and communities.
Orca publishes everything from beautifully illustrated board books and picture books to middle-grade and young-adult fiction. We strive to produce books that illuminate the experiences of people of all ethnicities, people with disabilities and people who identify as LGBTQ+. Our goal is to provide reading material that represents the diversity of human experience to readers of all ages. Orca aims to help young readers see themselves reflected in the books they read. We are mindful of this in our selection of books and have a particular interest in publishing books that celebrate the lives of Indigenous people. Providing young people with exposure to diversity through reading creates a more compassionate world.
We also distribute a handful of independent presses whose voices and mandates are all unique, but who share core values with Orca. From our warehouse in Custer, WA, we ship our own books and those of our distributed publishers out directly. Our in-house sales team is happy to work with you to get beautiful books to your neighbourhood!