Fernwood Publishing
Fernwood Publishing is an independent Canadian publishing company based in Nova Scotia. The company publishes non-fiction books primarily concerning social justice, politics, and economics. Fernwood was founded in 1991 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, publishing its first books in the spring of 1992.
Also recorded as Fernwood Publishing Ltd. Co.
Fernwood Publishing
- Founded
- 1991
- Headquarters
- Nova Scotia · Halifax
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Fernwood Publishing is an independent Canadian publishing company based in Nova Scotia. The company publishes non-fiction books primarily concerning social justice, politics, and economics. Fernwood was founded in 1991 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, publishing its first books in the spring of 1992.
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Overview
The Halifax office was moved to Black Point, Nova Scotia and, in 1994, a second office was opened in Winnipeg, Manitoba. In eighteen seasons, Fernwood has published over 300 titles. In 2006, Fernwood acquired Roseway Publishing, which is now their fiction imprint. 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." The Society for Socialist Studies has an annual book prize named after Errol Sharpe, the Errol Sharpe Book Prize. 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.
Key facts
Key facts
• Status — Active • Founded — 1991 • Founder — Errol Sharpe • Country — Canada • Headquarters — Nova Scotia • Distribution — Brunswick Books • Keypeople — Errol Sharpe, Wayne Antony, Beverley Rach • Publications — Books • Topics — politics, public policy, social sciences, aboriginal issues • Imprints — Fernwood (non-fiction), Roseway (fiction) • Numemployees — 7 • Url — https: fernwoodpublishing.ca/
Identity and overview
Identity and overview
The following is established of the heading itself. Recorded from 1991. Associated with Canada.
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Catalogued output is recorded as follows. Established or created in 1991. The record continues: fernwood Publishing is situated in Canada. It is also recorded that fernwood Publishing has its headquarters at Nova Scotia. The register further records that fernwood Publishing has its headquarters at Halifax.
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• Socialist Studies (series)
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scholarly publication
- Abolitionist Intimacies by El Jones (2022) Halifax: Fernwood Publishing, 218 ., Journal of Prisoners on Prisons, 2026
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2026
- Jean-Claude Parrot. (2005). My Union, My Life: Jean-Claude Parrot and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing. 310 pages, Just Labour, 2006
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2006
- JOYCE GREEN, DIR, INDIVISIBLE: INDIGENOUS HUMAN RIGHTS, HALIFAX, WINNIPEG, FERNWOOD PUBLISHING, 2014, Revue québécoise de droit international, 2015
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2015
reference work
- “Fernwood Publishing”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q5445161: Fernwood Publishing
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scholarly publication
Abolitionist Intimacies by El Jones (2022) Halifax: Fernwood Publishing, 218, Journal of Prisoners on Prisons, 2026Crossref registry
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Institutional witnessscholarly publication
JOYCE GREEN, DIR, INDIVISIBLE: INDIGENOUS HUMAN RIGHTS, HALIFAX, WINNIPEG, FERNWOOD PUBLISHING, 2014, Revue québécoise de droit international, 2015Crossref registry
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
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