about us

recent awards and shortlisted books

our authors  
and illustrators
 

distribution and 
representation
 

contact us

Tradewind Books is a small publishing house with offices in Vancouver, British Columbia. We are distributed in Canada through Publisher's Group Canada, in the US through Orca Books Publishers, in the UK through Turnaround Publisher Services, and in Australia through John Reed Book Distribution.

We publish quality books with excellent design and illustration. Our beautifully illustrated picture books tell stories from around the world: from Mexico to Iraq, China to Russia. We have published notable Canadian authors and illustrators such as Sheree Fitch, Ellen Schwartz, Sheldon Oberman, Paul Yee, Phillipe Beha, Stephan Czernecki, James Heneghan, and Cynthia Nugent as well as award-winning authors and illustrators from around the world such as Michael Rosen, Jane Yolen, Robert San Souci, Adrian Mitchell, and Grace Lin.

In addition to traditional picture books we publish poetry, chapter books and novels for young people and teenagers. Some of our more recent titles include :
Honey Cake by Joan Stutchner to be published in the US by Random House Books for young people in August 2008 All Aboard for Dreamland, by Melanie Harby published in the US by Simon Schuster in June 2008 The Eco-Diary of Kiran Singer, by Sue Ann Alderson which won the 2008 ALA Henry Bergh Award for best YA book concerning the environment and animal protection Shu-Li and Tamara, by Paul Yee Abby's Birds, by Ellen Schwartz which was shortlisted for five book awards If I had a Million Onions, by Sheree Fitch, which Kirkus Reviews called "a delight from first line to last" in a starred review.

We hope you enjoy our books as much as our readers do.

Michael Katz teaches a course called Children's Book Workshop at the UBC Writing Centre for writers, illustrators, book designers and those interested in working in the industry. Detailed sample course outline. (Adobe Acrobat required)


Tradewind Books is a member of
The Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia and
The Association of Canadian Publishers, and Literary Press Group

We accept unsolicited manuscripts that follow certain criteria. To find more information about this please visit the section "for authors and illustrators" in this website.


In Canada
202-1807 Maritime Mews
Granville Island
Vancouver BC V6H 3W7
Canada
In the US
Box 468
Custer WA
98240-0468 USA
In the UK
Unit 3, Olympia Trading Estate,
Coburg Road, Wood Green,
London N22 6TZ England
tel 604.662.4405     fax 604.730.0454      tradewindbooks@mail.lycos.com
The publisher thanks the Canada Council for the Arts for its support.
The publisher also wishes to thank the Government of British Columbia for the financial support it has extended through the book publishing tax credit program and the British Columbia Arts Council.
The publisher also aknowledges the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP), a part of the Department of Canadian Heritage, and the Association for the Export of Canadian Books (AECB).