Douglas & McIntyre is an independent Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 publishing company founded in 1971. They are the publishers for such noted authors as Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood

Margaret Eleanor Atwood, is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, and environmental activist. She is among the most-honoured authors of fiction in recent history; she is a winner of the Arthur C...

 and Douglas Coupland

Douglas Coupland

Douglas Coupland is a Canadian novelist. His fiction is complemented by recognized works in design and visual art arising from his early formal training. His first novel, the 1991 international bestseller Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, popularized terms such as McJob and...

; poet Lorna Crozier

Lorna Crozier

Lorna Crozier is a Canadian poet and holds the Head Chair in the Writing Department at the University of Victoria....

; actress Kim Cattrall

Kim Cattrall

Kim Victoria Cattrall is an English actress. She is known for her role as Samantha Jones in the HBO comedy/romance series Sex and the City, and for her leading roles in the 1980s films Police Academy, Big Trouble in Little China, Mannequin, and Porky's...

; chef John Bishop

John Bishop

Lionel Albert Jack Bishop was an Australian academic, conductor and patron of the arts. Bishop played a leading role in the development of music education in Australia and was a founder of the Adelaide Festival of Arts.- Biography :Bishop was born in Adelaide and studied piano from the age of 12...

; and politician Mike Harcourt

Mike Harcourt

Michael Franklin Harcourt served as the 30th Premier of the province of British Columbia in Canada from 1991 to 1996, and before that as the 34th mayor of BC's major city, Vancouver from 1980 to 1986....

. Their full titles list stands at over 2000, with 1000 active titles.

Parent company D&M Publishers bought New Society Publishers in 2008; New Society Publishers had its roots in the Movement for a New Society

Movement for a New Society

The Movement for a New Society was a U.S.-based network of social activists, committed to the principles of nonviolence, who played a key role in social movements of the 1970s and 80s....

. D&M's other imprint is Greystone Books.

External links

• Douglas & McIntyre corporate website
• Douglas & McIntyre author website for Barbara Hodgson
• A publisher who isn't waiting for a miracle BC Business 1991 profile of Douglas & McIntyre co-founder Scott McIntyre