About Boulder

Boulder Books is an independent Canadian book publishing company headquartered in Newfoundland & Labrador, with an office in Nova Scotia.

Since opening for business in 2002 Boulder has become a leading publisher of significant books, including field guides, historical works and fiction. In 2019 Saltwater Mittens from the Island of Newfoundland: More than 20 Heritage Designs to Knit won the 2019 Best Atlantic Published Book Award. In 2017, Newfoundland in the First World War, by Jenny Higgins won the Newfoundland and Labrador Book Award. In 2015, Perished: The 1914 Newfoundland Sealing Disaster, by Jenny Higgins won the Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing. In 2010, Boulder won the Best Atlantic-Published Book Award for Birds of Newfoundland: Field Guide by Ian Warkentin and Sandy Newton. Boulder’s reputation for publishing high quality works has been established by maintaining high standards in editing and book design.

By continuously improving the quality of our books, we hope to build an ever-growing base of readers for our authors. We acknowledge financial support of the Government of Canada. Also, we acknowledge financial support of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Industry and Innovation through the Publishers Assistance Program.