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| Parent company | Sutherland House |
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| Founded | 1966 |
| Founders | Robert I. Fitzhenry and Cecil L. Whiteside |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Headquarters location | Leaside, Ontario Toronto, Ontario |
| Distribution | self-distributed (Canada) Firefly Books Ltd (distributing for United States)[1] |
| Publication types | Books |
| Imprints | Red Deer Press Fifth House Books Whitecap Books |
| Official website | www |
Fitzhenry & Whiteside, nicknamed Fitz & Witz, is a Canadianbook publishing and distribution company, located inLeaside, Ontario. It publishestrade titles in children's and young adult fiction, textbooks, reference, history, biography, photography, sports and poetry.[2]
Authors published with Fitzhenry & Whiteside includeBernice Thurman Hunter (The Girls They Left Behind;Red Maple Award shortlist 2007),[3][4]Ian Krykorka andKari-Lynn Winters (Gift Days,Buzz about Bees).[5][6]
In 2025, Fitzhenry & Whiteside was acquited byKen Whyte's Sutherland House.[7]
The company was founded in 1966 by two former employees of other publishing houses: Robert I. Fitzhenry and Cecil L. Whiteside.[2][8] It began as a distributor in Canada for American publishers such asHarper & Row andHenry Holt and Company, then started publishing reference works and nonfiction.[8] Their lineup still includes such titles asThe Fitzhenry and Whiteside Book of Canadian Facts and Dates.[2] In the 1990s and 2000s, the company bought several other Canadian publishers, including Fifth House, Trifolium Books, Stoddart Kids,Red Deer Press, and Whitecap Books expanding their repertoire to include children's fiction, science fiction, and cookbooks.[8] By 1996, Fitzhenry and Whiteside had retired from the company, which was inherited by the Fitzhenry family.[8]
Six Fitzhenry & Whiteside titles have wonGovernor General's Literary Awards:
In addition, the company's books and authors have been finalists for the Governor General's Award, and have collected manyother awards over the years.[8]
Fifth House is a Canadian book publishing company, located inLeaside, Ontario, and a subsidiary of Fitzhenry & Whiteside. It publishestrade titles in history, native studies, photography, science & nature, and social science.[12]
Fifth House has won Alberta Publisher of the Year two years running in 2007 and 2008.[13]
Fifth House books have won many Saskatchewan and Alberta Book prizes and awards from theCanadian Authors Association as well as two gold awards from Cuisine Canada forHigh Plains: The Joy of Alberta Cuisine by Cinda Chavich.[14]
Two titles, Lisa Christensen'sA Hiker’s Guide to Art in the Canadian Rockies andBrian Brennan’sScoundrels & Scallywags, have been shortlisted for the Grant MacEwan Literary Award, and in 2004 Brennan became the first recipient of the Dave Greber Award for freelance writing forRomancing the Rockies.[15]
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