Hancock House Publishers, Ltd, was incorporated in 1975. Since that time, it has established itself as one of British Columbia’s longest running, independent, small publishers. Since its inception by David Hancock, Hancock House has focused on a regional specific genre, tailoring to the Pacific Northwest market, specifically northern California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Yukon, The Northwest Territories and Alaska. While incorporated in 1975, David Hancock published his first book in 1970, thus celebrating 50 years of book publishing Canadian content in British Columbia in 2020.
Hancock House and our authors have covered a variety of topics, ranging from natural history, Indigenous art and culture, Canadian history, poetry and literary works, cryptozoology, academic and educational textbooks, and children’s titles. Somewhat unique to our industry, Hancock House undertakes its own distribution throughout the US and Canada from its own independently managed warehouses in both British Columbia and Washington but maintain international partners for overseas distribution.
Our publishing mandate is to help develop and distribute Canadian voices, particularly those of western Canada, including those of our local Halkomelem Indigenous Peoples who’s unceded territories our offices reside upon. Having a long history of Indigenous content, including the likes of the late Chief Dan George of the Squamish Nation, we hope to expand and improve upon our former works relating to Indigenous art, culture and history and have also expanded our genres to include non-binary authors for the first time.
We additionally believe strongly in topics contributing to environmental protection and awareness and the education of the next generation of British Columbian voices.