Fitzhenry & Whiteside
| 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) |
| Publication types | Books |
| Imprints | Red Deer Press Fifth House Books Whitecap Books |
| Official website | www |
Fitzhenry & Whiteside is a Canadian book publishing and distribution company, located in Leaside, Ontario. It publishes trade titles in children's and young adult fiction, textbooks, reference, history, biography, photography, sports and poetry.
The company was founded in 1966 by two former employees of other publishing houses: Robert I. Fitzhenry and Cecil L. Whiteside. It began as a distributor in Canada for American publishers such as Harper & Row, then started publishing reference works and nonfiction. Their lineup still includes such titles as The Fitzhenry and Whiteside Book of Canadian Facts and Dates. 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. The company is privately owned by the Fitzhenry family.
Authors published with Fitzhenry & Whiteside include Bernice Thurman Hunter (The Girls They Left Behind; Red Maple Award shortlist 2007), Ian Krykorka and Kari-Lynn Winters (Gift Days, Buzz about Bees).