SSP Publications

SSP Publications is a small Canadian independent publishing house that specialises in non-fiction about Nova Scotia and the wider Atlantic Canada region. Its catalogue spans Maritime history, cookbooks, biography, historic architecture, guidebooks, art, photography and music, and it sells both directly to readers through its own online shop and through the book trade. The company describes itself as the successor to SS Publications (Ltd.), which first made its name with Atlantic Canadian golf guides, beginning with the Nova Scotia Golf Guide in 1995. SSP Publications itself began business in 2006 and has since broadened its publishing mandate well beyond sport. Much of the list is built around regional heritage and place. Best-selling and featured titles include The Historic Churches of Prince Edward Island, The Historic Architecture of Prince Edward Island (also issued in hardcover), The Historic Houses of Prince Edward Island, A Light in the Field: Lighthouses, Fishery Buildings, Barns & Mills of Prince Edward Island, A Wholesome Horror: Poor Houses in Nova Scotia, Images of the Keji Country, What Once Was Lost: The Blacksmith's Art in Nova Scotia, Finding Fortune: Documenting & Imagining the Life of Rose Fortune (1774–1864), Remembrance Road: A Canadian Photographer's Journey Through European Battlefields, Witnesses to a New Nation: 150 Buildings That Saw Canada's Confederation of 1867, and Through Rain, Sleet or Snow: Rural Mailboxes of Nova Scotia. Several of these are available as ebooks, and the house also publishes calendars and art cards. The publisher's stated mandate is to publish primarily non-fiction, with a particular emphasis on the substantial architectural histories of Prince Edward Island by H.M. Scott Smith, Garvie Samson's local history of River Bourgeois in Cape Breton and his biography of "Sister Annie", and Brenda Thompson's Finding Fortune and A Wholesome Horror. SSP has said it is also considering a biography, historical fiction and some art projects. Books are priced in Canadian dollars and shipped to Canada and the United States, with the online store quoting separate Canadian and US shipping rates. The company operates as a private, independent publisher rather than as part of a larger media group.

SSP Publications traces its origins to SS Publications (Ltd.), a Canadian publisher best known for Atlantic Canadian golf guides. SS Publications first released the Nova Scotia Golf Guide in 1995, which met with much acclaim and established the company's reputation in regional sports publishing. SSP Publications began business in 2006 as the successor to SS Publications (Ltd.), taking over and expanding the publishing programme. From its golf-guide roots, the house gradually broadened its list into a diverse selection of non-fiction. Its catalogue came to include books about Nova Scotia history, Prince Edward Island historic architecture, biographies, art books, calendars and other guidebooks. A significant part of the modern list is built on the architectural histories of Prince Edward Island by H.M. Scott Smith, including The Historic Churches of Prince Edward Island, The Historic Architecture of Prince Edward Island (issued in both paperback and hardcover) and The Historic Houses of Prince Edward Island, as well as A Light in the Field: Lighthouses, Fishery Buildings, Barns & Mills of Prince Edward Island. The publisher also developed a strong Nova Scotia and Cape Breton strand. This includes Garvie Samson's local history of River Bourgeois, Cape Breton, and his biography of "Sister Annie"; Brenda Thompson's Finding Fortune: Documenting & Imagining the Life of Rose Fortune (1774–1864) and A Wholesome Horror: Poor Houses in Nova Scotia; What Once Was Lost: The Blacksmith's Art in Nova Scotia; Images of the Keji Country; and Through Rain, Sleet or Snow: Rural Mailboxes of Nova Scotia. Wider Canadian and international themes appear in titles such as Witnesses to a New Nation: 150 Buildings That Saw Canada's Confederation of 1867 and Remembrance Road: A Canadian Photographer's Journey Through European Battlefields. SSP Publications has stated that it will continue its mandate to publish primarily non-fiction, while considering a biography, historical fiction and some art projects. It sells through its own online shop, priced in Canadian dollars with shipping to Canada and the United States, and has made selected titles available as ebooks. The company remains a small, independent, privately held publisher based in Nova Scotia.

• 2006

  SSP Publications begins business as the successor to SS Publications (Ltd.).

• 1995

  SS Publications (Ltd.) releases the Nova Scotia Golf Guide to much acclaim.

Independent regional non-fiction publisher focused on Nova Scotia and Atlantic Canada heritage, history and culture.

• The Historic Churches of Prince Edward Island

• The Historic Architecture of Prince Edward Island

• The Historic Houses of Prince Edward Island

• A Light in the Field: Lighthouses, Fishery Buildings, Barns & Mills of Prince Edward Island

• A Wholesome Horror: Poor Houses in Nova Scotia

• Images of the Keji Country

• What Once Was Lost: The Blacksmith's Art in Nova Scotia

• Finding Fortune: Documenting & Imagining the Life of Rose Fortune (1774-1864)

• Remembrance Road: A Canadian Photographer's Journey Through European Battlefields

• Poems and Lyrics by a Super-Centenarian

• Witnesses to a New Nation: 150 Buildings That Saw Canada's Confederation of 1867

• Through Rain, Sleet or Snow: Rural Mailboxes of Nova Scotia

• Art Cards – New Edition! by Lynda Shalagan

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2. 2History – SSP Publicationssspub.ca
3. 3About us – SSP Publicationssspub.ca
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