Formac Publishing Company specializes in books about Canada’s Maritime provinces, by Maritime authors.
07/08/2025
Well, it's finally that time of year. Prime Day(s) have begun. While you take your time browsing through the selections that Amazon offers, we ask that you take some time to consider shopping local. Across Canada there are many wonderful bookstores and gift shops that are proudly selling Canadian products from books, maps, gifts, toys, art!
It's been said before, but the world needs a little more Canada!
Looking for a list of Independent Bookstores in Nova Scotia? We've got you covered.
Explore Canada's diverse indie bookstores on our map. Find your next literary adventure today!
06/20/2025
Tomorrow is the day we recognise and celebrate the cultures and contributions of the First Nations, Inuit, and Metis Indigenous peoples of Canada. Formac is happy to uplift, celebrate and share the beautiful work within these three titles. ⠀
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📖 Mi’kmaw Moons (a board book) - Loretta Gould⠀
📖 Mi’kmaw Moons: The Seasons in Mi’kma’ki - Cathy LeBlanc, David Chapman & artwork by Loretta Gould⠀
📖 Animals at Play in Mi’kma’ki - Mel Beaulieu⠀
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06/19/2025
Who doesn’t love some fishcakes? Yum!
More goodness! 💕🇨🇦📚🎣🐟
Our new Ocean Boards by Eveline charcuterie slate board displays 'East Coast Favourite Fishcakes: Plus baked beans and other great accompaniments' & 'Lighthouse' Swedish dishtowel & butter knife set.
"With 30 fishcake recipes and over 30 baked bean, pickles, salsas and salad accompaniments, East Coast Favourite Fishcakes offers many different takes on this classic dish. As well as traditional favourites, there are imaginative recipes for lobster, crab and shrimp cakes.
Tasty accompaniments are key to delicious fishcakes, and you?ll find recipes for classic baked beans plus colourful salsas and many different chutneys and pickles.
This book makes it easy to enjoy one of the signature dishes of Canada's east coast."
Visit us in person or online at tidewaterbooks.ca 💕🇨🇦📚
Formac Publishing
06/13/2025
06/11/2025
Another visitor to the office today to show their love of books!
06/10/2025
Thanks for the recommendation, Harvey and Julia!
Andre Fenton
06/09/2025
Need some inspiration for a gift for that special Dad in your life? Why not choose one of our many titles that any Dad would love?
05/07/2025
06/21/2024
This National Indigenous Peoples Day, pre-order Mi’kmaw Elder Ellen Hunt's riveting memoir, chronicling her childhood in a Newfoundland Mi'kmaw community to her present-day activist work. For over twenty years, Hunt has been identifying, researching and fighting to protect Mi’kmaw burial sites in Nova Scotia which have long been forgotten, neglected and destroyed. Coming to book stores near you, October 2024!
06/14/2024
Celebrate by poring over the exquisite work of nine contemporary Mi’kmaw artists in this beautiful collection edited by Shalan Joudry. Featuring stunning colour photographs by Muwin Made, the book explores the tradition of Mi’kmaw basketry and the unique practices of the individual artists.
06/06/2024
To Commemorate , relive the events that forever changed the course of World War II through Cynthia J. Faryon's illustrated history. The book features more than 50 visuals including maps, operational plans, photographs and war art related to the incredible stories of our unsung heroes. Click the link below to find out more.
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Our mandate at Formac Publishing is to publish books about Canada’s Maritime provinces or by Maritime Canadian authors. We’re publishing for readers in the Maritimes, and beyond.
The Maritimes have a diverse and rich history, as most Canadians know. We’ve found many authors and many subjects which lend themselves to books for general readers. On this site you’ll find all the subjects you’d expect – Oak Island, Titanic, the Halifax Explosion – treated in interesting new ways. But you’ll also discover books on many other subjects that are equally fascinating. Check out Jerry Lockett’s recent and award-winning biography of the great British sailor/explorer Captain James Cook.
Our children’s list has a national, not so much a regional, aim. Our speciality has been books for children who are starting off with independent reading. We’ve published more than 100 titles of this kind, embracing writers from across Canada and including a large contingent of Quebec authors whose books we’ve translated. We’ve worked in some other areas too, including nature activity books and fun non-fiction historical titles.
One strong thread in the unique culture of the Maritime provinces is its culinary and food production heritage. We’ve celebrated that with many titles featuring recipes developed by the region’s best chefs and cooks, and we took some of the best ideas – fishcakes, anyone? – across Canada with collections of recipes from chefs across the country. One of our Nova Scotia authors pointed us in the direction of healthy cookbooks, and that’s led us to develop special strength in cookbooks that explore the appeal and benefits of low-salt cooking. Another Nova Scotia author, chef Craig Flinn, has taken local food in another direction with a series of successful cookbooks that feature fresh healthy recipes using local food – in Nova Scotia, but also across the country.
Formac is not the biggest regional publisher in the Maritimes, but we aim to produce the most beautiful, most innovative, most challenging, most technologically sophisticated books coming out of the region. We’re on the leading edge with our website, with our ebooks, with the information we’re providing to internet bookstores. We’re using world-class software to manage our inventory and sell our books. If you see something here that interests you, you can order it direct from us. We’ll ship it to you within one business day. And if you want to talk to us to order our books, or follow up on an order, you can call us and we’ll answer the phone. For customer service, the contact is Danny Price at (902) 421-7022 or [email protected]. For the rest of us, see the contact page so you know who to call and how to get in touch.
If you are a writer with an idea – or a manuscript – that you think fits our mandate, get in touch. If you’re a reader and you read one of our books, use the website to let us know how you like it.
