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May 7, 2019 · Founded in 1949 as a paperback reprinting company, Harlequin became a global success story and shaped a worldwide industry dedicated to satisfying women’s desire for romance. Progressive and innovative from the start, Harlequin earned a reputation for doing things first in the publishing industry.
Nov 9, 2023 · Nov 9, 2023 12:22 PM EST. Harlequin Books recently caused a stir with the announcement that they were “evolving” their long-running category romance line, “Harlequin Desire” after more than forty years. The Silhouette Desire line began in the early 1980s, part of Simon & Schuster’s Silhouette line of category romances.
May 7, 2019 · Harlequin was founded in 1949 in Winnipeg, Canada, by Richard H. G. Bonnycastle, a former Arctic explorer with the Hudson’s Bay Company. It started as a paperback reprinting company that published a few romance titles among an assortment of westerns, classics, detective stories and other books. In the decade that followed, Harlequindiscovered ...
Originally Harlequin published a variety of genres (not just romance) but in 1957, with book #407, they began reprinting romance novels by UK publisher Mills & Boon. Previously Harlequin had published some American romance writers like Peggy Gaddis (Peggy Dern) and Lucy Agnes Hancock, but the popularity of the Mills & Boon reprints caused ...
May 21, 2024 · Toronto, ON and New York, NY, May 21, 2024. The yearlong celebration honors Harlequin’s legacy as champions of the romance genre and debuts the brand’s bold new look. Harlequin, a leading publisher of commercial fiction and narrative nonfiction, is celebrating 75 years of romance. To date, the brand has published 40,000 happily-ever-afters ...
Feb 14, 2024 · Novelist Sarah J. Maas sits atop the ever-popular romantasy genre — a mix of fantasy and romance — that's dominating social media. With her new book House of Flame and Shadow, Heather O'Neill ...
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Oct 14, 2023 · Harlequin is a Canadian-based company that specializes in publishing romance novels. The company was founded in 1949 and quickly became one of the most popular publishers of romance novels in the world 6. Harlequin Romance novels are known for their focus on emotional depth and character development.
