BRP Publishing Group

BRP Publishing Group

The BRP Publishing Group is a Washington State non-profit publisher of books and eBooks. We are located in the greater Portland/Vancouver metropolitan area, which is a hub of thriving independent publishers and related venues, including:

We publish our titles using three imprints, which are:

  • Barking Rain Press — Novel and novella-length trade paperbacks, eBooks and hardcover editions of contemporary literature and fiction in a wide variety of genres;
  • Nitis Books — Non-fiction books and eBooks (coming soon)
  • Virtual Tales — Short fiction and collections of short fiction, sold only in eFormats (coming soon)

Executive Directors

Karen Hansen
Karen Hansen

KAREN HANSEN is the CEO for Hansen Sales Consultants, a privately held sales consulting organization that specializes in helping small to medium-sized companies in the gift, home décor, fashion accessories, jewelry, cosmetics, bath and body, and fashion industries launch and grow their business lines. Continue reading

Sheri Gormley
Sheri Gormley

SHERI GORMLEY is the President & Executive Director of the BRP Publishing Group and has been actively involved in fiction publishing since 2004. Sheri was one of the founding general partners of Virtual Tales, which published dozens of books and eBooks before it was reorganized as one of the imprints of the BRP Publishing Group in September 2011. Continue reading

Ti Locke
Ti Locke

TI LOCKE is the Director of Acquisitions for Barking Rain Press and a member of the Executive Committee. Ms. Locke is responsible for qualifying new manuscripts, assigning them to Editor review groups for evaluation and presenting those manuscripts best suited for publication to the Executive Committee. Continue reading