NEWER BOOKS
TWICE TORPEDOED - A New Zealand Merchant Mariner's Heroic War
Colin Carruthers
40,000 Merchant Marine volunteers lost their lives in the two World Wars - 27-year-old Colin Watt from Mangere was a German POW, rescued, then torpedoed off Long Island, New York, by a German U-boat. His namesake and nephew, Colin Carruthers, tells his story through rescued letters and journals.
PUBLISHED JANUARY 2026.
9781738583645
EACH A GLIMPSE - WELLINGTON RAILWAY STATION
Bruce Foster Photographer In its 100 years of existence, this temple to transport has never had a publication dedicated to its singular glory - until now. Bruce Foster's contemporary images, with historic images from Ans Westra. Redmer Yska's historical introduction. Design Neil Pardington.
PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 2026
9781738583621
TAILINGS - MEDITATIONS ON CENTRAL OTAGO
Bruce Foster and Greg O'Brien
For some years good friends Bruce Foster, photographer, and Greg O'Brien, writer and poet, have worked together on a book on the beauty of Central Otago, and their determination to ensure this wild and precious landscape is never lost to urbanisation and/or industrialisation. Or, for that matter, agriculture. How? One way is to show a wide audience the importance of preserving this area. We can do this by using our own tools - taking images, and writing words. The pen (and the camera) is mightier than the sword; let them speak.
Publishing EARLY 2027, large format, coffee table style, hardcover.
9781738583683
PROWL AND SEEK, MEMOIR OF A BUSKER
John G Davies
15 towns, 19 days, 45 hours singing. John shouldered his Alhambra guitar and drove south from Auckland to Whanganui; west from, Tauranga to New Plymouth, busking. Davies - actor, writer, theatre director, teacher, and international busker - seized an opportunity in 2022 to find his own story in struggling Aotearoa. His perception and memoir bring context to land thefts and struggles, but also hope for future recovery through perseverance and aroha. An anonymous busker bringing his simple gift.
Publishing late 2026, soft cover with flaps, illustrated
9781067086534
