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UPCOMING BOOKS

TWICE TORPEDOED - A New Zealand Merchant Mariner's 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.

PUBLISHING SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2025.

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EACH A GLIMPSE - WELLINGTON RAILWAY STATION

Bruce Foster PhotographerIn 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 Westra, Daley, and more. Redmer Yska's historical introduction. Publishing mid-2025.

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PUBLISHING NOVEMBER 2025

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Wellington Railway Station

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, those unable to travel to these parts, what they mean by 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. We can let them speak.

Publishing 2026, large format, coffee table style, hardcover.

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TAILINGS COVER
Snowy mountain and clouds South Island NZ, featured in Tailings book
Snowy Landscape South Island NZ, featured in Tailings book
Snow on the ground and outside chairs featured in Tailings book
NZ landscape featured in Tailings book
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