Time & Tide: The Songs Of Big Big Train

Kingmaker Publishing is delighted to announce the publication of its next book. Time & Tide: The Songs Of Big Big Train by Andrew Wild and R. Douglas Helvering will be published on 11 September 2026. Following critically acclaimed Kingmaker books including Mario Giammetti's authoritative two volume history of Genesis and biography of Tony Banks, Joe Banks' peerless biography of Van der Graaf Generator leader Peter Hammill and candid autobiographies by Jakko Jakszyk (King Crimson) and Mark Kelly (Marillion), Time & Tide is the definitive exploration of Big Big Train's songs. Through exclusive interviews with past and present band members, rare archival material and illuminating musical analysis, authors Andrew Wild and R. Douglas Helvering uncover the origins and meaning behind each of the band's songs -- from tales of steam locomotives, lost rivers and ancient landscapes to reflections on love, identity, mortality and belonging.Time & Tide also opens the door to the band's creative