The Amazon in Times of War Book Launch

Join us for a photography exhibition, a presentation of the brand-new book and a panel discussion on amplifying Amazonian voices and supporting the region and its inhabitants internationally.

Researcher, writer, and documentary filmmaker Marcos Colón will present his new book The Amazon in Times of War through an introduction and a photography exhibition; he'll join Ali Rocha of Brazil Matters and Vanessa Gabriel of Kayeb for a panel discussion and will be around to chat and sign books.

Drinks are available at the bar and books are available for purchase and signing with a 20% discount off the cover price.

Saturday 19 October from 2pm.

£5 general entry

Kids are welcome.

N.B. If the ticket cost is holding you back, please reach out. We’ll do our best to work something out so you can join us.

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About the book:

The Amazon in Times of War is a collection of essays featuring first-hand accounts that detail physical assaults, economic and institutional harm against the ‘lungs of the earth’, the Amazon region.

The essays traverse diverse themes while adhering to a chronological sequence, zeroing in on a pivotal period commencing in 2018 when Jair Bolsonaro assumed the presidency of an already fragmented nation. His calculated political agenda aimed at the obliteration of the world’s largest biome and its peoples, which encompasses nine South American nations. Marcos Colón denounces this destruction and calls for the protection of the rainforest and its inhabitants.

“A powerful call for humanity to heed the voices of Indigenous peoples in the Amazon, to learn from them, and to act now.”
Fiona Watson, Campaigns Director, Survival International

The Amazon in Times of War is published by Latin America Bureau and Practical Action Publishing.

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Latin America Bureau is a multimedia publisher focused on social and environmental justice in Latin America.
Kayeb was born to change narratives about Amazonia and its communities bringing a Global South perspective.
Brazil Matters is a local, non-partisan group raising awareness of Brazilian issues and promoting the rights and fights of Women, Workers, Black, Indigenous and LGBT+ in Brazil.
Survival International is a human rights organisation and London-based charity that campaigns for the rights of Indigenous and/or tribal peoples and uncontacted peoples.

Marcos Colón is the Southwest Borderlands Initiative Professor of Media and Indigenous Communities at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. His research focuses on Brazilian literary and cultural studies, with a particular emphasis on the Amazon, Indigenous studies, and representations of natureculture in documentary film and world cinema. In addition to his academic role, he is a journalist whose articles have been featured in the Jornal Público, Folha de São Paulo, Revista Piauí, Le Club de Mediapart, Havard Review of Latin America, Latin America Bureau, El País and other outlets. He has also produced and directed two feature documentary films that represent diverse perspectives on humanity’s complex relations with the natural world: Beyond Fordlândia (2018) and Stepping Softly on the Earth (2022). He is the editor and founder of Amazônia Latitude, a digital environmental magazine.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Candid Arts Trust., 3 Torrens Street, London, United Kingdom