LAB News

The Amazon has finally become political news. This outstanding collection shows why.Mark Harris, University of Adelaide/University of St Andrews LAB is excited to announce that on 8 October we will release our latest title in partnership with Practical Action Publishing: The Amazon in Times of War by Marcos Colón. Read on for details about the book and the author's UK book tour, including a launch event in London on Saturday 19 October. The Amazon in Times of War is a collection of essays featuring first-hand accounts that detail physical assaults and economic and institutional harm against the ‘lungs of the earth’, the...

Congratulations to Tom Gatehouse for winning a #PENTranslates award from English PEN to translate Bernardo Kucinski's part political essay, part ghost story 'The Congress of the Disappeared' from the Portuguese into English.

LAB had a busy 2023... We published articles on COP28, memory and Milei, the rise of narcomining in Ecuador, Indigenous beekeeping in Mexico, water defenders, the Rights of Nature, The Amazon Summit, democracy in Guatemala, Brazilian women in London's delivery sector, domestic workers, saving Yasuní, and surviving the Darién Gap. 'Crossed Off the Map' by Shafik Meghji fast became one of LAB’s best-selling books. It was shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year, the British Guild of Travel Writers Narrative Travel Book of the Year, and the Great Outdoors Book of the Year. 'The Heart of Our Earth' by Tom Gatehouse featured on the London...

New books, international translations, a documentary film, photobook, events, article series and social media – click through to read about LAB's incredible achievements and performance in the last couple of years.

New book Women Resisting Violence: Voices and Experiences from Latin America explores women’s inspirational strategies for tackling growing gender-based violence.