Hamish Hamilton swoops for Goffe's 'revelatory' work on racism and climate catastrophe

Hamish Hamilton has signed a “revelatory” work on the interconnected nature of racism and the climate catastrophe by Dr Tao Leigh Goffe. 

Hannah Chukwu, editor, acquired UK and commonwealth rights to After Eden from Rebecca Carter at Janklow & Nesbit. US rights have been sold to Thomas Gebremedhin at Doubleday and the book will be published in autumn 2024. 

After Eden focuses on the colonisation of the Caribbean and explores the way it has been viewed by the west as both an Eden-like paradise and as a dark laboratory for experimentation.  

Chukwu said: “After Eden is a truly revelatory project. Uncovering the entangled nature of the climate crisis and racism crisis is ethically and politically vital. The cultural discourse has long been missing a book like this, and After Eden marks a significant breakthrough in the conversation. We are delighted to be publishing this book at Hamish Hamilton – Tao is a visionary, and I know that After Eden will be an unmissable work.” 

Goffe added: “The climate crisis is also a racial crisis, one that began in 1492 with Columbus in the Caribbean. Researching the origins of natural history and the plantation, I am excited to tell an urgent story about how Eden is not lost yet if we are willing to learn lessons from flora and fauna across the islands about climate repair and regeneration.”