New Vintage imprint Fern Press to publish 'urgent and devastating' book on Gaza by Eyal Weizman

New Vintage imprint Fern Press is set to publish an "urgent and devastating" book on Gaza by director of Forensic Architecture Eyal Weizman.

World all-language rights to Ungrounding were bought from Chris Wellbelove at Aitken Alexander Associates, for publication in October 2025. International rights have sold to the US (Penguin Press), Brazil (Companhia Das Letras), France (Editions Stock), Italy (Rizzoli Libri), Portugal (PRH Grupo Editorial Portugal), Spain (PRH Spain, Debate) and in the Arabic language (Nabu Publishers).

Weizman is professor of spatial and visual cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London, where he directs Forensic Architecture, a multidisciplinary research group that uses architectural techniques and technologies to investigate cases of state violence and violations of human rights around the world. He uses his knowledge in the book to "offer a unique perspective on the war in and around Gaza" and how "a spatial, architectural perspective is essential to understanding the historical and geographic context of 7th October".

The synopsis states: "Territory is never just a neutral backdrop nor the location within which a conflict takes place. Rather, it is the mechanism by which it is fought. Ungrounding is an extraordinary and eye-opening journey through the ‘deep cartography’ of the Israel–Hamas war: from Gaza’s subterranean tunnels, some 50 metres under the surface, through its buried architecture to the terrain’s surface, with its fences, walls, refugee camps and settlements, up to the militarised airspace overhead."

A spokesperson for Fern Press said: "Eyal Weizman and his dedicated team at Forensic Architecture work with groundbreaking expertise and painstaking precision to irrefutably expose human rights violations around the world. Ungrounding is a testament to their uncompromising work and spirit, while bringing a clear-sighted focus to the war in Gaza and its historical context. This is a deeply humane book that demands a new type of imagination, going where most eyes and aerial surveillance cannot go, and one that will radically change the way we understand this devastating conflict."