James’ first book Fire Storm & Flood: the Violence of Climate Change was published by Bloomsbury imprint Head of Zeus, in 2021. The project was commissioned and managed by Unipress Books.
Synopsis An unflinching photographic record of the epic effects of a violent climate, from the earliest extinction events to the present. Violent geologic events have ravaged the Earth since time began, spanning the vast eons of our planet’s existence. These seismic phenomena have scored their marks in rock strata and been reflected in fossil records for future humanity to excavate and ponder. For most of the preceeding 78,000 years Homo sapiens simply observed natural climate upheaval. One hundred years ago, however, industrialization stunningly changed the rules, so that now most climate change is driven by us.
James’ second book will be for Bristol University Press and will explore the idea that humans have built a civilisation that is potentially beyond our control. It will develop some of the ideas proposed in James’ long read article co-published by The Conversation and The Independent, We’ve created a civilisation hell-bent on destroying itself.