To mark the release of his new book, Bounty, published by MACK, Steve McQueen will be in conversation with writer and critic Paul Gilroy at The London Library, on Wednesday 22 April.

Published alongside McQueen’s solo exhibition, Atlas, at De Pont Museum, Tilburg (21 March–30 August 2026) the book develops McQueen’s exploration of colonial history and its legacy through photographs of Grenada’s flora. Taken on a trip to the island in the summer of 2024, these images reckon with the connections between landscape and historical trauma, studying Grenada’s plant life as permanent markers of beauty in a land ravaged by exploitation. Taking as his touchpoint the late Saint Lucian poet Derek Walcott’s elegy to his mother, ‘The Bounty’, McQueen’s project adopts a similarly poetic sensibility, attuned to the resilience of the island’s landscape and the dualities of the word ‘bounty’, which alludes to both the generosity of nature and the sum paid to slave catchers.

Organised by MACK in partnership with The London Library. Copies of Bounty by Steve McQueen will be available to buy at the event.

Bounty: Steve McQueen in conversation with Paul Gilroy

Wednesday 22 April 2026, 7–8pm

The London Library
14 St James’s Square
London
SW1Y 4LG

Tickets are available via The London Library website. For more information, and to book, click here.

Bounty by Steve McQueen is also available to purchase online, click here to visit the MACK website.