Hinterland Online: First Steps in Writing Creative Non-fiction

Join Hinterland, the magazine of new creative non-fiction, for an event aimed at newcomers to writing non-fiction.

Join founding editor, author and teacher Dr Andrew Kenrick online for a one-day introduction to the principles of writing from life. Don't miss the oportunity to meet other writers at the start of their journeys for a morning of expert guidance and insight and an afternoon of structured exercises for you to try your hand at the genre. You'll finish the day full of ideas and inspiration, and with material you can continue to work on.

Two full bursaries are available. Please email hinterlandnonfiction@gmail.com for more information.

Saturday 10th January 2026

Timetable

10am-12noon Introduction to the principles of writing non-fiction with Andrew Kenrick

12noon-12.30pm Lunch break

12.30pm-2.30pm Guided writing exercises to try different approaches and start developing your ideas

About Andrew

Andrew Kenrick is a publisher, editor and writer, and is the founder of non-fiction magazine, Hinterland. He holds a PhD in Life Writing from the University of East Anglia. He teaches creative non-fiction, biography and publishing at UEA and the University of Cambridge. His first biography, an object-based biography of the first century North African king, Juba II of Mauretania, is forthcoming from Penguin Random House.

Find out more about Hinterland on our website and Instagram, or take a look and sign up to our Substack. For in-depth support of your writing project, you can also check out our mentoring programme.