I was lucky enough to get to edit this - check it out for a fast-paced, pared-back roleplay experience.

Check out some How War v2 from @malcolmcraig.bsky.social and @handiworkgames.bsky.social When mysterious Border Science expert Kurt Langer goes missing from the camps, a fractious SIG team must find out what's happening - and take individual advantage... youtu.be/FF9Mrwf6OIU?...

Been sitting on this news for a while but my first book - a biography of the 1st century North African King Juba II - is out 6th August from @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social via their Torva imprint, and I have the great pleasure of showing off the cover! More info and preorder via the link in my bio.

We are at the Small Publishers Fair @conwayhall.bsky.social all day today! We’re here till 7pm, with freshly printed copies of Issue 17 on sale and special show offers too - so if you’re in London come and say hi @smallpublishers.bsky.social

Great to see my horror rpg Dead of Night get a mention in the latest Tabletop Magazine - thanks @giantbrain.co.uk! If Iain has piqued your interest, you can grab your own copy here: steampowerpublishing.com/dead-of-night/

Who and What is the Serve It Forth Food History Festival? Check our videos! youtube.com/@serveitfort...

Come see this face in person this Saturday!

"This is a Classicists List not a political one." A field of study is doomed when it surrenders its claim to be relevant to the real world, to how we live our lives in relation to other human beings, & cultivate mutual understanding. Isn't that the very point of the humanities?

Over on our Substack today, the inestimable @jarredmcginnis.bsky.social picks the books that inspire his own writing, books that push the form of nonfiction and memoir - from Hong Kingston to Harry Crews. hinterlandnonfiction.substack.com/p/the-non-fi...

Join us for our new workshop, First Steps in Writing Creative Non-Fiction, in person in Norwich on 12th July. We can’t wait to meet you and share what we’ve learned from writing, editing, publishing and talking about creative non-fiction over the last 6 years www.eventbrite.com/e/hinterland...

Another thing I’m doing (it’s going to be a busy ol summer!) is running this nonfiction writing workshop for beginners, in the newly renovated Carrow House here in Norwich. Come join me!

One of the questions I’m asked most is about feedback and mentorship for nonfiction writers - well, I’m offering a new service via Hinterland. So, if you’re a nonfiction writer in need of a close read of your manuscript or in search of a mentor to help develop your writing, check it out.

One of the questions I’m asked most is about feedback and mentorship for nonfiction writers - well, I’m offering a new service via Hinterland. So, if you’re a nonfiction writer in need of a close read of your manuscript or in search of a mentor to help develop your writing, check it out.

There are now 1189 independent publishers and presses on the Independent Publisher website with at least one directory post being added a week I'll also be working on adding to this as much as possible this coming week #Booksky 💙📚 #publisher #IndiePublisher #IndiePresses www.indiepublishers.co.uk

Oh to be a tiny ibis leaning on an even tinier crouching baboon @sainsburycentre.bsky.social

Look what’s just arrived! Subscribers and preorder customers - keep an eye on your letter boxes! Everyone else: you can still order a copy here www.hinterlandnonfiction.com/shop/issue-1...

Still exciting when the proofs for a new issue arrives, even 16 issues on…

Pleased to say that our latest is up for preorder… if you like nonfiction (especially travel writing) please do check it out - it’s something quite special.

Final draft of my first book has been submitted, so the out of office reply is on!

Or this very elegant one from Djemila in Algeria #octopus #mosaicmonday

Absolutely disgrace. Years of trying to lock kids up for Napster, discontinuing movies because of music rights, YOU WOULDN'T STEAL A CAR promo bullsh*t and they're ready to give it ALL away to big tech billionaires

Like many historians I went to see Gladiator II and had some opinions…

He's hiring a ship He's packing his cloak He's moving to England To follow some bloke Dracula is coming to town

Sneaking in this lil guy from Djemila, Algeria for #mosaicmonday

I’m gonna be a rebel and post two.

For those of you wanting to catch a rare sighting of me in person…

"University should be concerned with encouraging rational inquiry and the free play of the intellect; it is not about the creation of useful drones and it’s unfortunate that tuition fees have made the experience to some degree transactional."

This chimes closely with my thoughts too. Essential reading.

Spent my last day in Algeria exploring its third city, Constantine, which is built atop rocky promontories linked by 8 bridges. Breathtaking. That’s it, that’s the end of my Algerian photos! Such an amazing trip, and at least some of it will make it into the book!

Last day of ruins today: Timgad, the Roman city of Thamugadi, up on the high plateau and so well preserved; the Medrecen, the tomb of a Numidian king, as featured on the 2000 dinar note; and the Tomb of Massinissa, in the foothills above Constantine (his old capital of Cirta).

Another day another ruined Roman city - this time Djemila, up in the hills west of Constantine. Wonderful.

Tipaza, Cherchell and the Royal Tomb of Mauretania - I’ve waited 4 1/2 years to visit here, finally made it!

Off on a long-awaited adventure. First day in Algeria.

As a veteran, I like to take this day as an opportunity to remember that one of the worst things about a war is the suffering that continues after its end. Here are four memoirs of women who dealt with the aftermath of World War Two. neglectedbooks.com/?...

Hello new followers! I’m a nonfiction writer, editor and lecturer who teaches at UEA and Cambridge on the same. I mostly write about Romans and I’m the editor of the nonfiction journal Hinterland. Once upon a time I designed the rpg Dead of Night and edited White Dwarf, and still paint Warhammer.

You can still grab a copy here, (maybe) just in time for Halloween: steampowerpublishing.com/dead-of-night/

Thrilled to be shortlisted for the Tony Lothian Prize for best unpublished biography, for my biography of Juba II - alongside some other great projects! thebiographersclub.com/the-tony-lot...

Better late than never, I guess, but I wrote an article about this whole Elagabalus business over at the Conversation theconversation.com/museum-class...

Pleased to say that Hinterland is open again for nonfiction submissions - of any genre of nonfiction, up to 5000 words in length, and we pay for everything we publish! Check out our new guidelines and submit here: hinterlandnonfiction.submittable.com/submit

It’s me, talking about myself in the 3rd person. Inventory is very good though, and I’m teaching it to the MA Nonfiction lot at UEA in a couple of weeks too.

Games designer Archaeologist Dairy worker IT helpdesk assistant Sub-editor Archivist

Hello world. Isn’t that how you’re meant to announce your presence?