The magazine for new creative non-fiction
Issue
18
With new writing from Kirsty Loehr.
In Conversation with Sabrin Hasbun.
The pieces in this special issue all concern nurture in the human realm: what it is to take care of, feed, and protect young humans; and what effects different levels of nurture can have on a person.
When: first/second Wed month (see below) 6.30-9.30pm
9th September, 7th October, 11th November, 9th December, 6th January, 3rd February,
Where: Online (GMT)
A monthly writing group for writers working on all forms of creative non-fiction, from biography and memoir to essay and family history, providing thoughtful feedback for works in progress, structure and a sense of community. Each month, participants will share drafts with one another, read closely and offer considered critique, with an emphasis on craft rather than correction.
The group is intentionally small (max 6 participants). Sessions are conversation-led rather than taught, facillitated by an experience creative writing tutor (Dr Andrew Kenrick) and grounded in generosity, attention and shared responsibility. This is a space for work that is unfinished, uncertain and evolving — where questions of voice, structure, ethics and intention can be explored through the work itself.
Participants are expected to read one another’s work carefully and contribute actively to discussion. In return, you’ll receive detailed, thoughtful responses to your own writing at least three times during the course, and the rare opportunity to think alongside others who take the work seriously.
Course Overview
6x monthly sessions to share, critique and comment on work in progress
Small group size (5-6 writers + tutor)
3x opportunities to submit your work throughout the course (on up 5000 words of material)
Exclusively non-fiction focused
When: Thursday evenings, 6.30-9.30pm
17 September-22 October
Where: Online (GMT)
Join Dr Andrew Kenrick, the founding editor of Hinterland, and build a strong foundation of craft as you begin your writing journey.
Each week, Andrew will use his experience of writing, editing and publishing to guide you step-by-step through the creative process – from generating ideas and researching your subject, to structuring and polishing your text. You’ll read classic and cutting-edge texts, and put your new skills into practice. In the second half of the class, you will have the opportunity to share and discuss your own work, building critical skills and learning from your writing community.
Two full bursaries are available. Please email hinterlandnonfiction@gmail.com for more information.
Please note, this course requires around 10-12 pages of advance reading each week, as well as reading fellow students’ work circulated in advance of each class.
See below for the full course programme.
Lorna Sage’s Bad Blood
The Spring 2021 issue of Hinterland celebrated a work seminal to the genre of life writing: Lorna Sage’s Bad Blood, with a collection of exclusive-to-Hinterland pieces by Christopher Bigsby, Victor Sage and Sharon Tolaini-Sage, with a foreword by Kathryn Hughes, that illuminate and respond to the legacy of Sage’s memoir, now entering its third decade of continuous publication.
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The pieces in this special issue all concern nurture in the human realm: what it is to take care of, feed, and protect young humans; and what effects different levels of nurture can have on a person. This issue’s authors explore nurture across distance, in hospitals, in the close confines of a nursing chair. The nurturers within are variously male, female, queer, cloying, cruel, caring, carefree. Some find unexpected sources of nurture, beyond designated parental figures. Others look at what it is to crave the ability to nurture, and to be left unfulfilled.
Featuring writing by Marguerite Bunce, Oyéshiku Carr, Feline Charpentier, Meghan Flaherty, Molly Gunzinger Janz, Grace Halden, Sabrin Hasbun, Stan J Wild, Christie Jones, Elaine Lambie, Kirsty Loehr and Ceri Morgan.
Cover art by Elaine Nason.
178 pages, full-colour, softback.
ISBN: 978-1-0666406-0-7
ISSN: 2632-136X
Publication Date: Out Now