Andrew Kenrick
@andrewkenrick
Former editor of White Dwarf, current editor of @hinterlandnf.bsky.social. Life writing PhD from UEA. Mostly writing about Romans. REX JUBA, out 2026 from Torva.
Surreal moment today when that thing you’ve spent years typing and writing on a screen and in notebooks turns out to be an actual printed book! Amazing. And if you want one too, there’s a link to preorder Rex Juba in both print, ebook and now audio versions in my bio!
A proper pinch-me moment this week as Rex Juba was turned into an audio book, narrated by the lovely Sebastian Humphreys, whose voice you might recognise as the narrator of Madeline E Miller’s Circe amongst other things. Here he is, pronouncing yet another difficult Roman name!
If you pardon the pun, I can’t wait to dig into this over the weekend!
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.
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/
Oh to be a tiny ibis leaning on an even tinier crouching baboon @sainsburycentre.bsky.social
Yeh @garfytop.bsky.social’s look amazing! I went for tiny Blood Angels instead…
Or this very elegant one from Djemila in Algeria #octopus #mosaicmonday
The (now closed) Sir Colin Campbell down at Gloucester Docks. Always reliable for a late night lock in or an underaged pint.
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!
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...
Marina Warner’s Inventory of a Life Mislaid, ahead of teaching KT in class next week. The writing is gorgeous.