Megan Holland (The Snake Pass) writes across multiple genres and platforms. A short story, The Coalman, raised funds for the homeless charity Barnabus; while her novel The Last Picture House was selected for the Penguin Random House initiative Writenow. Resistance, a play, was performed at Oldham Coliseum Theatre as part of the First Break festival and another short story, Date Night, won the Creative Future Literary Awards 2017. Megan is also being mentored by the LGBTQ initiative Raising Our Voices.

Megan's work appears in Issue 3 of Hinterland. Click here to buy a copy.

Helen James (Cullerfornia) began her career as a photographer in the North West of England before working as an educator at the National Portrait Gallery, Open Eye Gallery and Photoworks. She currently works as an associate lecturer at the University of Westminster, where she teaches ‘writing photography.’ Helen’s own writing focuses on the interplay of words and images; and often responds to the landscapes that have featured as backdrops in her life. Her son Calumn James is a surfer and maker of wooden things based in North Shields.

Helen's work appears in Issue 1 of Hinterland. Click here to buy a copy.