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Ailsa Holland Author

Jo Bell is a poet and writer based in Cheshire. Her first career was as an archaeologist, specialising in industrial remains, and recording sites in Turkey first surveyed by Gertrude Bell. Tania Hershman is a poet and writer based in Manchester. A former science journalist, she is the author of three short story collections, three books of poetry and a hybrid book, and co-author of Writing Short Stories: A Writers' & Artists' Companion. Ailsa Holland is a poet, artist and writer based in Macclesfield. Formerly a literary historian, she is the author of a poetry pamphlet and the founder of Moormaid Press. In May 2019 she gave a TEDx talk about @OnThisDayShe.