Issue 2 - December 2007 - Contributors
Hanna Callora is 21 and from the Phillipines. Word painter, musician, mad scribbler, amateur photographer, penguin ambassador, trend renegade, student activist, ex-cheerleader, freelance vocalist, former call center agent - now unemployed.
Robyn Dennis is a 22 year-old graduate of the University of Edinburgh. Although her MSc is in Medical Ethics, she enjoys writing short stories and poetry, and reading. She resides in the United States, but loves Scotland as if it were her home. Her current work-in-progress is called Silver Songs and features poems from hertime is Scotland.
John Foster is 21 - which is old enough to remember Opal Fruits, but too young to remember Marathon bars. He currently resides in Northern Ireland, and his interests include shouting at the radio, courting, devilment, and playing Mornington Crescent. John's work will also feature in issue two of Read This.
Rachel Fox grew up in the north of England but now lives in Scotland. When not writing, she looks after her immediate family and pretends to be a housewife. In the past she has been a claustrophobic club DJ and a market researcher who didn't give a toss what the answers were. These days she is just coming further and further out of the poetry closet.
Tom Hawley studies Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. Originally from inner-city Liverpool, he finds enjoyment in premium lager, Belle and Sebastian and designer cologne. Tom cites as some of his many influences Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Truman Capote. Tom's work will also feature in issue two of Read This.
Ella Hickson is a fourth year student of English Literature at the University of Edinburgh.
Cynthia Olson is a New York-based writer currently completing an MSc in creative writing at the University of Edinburgh. She is working diligently on her first novel, and open to distractions such as learning about nature, hiking up medium sized hills, snapping the odd photo, and eavesdropping on conversations. Her work has been published in Bite Magazine and now Read This.