Here We Stand

Helena Earnshaw has collaborated with her sister on an observational documentary series which exposed the issue of rural homelessness and heroin addiction. Described by Ken Loach as an important social document and referred to in Parliament, it went on to win many awards. She has been named BAFTA Wales Best Newcomer of the Year. She was also the subject of a Welsh documentary about the antiglobalization movement. She has written for a number of publications, including the "Guardian," "Mslexia," "New Internationalist" and "New Welsh Review." In 2011 she won a Literature Wales bursary to work on her debut novel and she has been shortlisted for the Observer Young Travel Writer of the Year award."