Simon James Green is an award-winning UK author of young adult books. A leading writer in LGBTQ+ teen fiction, his works include Noah Can't Even and Boy Like Me.

Can Dündar is an award-winning Turkish journalist, documentary filmmaker and author. He was arrested in 2015 for his work and now lives in exile in Germany.

Josie Timms was the first Liverpool John Moores University/Tim Hetherington fellow. She is pictured here with LJMU's Professor Chris Frost and Tim Hetherington's mother Judith