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Fuck International Women’s Day. Have a collaborative poem in defiance of hate instead ♀
Mar 8
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Mari Ellis Dunning
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Help me get Justice for the Witches
The witch trials were a gross miscarriage of justice. Worse, they were state-sanctioned murder. Let's fight back ✊🏼
Feb 13
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Mari Ellis Dunning
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How to write a novel (without losing your mind in the process)
How do you get a novel all the way from the grain of an idea to your bookshelf?
Jan 2
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I'm not okay but I will be...
...plus some helpful words on existing online as a writer in a world of Instagram vs Reality
Dec 18, 2025
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Why the witch trials still matter and how words can influence the universe
What do Israeli politics, right wing parties and swans have to do with the witch trials?
Nov 14, 2025
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I'm not okay but I will be...
Dec 18, 2025
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Love letters, looking glasses and lions that need a ton of therapy
Aug 10, 2025
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Mari Ellis Dunning
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Help me get Justice for the Witches
Feb 13
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Curses, whispers and a demon fly: here’s the story of the first Welsh woman executed for witchcraft
Sep 15, 2025
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Mari Ellis Dunning
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Horrifying black sows and ghostly apparitions: how the magic and mystery of Wales come alive in winter
For centuries, midway between the autumn equinox and winter solstice, the Welsh people have celebrated Calan Gaeaf on November 1.
Oct 31, 2025
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Mari Ellis Dunning
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Black hats, cauldrons and broomsticks: the historic origins of witch iconography
They’re easy to recognise, wearing tall, pointed hats, carrying broomsticks, or peering into a cauldron – but where did the witch stereotype come from?
Oct 26, 2025
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Mhara Starling, stormy weather and combating imposter syndrome
A look at landscape in literature, storms and estuaries and why ND women suffer from imposter syndrome more than others...
Oct 26, 2025
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Witsh — we're just a week away, so here's a sneak preview of the opening chapter
Since there's just one week to go until my debut novel, Witsh, hits book shelves, I thought you might like a little preview...
Oct 9, 2025
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Why so few witches were executed in Wales in the middle ages
Despite thousands of murders across the UK, only five people were killed on witchcraft charges in Wales... but why?
Oct 1, 2025
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