MA, (PhD in progress!), AFHEA

Mari’s interests lie in the Welsh witch trials, the reproductive body, contemporary poetry and literary depictions of motherhood.

Mari Ellis Dunning is a writer and academic based in West Wales. Her debut poetry collection, Salacia, was shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year 2019. Pearl and Bone was selected as Wales Arts Review’s Number 1 of 2022. Mari is a PhD candidate at Aberystwyth University, where she is writing a historic novel set in sixteenth-century Wales, exploring the relationship between accusations of witchcraft, and the reproductive body. Mari lives on the west coast of Wales with her husband, their two sons, and their very adorable poochon. She is the founder of Pay for Poets, a free resource to help writers earn a living through their work.

Courses delivered by Mari include:

Writing Women (XM18210)

Writing Women: Feminism in Poetry and Prose - Part 2 (XM18310) 

Writing the Body (XM19610) 

Introduction to Literature Studies (XM10010)