Ahead of Halloween, Barry Arts Festival welcomes writer and lecturer, Mari Ellis Dunning, to Barry for an intimate event talk on the history of witchcraft in Wales, sharing the research that led to her debut novel, Witsh.
Mari comes to Barry for an event at Môr on Barry High Street, on Tuesday 27th October, starting at 7pm.
Her research asks questions about the superstitions and beliefs held by Welsh people that led to a perception of Wales as a land of magic and sorcery, and who exactly the witches in Wales were.
She considers why, in Wales, there were only five people hanged for witchcraft, compared with around five hundred deaths in England, and thousands in Scotland.
As well as sharing the social history of witchcraft in Wales, Mari will be reading from her own poetry collections and from her novel, Witsh.
Barry Arts Festival organiser, Ian Johnson, said: “With spooky season on the way, we’re looking forward to learning more about the story of witchcraft in Wales, and why the outcome was so different here, compared to England and Scotland.
“This should be a fascinating event, from so many different angles – learning about Welsh social history, as well as hearing Mari’s poetry and fiction, based on her research work on witchcraft in Wales"
“A creative writing lecturer at Aberystwyth University, Mari has strong connections with the Barry area, and we are very pleased that she is coming back to Barry to present her work to us.”
Tickets for the talk cost £10 and are available online at Ticketsource : http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/barry-arts-festival
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