Ella Leith
she/her | Writer, folklorist | Malta
Ella Leith is a writer of fiction, creative nonfiction, and occasional poetry. Drawing on her background in folklore and oral history, her work explores how the past exists in the present, and how the weird and uncanny are found in the mundane. Originally from the Midlands of England, she lived in Edinburgh for sixteen years, and now lives on the Mediterranean island of Malta with her partner, a haunted terracotta bust, and several hundred notebooks.
Selected work
Inside Life-Size Drawing by Lai Chih-Sheng (2012)
Writers' Hour Magazine, 2025
Haiku for a fisherman casting his net / Roadside / Routine affection / Elegy - The Auroras & Blossoms Haiku Anthology - Auroras & Blossoms,The Auroras & Blossoms Haiku Anthology - Auroras & Blossoms
Auroras & Blossoms, 2023
Little Joys - Dear Damsels
Dear Damsels, 2023
Sonder & Graffiti - Matter 3 Award-winning Poetry Anthology
Oprelle Publications, 2023
Jeanette Gray, weaver - Our Assistant Editor in the Field
2022
Sam Harrison, The Shieling Project - Our Assistant Editor in the Field
Herbology News, 2022
Foraging through folklore (monthly column) - Herbology News
Herbology News, 2022
Girl as Helper
The Literary Times, 2024
A Folktale Telling - Gramarye Issue 25
Gramarye, 2024
My father and other trees — Kitchen Table Quarterly
Kitchen Table Quarterly, 2025
Drowning Song by Ella Leith | Tales from the Moonlit Path
Tales from the Moonlit Path, 2024
Loathsome (or, The Hedgehog Bridegroom’s Bride) — The Icarus Writing Collective
The Icarus Writing Collective, 2024
Local Stone
Hares Paw Literary Journal, 2024