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Ruby and the Ghost Dog

Ruby and the Ghost Dog

A wonderful story. A must-read for any child who has experienced loss and any child who loves dogs." Prince Lorenzo Borghese.

2016

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Fiona Cameron Lister

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Why the Romans Don’t Want You to Know About the Etruscans

They’re the influential civilization hardly anyone’s heard of. Time to redress the balance.

15 min readSep 19, 2020

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5 Life Lessons from Alpacas

Nature’s answer to Marcus Aurelius? You decide.

6 min readOct 11, 2023

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5 Life Lessons from Alpacas

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It’s OK to Stop Hustling

For all those suffering from self-help exhaustion and achievement guilt …

6 min readOct 9, 2023

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It’s OK to Stop Hustling

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Would an alpaca sniffing your hair make you put down your phone?

A letter about anxiety and an offer of help

2 min readOct 8, 2023

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How Cleaning the Birdhouse Restored My Creativity

Drag yourself away from your screens and do something constructive. You’ll be amazed what happens.

5 min readApr 8, 2023

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Slow’s Shrewd

Three life lessons from Italy’s Slow Food Movement

8 min readApr 7, 2023

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Writer’s Guilt: the irony of going viral in a pandemic.

Reporting from Italy in February and March 2020, I was one of the first people on Medium to write about Covid. Three years on, here’s how…

14 min readMar 28, 2023

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Writer’s Guilt: the irony of going viral in a pandemic.

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Haiku — Is There Less to It Than Meets the Eye?

In this thrilling series on rhyming schemes, we look at one of the most famous forms in the world. But is it all an urban myth?

8 min readJan 27, 2023

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Challenge: Can you manage a week without going online for entertainment?

I decided to try. After all seven days can’t be that hard, can it?

8 min readJan 17, 2023

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Challenge: Can you manage a week without going online for entertainment?

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How I Made the Best Writing Den in the World

I wanted a mix of Hogwarts and Gaius’ workshop in “Merlin” so I set to work…

6 min readJan 9, 2023

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Fiona Cameron Lister

Fiona Cameron Lister

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Experienced British writer/editor/mentor in Italy | MWC semi-finalist| Loves words, history, humour, unusual subjects| Contact: fcameronlister@gmail.com

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