Zoe Venditozzi
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow
Known forCampaign for posthumous pardons for witches of Scotland

Zoe Venditozzi (born 1975) is a novelist and writer living and working in Scotland. Venditozzi was born in Lancashire[1] and grew up in a small village in North East Fife and studied at University of Glasgow,[2] She won the Guardian newspaper’s Not the Booker popular prize in 2013 for her first novel 'Anywhere's Better Than Here'.[3][4] She leads the Witches of Scotland campaign with Claire Mitchell QC,[5][6] teaches creative writing workshops[7] and is a teacher of Support for Learning.

Despite growing up in Fife Venditozzi admits that she knew very little of the history of witches in the area before launching the campaign.[8] Scotland , and Fife in particular were prone to witch hunts. Historians at University of Edinburgh have created a database survey of Scottish Witchcraft to record the men, women and their trials. Venditozzi gained a high profile as part of the Witches of Scotland campaign and is an invited speaker at Scottish literary events such as the Soutar[9] and Paisley Book festivals [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Zoe's tale has a happy ending". Retrieved 2023-03-01 – via PressReader.
  2. ↑ "Zoe Venditozzi". Books from Scotland. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  3. ↑ Venditozzi, Zöe. (2012). Anywhere's better than here. Dingwall: Sandstone. ISBN 978-1-908737-06-9. OCLC 794296883.
  4. ↑ "Not the Booker prize 2013: Anywhere's Better Than Here by Zoe Venditozzi". The Guardian. 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  5. ↑ "Witch apology would 'send powerful signal'". BBC News. 2022-01-07. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  6. ↑ Alex, Michael; er. "'Accused, tortured, strangled and burned': Top Dundee-based lawyer fighting for victims of Scotland's witch mania". The Courier. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  7. ↑ "Scottish Writer Zoe Venditozzi: Writing Improves Mental Health". Kaunas University of Technology. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  8. ↑ AFP, French Press Agency- (2022-02-16). "Some fight for Scotland's witches, forgotten witchcraft victims". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  9. ↑ "Soutar Festival line-up revealed". Culture Perth and Kinross. 2022-03-21. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  10. ↑ Plimbley, Elle. "Resurrecting Scotland's Witches with C. J. Cooke and Zoe Venditozzi". Paisley Book Festival. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
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