Zoe Venditozzi Explained

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

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