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Zoe Venditozzi | |
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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]
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Zoe Venditozzi | |
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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]