Educator, Podcaster & Author of How To Kill A Witch
Zoe Venditozzi is a writer and educator. Born in Lancashire and raised in North East Fife, she studied at the University of Glasgow. Her debut novel, Anywhere’s Better Than Here, was shortlisted for The Guardian’s Not the Booker Prize in 2013. Zoe also teaches creative writing workshops and works as a Support for Learning teacher. She is passionate about uncovering and sharing the stories of those wrongfully accused during Scotland’s witch trials.
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March 17, 2026
How To Become A Quarrelsome Woman
Much of today’s rise of violent misogyny can find its cultural traces in the witch hunts of old Europe and North America. And while many of us are casually aware of these historical events, our two guests on this episode, novelist Zoe Venditozzi and human rights attorney Claire Mitchell, spent the last seven years digging deep into their own country of Scotland’s prolific history of witch trials and executions - a history that was up to now virtually unknown. Gifted storytellers and viciously...
Guests: Zoe Venditozzi , Claire Mitchell KC