Dani Garavelli

Dani Garavelli
BornAugust 1967 (age 59)
Scotland
OccupationsJournalist, columnist, broadcaster
Notable workJailed, Failed, Forgotten (London Review of Books, 2025)
Waiting for the Van (BBC Radio 4)
AwardsScottish Press Awards Feature Writer of the Year (2019)
Nicola Barry Award (inaugural winner)
Anne Brown Essay Prize (2021)

Dani Garavelli (born August 1967) is a Scottish freelance journalist, columnist and occasional broadcaster based in Glasgow. She is known for feature writing, reportage and opinion journalism, and has been a finalist for the Orwell Prize for Journalism.

Early life

Garavelli was born in August 1967 and grew up on the Ayrshire coast as the daughter of an Italian immigrant from Lucca; she has written about her Italian-Scottish heritage in her award-winning essay The Bequest.

Career

Garavelli has written features, interviews, reportage, reviews and opinion columns for publications including The Scotsman, Scotland on Sunday, The Times, The Guardian, The Herald, the London Review of Books, Prospect, The Big Issue and The Glasgow Bell. She wrote a regular column for Scotland on Sunday for two decades before stepping down in 2020. She is a columnist for The Herald.

She has also made several BBC Radio 4 documentaries, including Scotland's Uncivil War, on rifts within the SNP, and Waiting for the Van, on an activist's attempt to set up a safer drug consumption vehicle.

In 2025, Garavelli was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Journalism for work published in the London Review of Books and The Glasgow Bell, including her long-form piece Jailed, Failed, Forgotten on deaths in custody in Scotland.

Awards and recognition

Personal life

Garavelli lives in Glasgow.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Dani Garavelli". The Orwell Foundation. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Dani Garavelli". danigaravelli.wordpress.com. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
  3. ↑ Garavelli, Dani (3 October 2021). "My childhood as the daughter of an Italian immigrant". The Scotsman. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
  4. ↑ "Dani Garavelli ends Scotland on Sunday column after two decades". HoldtheFrontPage. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
  5. 1 2 "The Orwell Prizes 2025: Finalists announced". The Orwell Foundation. 14 May 2025. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
  6. ↑ Garavelli, Dani (20 February 2025). "Jailed, Failed, Forgotten: Deaths in Custody". London Review of Books. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
  7. ↑ "Daily Record wins six at 2019 Scottish Press Awards". HoldtheFrontPage. 26 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
  8. ↑ "Scottish Press Awards". Women in Journalism Scotland. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
  9. ↑ "Anne Brown Essay Prize Winner: The Bequest". Wigtown Book Festival. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
  10. ↑ "Essay reflecting on Italian heritage wins Wigtown's new £1,500 literary prize". DGWGO. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2026.