Patrick Woodcock

William Patrick Woodcock (born 1968) is a Canadian writer and poet from Toronto.

Biography Patrick Woodcock was born in 1968 in Toronto, Ontario. His father is an Irishman who sang and wrote poems, and his mother taught ballet. Growing up, Woodcock studied a variety of musical instruments with his brother and sang in a choir; he attributes his career in writing to these childhood experiences, noting that he has "always had a very well-cultivated imagination". Seldom living in one area for too long, he has lived much of his life abroad, in countries such as Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bosnia, Russia, and Iraq. published in Canada, the United States, and internationally. In 2024, Woodcock was awarded the Council of the Federation Literacy Award on behalf of United for Literacy for his work in the justice system of Nunavut.

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