Patrick Woodcock

Patrick Woodcock
Born	William Patrick Woodcock 1968 (age 57–58) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupations	Writer poet
Years active	1995–present
Notable work	You Can't Bury Them All
Awards	Alcuin Society Book Design Award for Poetry; Council of the Federation Literacy Award

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

Biography

Patrick Woodcock was born in 1968 in Toronto, Ontario. ^[1] 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". ^[1]

Woodcock is described as a travelling poet. ^[2] 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. ^[1] His work has been translated into 14 languages, ^[3] published in Canada, the United States, and internationally. ^[1]

Woodcock's 2016 poetry book You Can't Bury Them All won the Alcuin Society Book Design Award for Poetry, and was shortlisted for the J. M. Abraham Poetry Award. ^[4] 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. ^[5]

Publications

• Woodcock, Patrick (1995). The Six O'clock Club. Oakville, ON: Mosaic Press. ISBN   978-0-8896-2606-5. ^[1]
• —; Lockett, Steve (1996). AThElia. Oakville, ON: Mosaic Press. ISBN   978-0-8896-2632-4. ^[1]
• — (1999). Scarring Endymion. Oakville, ON: Mosaic Press. ISBN   978-0-8896-2661-4. ^[1]
• — (2004). The Challenged One. Oakville, ON: Mosaic Press. ISBN   978-0-8896-2806-9. ^[1]
• — (2009). Always Die Before Your Mother. Toronto: ECW Press. ISBN   978-1-5502-2862-5. ^[6]
• — (2013). Echo Gods and Silent Mountains. Toronto: ECW Press. ISBN   978-1-7704-1086-2. ^{[7] [8] [9]}
• — (2016). You Can't Bury Them All. Toronto: ECW Press. ISBN   978-1-7704-1316-0. ^{[10] [11]}
• — (2023). Farhang Book One. Toronto: ECW Press. ISBN   978-1-7704-1751-9. ^{[12] [13]}

References

1. Davis, Charlene (25 October 2010). "Patrick Woodcock". The Canadian Encyclopedia . Toronto: Historica Canada . Retrieved 26 December 2025.
2. [Oakville Beaver] (11 September 2012). "Traveling poet Patrick Woodcock stops at home before next adventure". Oakville Beaver . Retrieved 26 December 2025.
3. [TWUC]. "Patrick Woodcock". The Writers' Union of Canada . Retrieved 26 December 2025.
4. [WFNS]. "Author spotlight: Patrick Woodcock". Halifax, N.S.: Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia . Retrieved 26 December 2025.
5. Dorward, Kira Wronska (26 September 2024). "Literacy award lauds Patrick Woodcock's work with the justice system". Penticton Herald . Retrieved 26 December 2025.
6. Parsons, Marnie (27 August 2009). "Always Die Before Your Mother, by Patrick Woodcock". The Globe and Mail . Retrieved 26 December 2025.
7. Mooney, Jacob McArthur (25 July 2012). "Reporters in verse". The Globe and Mail . Retrieved 26 December 2025.
8. Soloy, BJ (19 October 2012). "Cutbank Reviews: Echo Gods and Silent Mountains by Patrick Woodcock". Cutbank Online. University of Montana . Retrieved 26 December 2025.
9. Doda, Christopher. "Not all is on fire: Patrick Woodcock's Echo Gods and Silent Mountains". Arc Poetry Magazine . Retrieved 26 December 2025.
10. Jinje, Safa (March 2016). "You can't bury them all". Quill & Quire . Retrieved 26 December 2025.
11. Homa, Ava (2016). "Book review: You Can't Bury Them All". Kurdistan 24 . Los Angeles. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
12. [CBC Books] (16 August 2023). "Farhang by Patrick Woodcock". CBC Books . Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 26 December 2025.
13. Taylor, Tom (18 September 2023). "Iqaluit-based writer releases new book of poetry". Penticton Herald . Retrieved 26 December 2025.

External links

• Patrick Woodcock at the Canadian Digital Library Collection
• Works by Patrick Woodcock at Open Library