Born (in 1950) and raised in Shipley, Yorkshire, Nick Toczek now lives in Bradford and is married to Gaynor. They've two children and two grandchildren. Nick is a full-time professional writer and performer. He's a poet, storyteller, journalist and researcher, radio presenter, professional magician and puppeteer. He's published more than sixty books, released two dozen albums (of music and/or spoken word) and has toured globally. As a writer-in-schools for more than fify years, he'd worked with pupils from thousands of UK schools, and has visited schools in four dozen countries.

RECENT BOOKS AND RECORDINGS BY NICK TOCZEK:

1. The Columbus Memoirs and other tales (book of lyrics & back-story + 19-track CD album of songs by Nick Toczek & Signia Alpha, Mutiny 2000 Records, Autumn 2022).
2. The Columbus Memoirs (coloured vinyl album of 10 songs by Nick Toczek & Signia Alpha, Mutiny 200 Records, June 2022).
3. Death and other destinations (coloured vinyl album of 10 songs by Nick Toczek & Thies Marsen, Not-A-Rioty Records, January 2021).
4. The Corona Diary (book of daily pandemic poems by Nick Toczek, Mutiny 2000 Publications, November 2020).
5. WaLking The Tightrope (coloured vinyl album of 11 songs by Nick Toczek & Signia Alpha, Mutiny 2000 Records, May 2021).
6. Shooting The Messenger (coloured vinyl album of 11 songs by Nick Toczek & Signia Alpha, Mutiny 2000 Records, November 2020).
7. Voices In My Head (book of poems for upper secondary pupils and adults, Caboodle Books, March 2020).
8. Shooting The Messenger (CD album of 17 songs with the band Signia Alpha, Mutiny 2000 Records, Jan 2020).
9. The Bavariations Album (CD album of 12 songs with the German multi-instrumentalist and composer Thies Marsen, Not-A-Rioty, July 2019).
10. Dragons Are Back! (best of Nick's dragon poems for children and adults, Caboodle Books, 2016).
11. Haters, Baiters and Would-Be Dictators (a book on the history of 20th century racism and anti-Semitism, Routledge, 2016).

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