Nick Toczek, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetNick Toczek
British writer
Date of Birth: 20-Sep-1950
Place of Birth: Shipley, England, United Kingdom
Profession: journalist
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Nick Toczek
- Nick Toczek (born 20 September 1950; Shipley, England) is a British writer and performer working variously as poet, journalist, magician, vocalist, lyricist and radio broadcaster.
- He was raised in Bradford and then took a degree in Industrial Metallurgy at Birmingham University (1968–71) where he began reading and publishing his poetry.
- Staying on in Moseley, Birmingham, until 1977, he founded his poetry magazine The Little Word Machine, had several books and pamphlets published by small presses, co-founded Moseley Community Arts Festival, and toured with his music and poetry troupe, The Stereo Graffiti Show.
- Moving back to Bradford in 1977, he co-founded the seminal music fanzine The Wool City Rocker and formed the band Ulterior Motives, in which he was lyricist and lead vocalist.
- Continuing to tour as a poet and to publish his writings, he also recorded songs with a variety of bands.
- During the early 1980s, he ran a series of weekly punk and indie gigs.
- Throughout the late '80s and early '90s, he ran weekly alternative cabaret clubs, usually co-organising these with fellow performer Wild Willi Beckett.
- Since the mid-'90s, his collections of children's poetry (first with Macmillan and later with Hodder, LDA, Caboodle, etc.) have seen him become a best-selling children's writer.
- Also, since 1997, he has been regularly collaborating with the composer Malcolm Singer, starting with their Dragons Cantata.
- By 2011, Toczek had worked as a visiting writer in thousands of schools, visiting dozens of countries worldwide in the course of this work.
- He is also a professional close-up magician, a skilled puppeteer, an authority on far-right neo-Nazi and racist groups, a prolific print journalist and an experienced broadcaster.
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