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Joanna Pocock
Joanna Pocock is an Irish-Canadian writer and filmmaker, best known for her 2019 book length essay, Surrender.
Pocock is originally from Alta Vista, Ottawa. Her family has roots in Ireland, England, Wales, and Scotland.
She moved to Toronto at age 17, where she studied at the Ontario College of Art and Design. After graduating, she worked as an illustrator and a designer. At Books in Canada, she won an award for the redesign of the organisation's magazine. She also lived in New York and Boston for short periods.
She then moved to Great Britain where she met her husband. She gained an MA in creative writing from Bath Spa University and taught creative writing at Central St Martins in London.
She currently lives in London where she teaches prose fiction and narrative non-fiction at the University of the Arts and works as a freelance copy editor.
In 2010, Pocock produced the documentary Road to Las Vegas.[citation needed]
In 2017, she was shortlisted for the Barry Lopez Narrative Nonfiction Prize.
In 2018, Pocock won the Fitzcarraldo Editions Essay Prize for her book length essay Surrender. The book, which detailed Pocock's time living in the American West as well as reflections on the community and land, was published by Fitzcarraldo Editions in the UK and House of Anansi Press in Canada and the US.
Joanna Pocock
Joanna Pocock is an Irish-Canadian writer and filmmaker, best known for her 2019 book length essay, Surrender.
Pocock is originally from Alta Vista, Ottawa. Her family has roots in Ireland, England, Wales, and Scotland.
She moved to Toronto at age 17, where she studied at the Ontario College of Art and Design. After graduating, she worked as an illustrator and a designer. At Books in Canada, she won an award for the redesign of the organisation's magazine. She also lived in New York and Boston for short periods.
She then moved to Great Britain where she met her husband. She gained an MA in creative writing from Bath Spa University and taught creative writing at Central St Martins in London.
She currently lives in London where she teaches prose fiction and narrative non-fiction at the University of the Arts and works as a freelance copy editor.
In 2010, Pocock produced the documentary Road to Las Vegas.[citation needed]
In 2017, she was shortlisted for the Barry Lopez Narrative Nonfiction Prize.
In 2018, Pocock won the Fitzcarraldo Editions Essay Prize for her book length essay Surrender. The book, which detailed Pocock's time living in the American West as well as reflections on the community and land, was published by Fitzcarraldo Editions in the UK and House of Anansi Press in Canada and the US.