Joanne Arnott
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Joanne Arnott (born January 1, 1960, in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian Métis writer.
Arnott's works are intimate with an activist slant, exploring the issues faced by a mixed-race girl and woman in poverty, the family, danger, love and childbirth. She writes about these topics from personal experience, as a Métis and a mother of six. She currently living on the west coast (British Columbia) with her family.
Arnott has also conducted workshops for writers, in Canada and Australia.
Arnott's works include:
- Wiles of Girlhood (1991, Press Gang), a book of poetry that received the Gerald Lampert Award;
- My Grass Cradle (1992, Press Gang), another book of poetry;
- Ma MacDonald (1993, Women's Press), a children's illustrated book, with artist Maryanne Barkhouse;
- Breasting the Waves: On Writing and Healing (1995, Press Gang);
- Steepy Mountain: love poetry (2004, Kegedonce Press)