Joanne Arnott

Joanne Arnott (born 16 December 1960 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian writer.[1]

She has conducted writing workshops across much of Canada and in Australia, including a series at the Carnegie Centre, sponsored by SFU,[2] and has written for the Literary Review of Canada.[3] She received the Gerald Lampert Award for her 1991 collection of poetry Wiles of Girlhood.[4]

Arnott lives in British Columbia with her family. She is a founding member of the Aboriginal Writers Collective West Coast and The Aunties Collective. As a member of the Alliance of Women Against Racism, Etc., she facilitated Unlearning Racism workshops for colleges, universities, government and community groups in Canada throughout the 1990s.[5] She has served on The Writers Union of Canada National Council (2009), The Writers Trust of Canada Authors Committee, and as jury member for the Governor General's Awards/Poetry (2011). She is the Poetry Editor for Event Magazine.[6]

  1. ^ "ARNOTT, Joanne". ABCBookWorld. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  2. ^ "Three Week Editing Workshop with Joanne Arnott". Thursdays Writing Collective. 2009-10-20. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  3. ^ "Joanne Arnott". Literary Review of Canada. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  4. ^ "Joanne Arnott". Thin Air Winnipeg - Writers - Winnipeg International Writers Festival. 2013-09-20. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  5. ^ Baker, Carleigh (2014-05-01). "In Conversation on Conversation: EVENT Interviews Joanne Arnott". EVENT poetry and prose. Retrieved 2014-10-21.
  6. ^ "Joanne Arnott Wins City of Vancouver Mayor's Arts Award". EVENT. 2017-10-15. Retrieved 2019-10-29.