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| Joanne Arnott is a Metis/mixed blood writer, originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She studied English briefly at the University of Windsor, ON, and moved to the west coast in 1982. Joanne has been a literary performer and publishing poet since the mid-1980's, and has performed her work and given writing workshops across much of Canada, and in Australia. She worked for many years as an Unlearning Racism facilitator, and continues to incorporate social justice perspectives and peer counselling approaches in her work. Joanne is mother to five sons and one daughter, all born at home.
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Mother Time: new & selected poetry. Vancouver: Ronsdale Press, 2007
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Steepy Mountain: love poetry. Cape Croker: Kegedonce Press, 2004. Poetry.
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Breasting the Waves: On Writing & Healing. Vancouver: Press Gang, 1995. Nonfiction.
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Ma MacDonald. Toronto: Women’s Press, 1993. Children's.
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My Grass Cradle. Vancouver: Press Gang, 1992. Poetry.
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Wiles of Girlhood. Vancouver: Press Gang, 1991. Poetry.
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| AWARDS: |
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| Gerald Lampert Award, Canadian League of Poets for Wiles of Girlhood.
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| GENRE: Poetry, Short nonfiction, Children
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| AUDIENCE SIZE: flexible
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| GRADES: 7 - 12
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| LENGTH: 60 mins.
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| CITY: Richmond, B.C.
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| PHONE: c/o TWUC
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| EMAIL: c/o TWUC
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OAC WRITERS-IN-THE-SCHOOLS
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| ONE SESSION: $ 100
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| TWO SESSIONS: $ 150
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| THREE SESSIONS: $ 250
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| FOUR SESSIONS: $ 350
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| UNSUBSIDIZED FEES: |
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| ONE SESSION: $ 200
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| TWO SESSIONS: $ 250
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| THREE SESSIONS: $ 400
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| FOUR SESSIONS: $ 500
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