Joyce Barkhouse, C.M., O.N.S., was born in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia, but has lived in Charlottetown, Halifax, and Montreal. A teacher and homemaker, she has spent a lifetime writing short fiction and articles that have been published in textbooks and periodicals. She has eight books and has written almost exclusively about her native province. She is best known for her novel, Pit Pony, which became a CBC-TV movie-of -the-week in 1997and later a 36-episode serial for CBC-TV, both produced by Cochran Entertainment, of Halifax. An honorary life member of both TWUC and WFNS, she resides in Bridgewater, NS.
PUBLICATIONS:
LAnna vol tenir un animalet. Cruilla, 2008
Smallest Rabbit. illus. Barbara Martin. Hantsport, NS: Lancelot Press, 1996.
George Dawson: The Little Giant. Natural Heritage Books, 1990
Port Lajoyeko sorgina. Elkar, 1990
A Name for Himself: A Biography of Thomas Head Raddall. Natural Heritage Books, 1990
Pit Pony. Toronto, ON: Gage Educational Publishing Company, 1989.
La Bruixa de Port LaJoye. Pirene, Barcelona, 1987
The Lorenzen Collection. Maritime Flavour Gallery (MCS Ventures Ltd.), 1985
The Witch of Port LaJoye. Ragweed Press, 1983
Anna's Pet. with Margaret Atwood. illus. Ann Blades. Toronto, ON: James Lorimer, 1980.
Abraham Gesner. Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 1980
AWARDS:
Member of the Order of Canada, 2009
Order of Nova Scotia, 2007
Writers Federation of Nova Scotia's Atlantic Writing competition: children's category was renamed the Joyce Barkhouse Writing for Children Award for Pit Pony, 1993.
Nova Scotia Library Association Award for Pit Pony, 1991.
Cultural Life Award for Cultural Federations of Nova Scotia, 1982
Winner, first Ann Connor Brimer Award for Pit Pony, 1991
