Joanne Arnott

Joanne Arnott (born December 16, 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 is 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), a 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)