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3 unusual facts about Joan Barfoot


Joan Barfoot

In 1986, her second novel, Dancing in the Dark (1982), became a film of the same name, starring Martha Henry.

Key Porter Books

Authors who have published books with Key Porter include Allan Fotheringham, Conrad Black, Erika Ritter, Pamela Wallin, George Bowering, Diane Francis, Joan Barfoot, Maude Barlow, Stevie Cameron, Brian Lee Crowley, Dennis Lee, Paul Cellucci, Jean Chrétien, M.A.C. Farrant and Cleo Paskal.

Oxted School

Having previously been known as The Performing Arts Society, the new name Odd Youth Theatre (Oxted Dance and Drama) was adopted when the company took Dancing In The Dark, adapted from the novel by Joan Barfoot, to The Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1992.



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