It is important to celebrate a life well lived. Joyce Doolittle, a most remarkable woman and vital influencer of the arts, not just in Calgary and Canada but worldwide, died in the time of Covid.

This denied her the traditional kind of enthusiastic gathering and celebration her life and accomplishments deserve. It was this void that inspired Joyce Doolittle Stories: A Community Telling.

This little book is the legacy Joyce Doolittle most certainly deserves - because it is praise, memories, stories and anecdotes told by more than 60 people whose lives she touched, coupled with a brief story of her life, her passion for the arts and her love for her husband Quenten and their four children.

The wonderful thing about this legacy book is you don’t need to have known Joyce personally to enjoy the many little treasures between its covers. It is so infused with love and admiration that Joyce comes alive for you as you read through it.
- Louis B. Hobson