Beth Powning

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Beth Powning
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BornAugust 15, 1949
OccupationAuthor, photographer
Spouse(s)Peter Powning
ChildrenJake Powning
AwardsNew Brunswick Lieutenant-Governor’s Award for High Achievement in English Literary Arts, Honorary Doctorate, University of New Brunswick, Honorary Degree, Mount Alison University
Websitepowning.com/beth

Beth Powning (born August 15, 1949) is an American-Canadian author and photographer. Since 1995 she has published nine books.

Background

Powning was raised as a Quaker in rural Connecticut. She studied creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College in New York[1], during which time she met her husband, the ceramist and sculptor Peter Powning[2]. In 1972 the pair relocated to rural New Brunswick, Canada, where they bought an old farmhouse and still reside[3][4].

Publications

Fiction and Memoir

2021 - The Sister’s Tale

2015 - A Measure of Light

2011 - The Sea Captain’s Wife

2006 - Edge Seasons

2005 - The Hatbox Letters

2000 - Shadow Child

Photography

2022 - Hardy Apples: Growing Apples in Cold Climates (with Bob Osborne, author)

2020 - Hardy Roses: The Essential Guide for High Latitudes and Altitudes (with Bob Osborne, author)

References

  1. "Beth Powning". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  2. Sweet, Jennifer (February 14, 2021). "Writer Beth Powning and artist Peter Powning discuss their 'lifetime of being in sync'". CBC News. Retrieved June 20, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. Government of New Brunswick, Canada (2014-09-10). "New Brunswick Author Portal". www1.gnb.ca. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  4. "Beth Powning | NBLE". nble.lib.unb.ca. Retrieved 2023-06-20.

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