BOOKS
2011, March - The Sea Captain's Wife, (novel) Plume/Penguin, USA
2010, January - The Sea Captain's Wife, (novel), Knopf Canada
2006, September - Edge Seasons, (memoir), Vintage Canada, paperback
2006, March - The Hatbox Letters, (novel), St. Martin's Press, paperback
2005, September - Edge Seasons, (memoir), Knopf Canada
2005, June - The Hatbox Letters (novel), paperback, Vintage Canada, Toronto
2005, April - The Hatbox Letters, US edition (novel) St. Martin’s Press, NY
2005, March - Shadow Child, (memoir), Vintage Paperback, Toronto
2004 - The Hatbox Letters, (novel), Knopf Canada, Toronto
2001 - Hardy Roses (revised edition), Key Porter Books, Toronto (photography)
2000 - Shadow Child (paperback), Penguin Books Canada, Toronto (writing)
1999 - Shadow Child (hardcover), Penguin Books Canada, Toronto (writing)
1999 - Shadow Child (hardcover) (U.S.edition), Carroll and Graf, New York (writing)
1999 - Home: Chronicle of a North Country Life (Paperback) (U.S.), Sierra Club/Random House (writing and photography)
1997 - Seeds of Another Summer; Finding the Spirit of Home in Nature (paperback), Penguin Books Canada, Toronto (writing and photography)
1996 - Home: Chronicle of a North Country Life (Hardcover, U.S.), Stewart, Tabori and Chang (N.Y.) (writing and photography)
1996 - Seeds of Another Summer; Finding the Spirit of Home in Nature (hardcover), Penguin Books Canada, Toronto (writing and photography)
1994 - Hardy Trees and Shrubs (photography), Key Porter Books, Toronto (simultaneously published in U.S.)
1991 - Roses for Canadian Gardens (photography), Key Porter Books, Toronto
(simultaneously published in U.S.)
ANTHOLOGIES
2010 - In the Fullness of Time: 32 Women On Life after 50, edited by Emily W. Upham and Linda Gravenson, published by Atria Paperback, a division of Simon and Schuster, New York. Essay: "Songs for Cricket", page 205
 Audio clip from SHIFT, CBC Saint John: 14 Minutes
 review
 via Chapters
via Amazon.ca
2007 - Florida Department of Education, excerpts from Home: Chronicle of a North Country Life used in test booklets, CDROMS, and the Florida Department of Education Website, for 10 years (2007 - 2017)
2006 - Christmas in the Maritimes, Nimbus, offers a humorous and heartfelt look at the special season. Includes stories by Beth Powning, Lesley Crewe, Bruce Nunn, Clary Croft and more.
via Chapters
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2006 - Dropped Threads 3, Beyond the Small Circle, ed. Marjorie Anderson, Vintage Books,
essay "Barefoot in the Snow"
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2005 - New Mexico Public Education Department, excerpts from Home: Chronicle of a North Country Life, used in standardized English test, 2005 - 2007
The Sea's Voice: An Anthology of Atlantic Canadian Nature Writing, ed. Harry Thurston, Nimbus. A collection of essays from Joshua Slocum, Barry Lopez, Rachel Carson, Silver Donald Cameron, and others, including Beth Powning.
via Chapters
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2002 - When The Wild Comes Leaping Up: Personal Encounters With Nature, ed. David Suzuki, David Suzuki Foundation/Greystone Books, Douglas McIntyre, Canada, 2002, and Allen and Unwin, Australia, 2002, essay "The Way Back Home"
via Chapters
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2001 - Northern Wild - Best Contemporary Canadian Nature Writing, ed. David R. Boyd, David Suzuki Foundation/Greyston, Douglas and McIntyre, 2001, Page 156
via Chapters
via Amazon.ca
AWARDS
2006 - The Hatbox Letters, International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, Nominated, long-listed
2005 - The Hatbox Letters, The Bookseller's Choice Award, Atlantic Book Awards, shortlisted
2000 - Shadow Child, Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction, Wilfrid Laurier University, short-listed
2000 - Home: Chronicle of a North Country Life, Calvin Rutstrum Foundation, Rutstrum Author’s Award, Minnesota, short-listed
1996 - Home: Chronicle of a North Country Life, New England Bookseller’s Association "Discovery Award", Boston
RECENT MAGAZINE ARTICLES
January 2010 - Booklounge.ca/Insiders Blog, Book launch for The Sea Captain's Wife  PDF
December 2009 - Branta Literary Journal/Blog, Solstice at Valley's End PDF
November 2009 - Booklounge.ca/Insiders Blog, The Eclectic Reading Club PDF
March 2009 - Lost Magazine, Clotheslines PDF
February 2008 - The Toronto Star, On the last battle PDF
Winter 2008 - Canadian Home and Country, Northern Lights PDF
October 2007 - Canadian Home and Country, Hot Air BallooningPDF
October 2007 - Chatelaine, Hearing Loss PDF
September 2007 - Catholic Digest, A Grandmother's Love PDF
June 2007 - Canadian Home and Country, Pebble Beaches PDF
May 2007 - Chatelaine, A Grandmother's Love PDF
April 2007 - Canadian Home and Country, Hunting the Wild Morel PDF
Beth Powning has written numerous magazine articles. These publications include: Canadian Home and Country, Chatelaine Magazine, Century Home, Harrowsmith, Chapters On-Line Column, Atlantic Books Today, Vox Feminarum, N.B. Reader Telegraph Journal, Atlantic Insight, Arts Atlantic, Cinema Canada, Camera Canada, The Crafts Report, Atlantic Business, Canadian Gardening, Canadian House and Home etc.
LITERARY MAGAZINES
Quarry, Prism International, Wascana Review, Tamarack Review, Fiddlehead, The Canadian Fiction Magazine, Waves, CBC’s Atlantic Airwaves, Audio Stage, Anthology, etc.
GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES
2005 - Residency, Leighton Artist's Colony, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff Alberta
2005 - Creation Grant, New Brunswick Arts Board
2001 - Leighton Artist Colony, Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Jan/Feb
1999 - Canada Council Grant for Professional Writers: Creative Writing, One Year Grant
1996 - Creation Grant, N.B. Department Municipalities, Culture and Housing
1992 - Leighton Artist Colony, Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Jan/Feb
1992 - Professional Development Grant, N.B. Department Municipalities, Culture and Housing
1991 - Solo Exhibition Grant, N.B. Department Tourism, Recreation and Heritage
1982 - Canada Council Short Term Grant, Writing
EDUCATION
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY, BA Creative Writing 1972
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
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