Books by this Author

The Sea Captain's Wife (Knopf Canada, 2010)
Edge Seasons (Vintage Canada, 2006)
Edge Seasons (Knopf Canada, 2005)
Shadow Child (Vintage Canada, 2005)
The Hatbox Letters (Vintage Canada, 2005)
The Hatbox Letters (Knopf Canada, 2004)


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Literary Awards

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Book Reviews and Quotes

Praise for The Hatbox Letters:

"A novel about death that makes you glad that you are alive, The Hatbox Letters is both elegy and song of joy."
-The Globe and Mail

"The imagery is evocative and clear, and the feelings of love and loss are transmitted effectively and elegantly. The Hatbox Letters conveys a sense of wonder and wisdom."
-The Vancouver Sun

"[A] novel of stunning beauty… The Hatbox Letters is a moving elegy to things lost and found."
-New Brunswick Reader

"Powning's descriptions of gardens and birds rival any Audubon painting. The Hatbox Letters is not only an absorbing literary experience, but an exquisite visual experience as well."
-The Gazette (Montreal)

"Powning writes about grief with uncanny precision; she gets all its ambushes and piercing aches exactly right."
-National Post

"The writing is highly sensual, painterly even, vividly portraying the natural world and its changing seasons.… [T]he depth of detail feels appropriate, mirroring the deliberate pace of Kate's recovery and regeneration. Powning's subject here is no less than the relationship of life and death, and she engages it with rigour and grace."
-Quill & Quire

"Beth Powning reminds us of the essential links and threads that bind family and loved ones, past generations to future. In gentle prose, she illuminates passages through grief, yet the novel is studded with vitality. A story of unexpected endings and new beginnings - of life surging forward."
-Frances Itani

"Like Annie Dillard, Beth Powning is a keen observer of the natural world. In language both erotic and exact, she explores the conflicting emotions of love and loss in a novel redolent with memory and the truth of experience, hard won."
-Joan Clark

"Beth Powning's language is lush with stunning images that linger long after the reading experience - and with soothing insights, especially of the healing potency available in family histories and connections with friends. She takes us by the hand and leads us through the landmines of grief. We can trust her: she knows the way back to the safety of emerging hope and belief in renewal."
-Marjorie Anderson, co-editor, Dropped Threads

Praise for Edge Seasons:

"Edge Seasons engages the reader from the first page. It is a joyful, lyrical celebration of life and of the Earth we inhabit, always grounded in the here and now. Dense as it is with meaning and description, it is an effortless read that makes us look anew at life, and the promise of each day that we are given. It is, quite simply, a wonderful book."
-The Winnipeg Free Press

Links to extra resources

Visit Beth Powning's website

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