about
Abena Green is a poet, writer, and dancer who seeks to create, engage, and elevate through words and movement. She is the author of “The Way We Hold On” (Pottersfield Press 2018) and Ode to the Unpraised (Pottersfield Press, 2020).
A first-generation Canadian, Abena grew up in Nova Scotia and writes on culture, family, environment, wellness, and personal growth .
She has shared her poetry in Ghana, Ethiopia, Rwanda and in several Canadian locales. Her submission, “The Art of Living” won the Writer’s Federation of Nova Scotia’s 2016 Atlantic Writing Competition. She was the inaugural H.E.R. Story Writer-in-Residence for YWCA Halifax and Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association from April 2021 to March 2022.
Abena believes honest stories build bridges and break walls. She enjoys coaching individuals and groups to produce writing that is clear and compelling. She is the founder of ABG Storytelling Studio.
Abena has a Graduate Certificate in Creative Writing, a certificate in Effective Editing, and a diploma in Recreation Therapy.