About Barbara Sumner

 
Photo credit: Thomas Burstyn
 

Barbara Sumner is an author and filmmaker. Her back catalogue of achievements includes producing three highly acclaimed feature documentaries, a career in journalism, event production, television, bringing up four daughters and being accepted into a Masters program at the tender age of 60.

Barbara lives with her husband Thomas Burstyn in Hawke’s Bay with a curmudgeonly ginger cat. She spends her time reading, writing, walking, and corrupting her grandchildren with wild ideas about life, love, and imagination.

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Barbara Sumner feature in the Ageist magazine

April 22, 2020

Profile of Barbara Sumner in the Ageist Magazine.