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Dawn Watson

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Born

Belfast, The United Kingdom

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https://www.dawnwatsonwriter.com/

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Genre

Poetry, Fiction

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August 2012

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Dawn is a writer from Belfast, Northern Ireland. She completed a PhD in poetry in 2022. Her debut book We Play Here is published by Granta Poetry, 2023. She is also the author of pamphlet The Stack of Owls is Getting Higher (The Emma Press). Dawn is a lecturer at Queen’s University, Belfast.

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Average rating: 4.17 · 119 ratings · 17 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	We Play Here 4.19 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stack of Owls is Getting Higher 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Dawn Watson is now friends with Claire Wittlieff
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Dawn Watson rated a book it was amazing I Am Trying to Love the Whole World by Jenny Browne (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Dawn Watson is now following Jenny Browne Author of Texas, Being: A State of Poems
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Dawn Watson and 1 other person liked Juliano's review of We Play Here: "“I knew every summer when it was the heat's last day. / There was a smell. It started to spit as light bounced / off the windows of the flats. It seemed more beautiful / because now it would lash for a month.” It’s Summer 1988 in Belfast in Dawn Wats" Read more of this review »
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Dawn Watson and 2 other people liked Emily's review of We Play Here: "absolute stunner. this is what I'm always kinda hoping all poetry will be like"
Dec 03, 2024 03:54PM · see review