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Dawn Watson

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Belfast, The United Kingdom

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https://www.dawnwatsonwriter.com/

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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: 4.2 · 112 ratings · 16 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	We Play Here 4.22 avg rating — 103 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
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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 »
Apr 01, 2025 01:01AM · see review
Dawn Watson 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
Dawn Watson liked Chelsea's review of We Play Here: "“It was midsummer and everything concrete was a river. Pavement slabs rippled like shallows. Painted kerbs were odd fish strung in a line: red, blue and white, red, white and blue. The water ran low as a bath, turning quick into a pocked road, moss g" Read more of this review »
Sep 16, 2024 01:25AM · see review
Dawn Watson and 5 other people liked Mark Bailey's review of We Play Here: "Bittersweet read. Very playful collection of poetry on growing up in North Belfast in the late 80's during the troubles. The nervy overwhelming hum of lingering violence, both in the streets from the British army, and in the house at the hands of her" Read more of this review »
Sep 16, 2024 01:24AM · see review
Dawn Watson made a comment on Sarah’s review of We Play Here " Thank you, Sarah. "
May 14, 2024 03:17AM · see review