When I stare up at the Milky Way on a dark night, I experience an overwhelming sense of awe, which is close to a primordial fear. And when I think about what might be out there – what beings might exist out there – the fear becomes tinged with fascination at the resilience of life. …
I was thrilled to be commissioned to write poems about the night sky and to read them at the recent Sophia Conference of the Sky, hosted online by the University of Wales Trinity St David, Lampeter. Alongside Jo Lambert and Jane Manley, who also studied creative writing at Lampeter, I read poems specially written for …
Just in time for Christmas, a short story collection written together with four fellow writers will be available to order from Amazon. Ugly as Sin & Other Clichés contains a collection of stories that were inspired by the clichés that litter our language. Each of the five authors has an individual style and the stories …
Dawn Morgan’s paintings were featured in the December 2019 issue of the Lampeter Review, illustrating poetry and prose from West Wales authors. The cover featured a pastel painting of Barafundle Bay at sunset (left), while several oil paintings appeared on the inside pages. See the Lampeter Review website to view the whole issue. Click here to …
Dawn was delighted to share a stage with Gillian Clarke, former National Poet of Wales, and fellow Rack Press poets Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch and Ros Hudis at the Lampeter Book Festival on 11 May 2019. Dawn is a former student of UWTSD Lampeter, having studied for an MA in Creative Writing at the Lampeter campus, graduating …
Dawn was reading at the Aberystwyth Arts Centre on 10 October 2019, with fellow poets John Barry and Kathy Miles, at the Welsh launch of their Rack Press Poetry pamphlets.
Dawn’s first poetry pamphlet, Blood and Other Elements was published by Rack Press Poetry this autumn, along with collections by John Barnie and Kathy Miles. All three poets read from their pamphlets at the London launch, which took place at the Music Room in Bloomsbury on 3 October 2018. Many thanks to Nick and Sue …
