
Dawn McLachlan
(aka Dawn Finch)
Author pages
Since moving to the north east of Scotland I’ve learnt that bigging yourself up is very much not a Scottish thing. As a new Scot I’ve definitely taken that on and so it feels a bit awkward listing things I’ve done. If you’re interested in my professional literary life I’ve detailed it all below.
Please do contact me if you’re interested in this aspect of my work. Have a look at the short biography details in the first post below to find out more.
Should you wish to use any of my blogs in their entirety or in excerpt, please contact me for details of permissions.

Biog
Short biog

News

some poems…
Awards and publications
V for Volunteer
On volunteer fatigue

Other writing
Campaigns and activism
The Secret Poet
On poems and poets

The Empty Shelves
On the cult of “celeb” authors

What value creativity?
On the financial impact of Covid
Time
On how we should value our time

What is a library?
On what is, and what isn’t a library