Perth meet-up with Dr Dawn Barker

Monday 21 July 2014
Time: 6.30-8pm
Although the official time is from 6.30pm to 8pm, you are welcome to stay as long as you like – and we imagine many of you will!

Who:

Dr Dawn Barker is a child psychiatrist and author. In 2010, Dawn’s first novel, Fractured, was selected for the Hachette/Queensland Writers Centre’s manuscript development competition and it was published in 2013. Her second novel, Let Her Go, went on sale this month (July 2014).

Dawn also has experience with freelance writing and has published non-fiction articles on parenting and psychiatry for various magazines and websites, including Mamamia.com, Essential Baby, Quartz.com, Artlink and the Medical Journal of Australia.

Dawn lives in Perth, Western Australia with her husband and three young children. You can find out more about her at: www.authordawnbarker.com

Where:

Wembley Hotel
344 Cambridge St, Wembley

Cost:

Free

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