I am a Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist based in Western Australia, and I am also a writer. In 2010, my first novel was selected for the Hachette/Queensland Writers Centre’s manuscript development programme, and it will be published in early 2013 by Hachette Australia.
I am a member of the Australasian Medical Writers Association, and am available for freelance medical writing, feature and opinion pieces.
I am represented by literary agent Benython Oldfield of Zeitgeist Media Group
You can contact me on drdawnbarker@gmail.com, and follow me on Twitter @drdawnbarker
*Please note that I am not able to respond to any emails regarding clinical issues.
Guest posts: I am often contacted by people wishing to write guest posts for this blog. I am very happy to publish guest posts by people with personal or professional experience in parenting, mental health issues or writing. I am not able to consider guest posts from commercial sites.
Hi, I’m really enjoying reading your blog. Congrats on your book! Its so nice to hear a professional advocate for attachment parenting and being against controlled crying. A and new bub are lucky kids.
Thanks for visiting bellabub, and thanks for your comments. I have just had a look at your blog too, good luck with it – and good luck with stopping the dummy!