my work

Publications

  • “Boy parts”. Ouch!, 2025.

  • “Even two-headed, the calf is mourned”. Arc Poetry, 2024.

  • “Suffering through January”. Pinhole Poetry, 2023

  • "Water Signs". Westwind Poetry, 2022

  • "A Body for Sale". Westwind Poetry, 2022

  • “Former Mother”. Uplifting Blackness: A Showcase of Art, 2022.

  • ‘Golden”. Uplifting Blackness: A Showcase of Art, 2022.

  • “Dead man”. Uplifting Blackness: A Showcase of Art, 2022.

  • “The Aftermath” Uplifting Blackness: A Showcase of Art, 2022.

  • “We Wear The Mask”. Uplifting Blackness: A Showcase of Art, 2022.

  • “Green Carnations”. Indolent Books, 2022.

  • “Cuts”. Abridged 0-92, 2022.

  • “Keep On”. Symposium, 2022.

  • “After the Eight Mark”. Symposium, 2022.

Interviews

  • ‘Author Talk: Matthew Dawkins, Author of “Until We Break”’, Huron County Library. 2023.

  • “22 and published: The literary ascent of Western’s Matthew Dawkins”. Western Gazette, 2022.

  • “How writing on Wattpad helped Matthew Dawkins get his first book published”. CBC Q, 2022.

  • “Student writer-in-residence aims to rally Western wordsmiths”. The London Free Press, 2022.

  • “Student writer-in-residence looks to unite Western’s creative community”. Western News, 2022.

  • “Matthew Dawkins’s YA debut, Until We Break, explores artistic sacrifice, mental health, and personal growth”. Quill and Quire, 2022.

  • “The 5 Things You Need To Be A Successful Author”. Authority Magazine, 2022.

  • “Matthew Dawkins and his upcoming book and passion for writing”. Western Gazette, 2021.

  • “Behind The Story”. Wattpad and WEBTOON Studios, 2021.