Books and writing

2021

• [Coming soon] Two short stories in a flash fiction anthology for adults (Night Parrot Press, due 2021).

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2020

• ‘Here is the Child’: lyrics for a Christmas Carol. Set to music by Western Australian composer Joshua Adams and will be performed at Perth’s St Mary’s Cathedral (as part of a Christmas concert programme) by The Giovanni Consort on 11 December 2020.)
• ‘Midnight’ a haiku in the anthology Rattled, edited by Corine Timmer (Bica Books)
• ‘Potion Problems’ a poem in the anthology Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble: Magical Poems chosen by Paul Cookson, illustrated by Eilidh Muldoon. (Bloomsbury, UK)
• ‘Indian Ocean’ poem in the Poems on Postcards series 3: In Swings the Tide
• ‘The Button Jar’ poem published in The School Magazine: Countdown, 2020

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2019

• ‘Back in Time to 2019’ playscript published in The School Magazine: Countdown, 2019

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2017

• ‘How to be an Emu Egg’ poem exhibited as part of the Eggsibition Exhibition at Paper Bird Books Gallery, Fremantle Western Australia
• ‘Body Beat’ poem published in The School Magazine: Countdown, 2017.
• ‘Bookmarks’ poem published in The School Magazine: Countdown, 2017

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2015

• ‘Biscuit Bother’ poem published in The School Magazine: Countdown, March 2015, issue no. 2.

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2014

• ‘Odd socks’ poem published in The School Magazine: Blast Off,  June 2014, issue no. 5.

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Here are two of my poems (a sample of my writing)  

Odd socks

People say
your socks don’t match!
as if I didn’t know.
But socks that clash
have much more dash,
odd socks—
the way to go.

The principal bought black socks,
seven pairs, all the same.
He says his black socks always match,
I think that’s such a shame.

I close my eyes when choosing socks
one stripes, one spots,
one bright, one grey.
It’s better when my socks don’t match—
sock lucky-dips every day.
© Rebecca Newman

‘Odd socks’ first appeared in The School Magazine: Blast Off,  June 2014, issue no. 5.

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Biscuit bother

My sister ate the biscuit
the last one in the jar,
I thought that I could sneak it
but I didn’t sneak it far —
as I snuck it past my sister
she gave an angry shriek!
It’s a problem when your sneakers
have more squeak than they have sneak.
© Rebecca Newman

‘Biscuit Bother’ first appeared in The School Magazine: Countdown, March 2015, issue no. 2.

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