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Maisie
Newman

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Working-class,
Jewish director,
choreographer +
writer for theatre and
opera based in East
London and Bristol. 

Currently on
commission as a
librettist for a new
English Touring
Opera for young and
SEND audiences.  

For an up to date list
of most recent credits
and email address,
please see CV .


Maisie is an award winning writer, her collection ‘Our Names Were Oil’ (unpublished) was the winner of the Eric Gregory Award in 2022 from the Society of Authors.  

Her poem Myriam, was the winner of the Rex Warner Prize in 2022. 

A ‘Book of Visions’, an art book and box, was published in 2021 by Bookworks. 

Selected works available to read, updated monthly: 

Poetry


A WORKING CLASS RIVER POET

(2025)

Parable of the Beginning

(2022)


Two Burial Sites

(2022)


 Short Fiction

The View

(2024)