Rebecca has not always been a fiction writer. In the 1990s she wrote and performed poetry. She worked for the organisation Apples and Snakes and did shows at the Battersea Arts Centre and the ICA in London; as well as at the CCA in Glasgow. Along with spoken word artists from the UK and US, she did a season at the Edinburgh Fringe festival in 1998. 1. Apples and Snakes Spoken Word Archive: https://www.spokenwordarchive.org.uk/content/artist/rebecca-sabin 2. in Scots Festival Mag The List: http://archive.list.co.uk.s3-website.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/the-list/1998-07-09/19/