First fox by Leanne Radojkovich

First fox by Leanne Radojkovich

The stories in First fox offer an everyday world tinged with the dreamlike qualities of fairy tales. Radojkovich explores the complex dynamics of families with a blend of dry wit and startling imagery. Disappointments and consolations meet with fantastical moments, winding their way into the realm of possibility.

Simple, but wonderfully so, telling the reader all they need to knowRadojkovich’s writing knows where embellishment is needed, and recognises when sparse language is effective.

Siobhan Denton, Sabotage Reviews

Indeed, it was the dreamlike qualities that resonated from every page, which made me want to read the next story as soon as I finished the last. Although some were extremely short, I took a moral lesson or even a feeling away from every single tale. The 46-page collection was packed with strange realities, warped fantasies and yet, I found, relatable characters.

Robyn Colclough, Cuckoo Review

In today’s social and political climate, there is a focus everywhere one looks on outward portrayals and inward truths that Radojkovich explores with subtle skill and excellently well-conceived brevity. This coupled with a startlingly honest, warm and at times darkly humorous tone makes for exactly the type of fiction which is able to commentate and provoke thought on life in 2017.

Literature Works

As with any good short story, Radojkovich has taken great care in constructing each sentence and paragraph, saying no more than what is necessary to the narrative. Allowing the reader into just a snippet of the lives of these characters serves to add to the almost mythical tone to the stories, with the opportunity for the reader to elaborate in their own imagination what else is happening.

Sally Miller, Books By The Window

-- Sally Miller * Books By The Window *

Leanne Radojkovich’s debut short story collection First fox was published by The Emma Press in 2017. Her work has been anthologised in Bonsai: Best small stories from Aotearoa New Zealand and the forthcoming Best Small Fictions 2021. In 2018 she won the Graeme Lay Short Story Competition and was a finalist in the Anton Chekhov Prize for Very Short Fiction. She was longlisted for the 2020 Short Fiction/University of Essex Prize and shortlisted for the 2020 Sargeson Prize. Leanne holds a Master of Creative Writing (First Class Honours) from AUT Auckland University of Technology. She has Dalmatian heritage and was born in Kirikiriroa Hamilton. She now lives in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, where she works as a librarian. Rachel J Fenton is an award-winning graphic poet and writer. She was awarded a Creative New Zealand Arts Grant to research and write a graphic biography, which she is documenting on Instagram @redhousemary. Under the name ‘Rae Joyce’, she co-edited Three Words: An Anthology of Aotearoa/NZ Women’s Comics (Beatnik, 2016), and her work is featured in Island to Island (Dala/Upstart Press, 2016). She lives in Auckland.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781910139707
ISBN 10	191013970X
Title	First fox
Author	Leanne Radojkovich
Series	The Emma Press Prose Pamphlets
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	The Emma Press
Year published	2017-05-16
Number of pages	46
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.