Leanne Radojkovich
Leanne Radojkovich is the author of short story collections Hailman and First fox (The Emma Press). Her fiction has appeared in various journals including Landfall, Lost Balloon, ReadingRoom, Short Fiction Journal, and Turbine|Kapohau. Her work has also been anthologised in A Global Anthology on the Short Story (Shanghai: East China Normal University Press), The Best Small Fictions Anthology (Sonder Press), and Bonsai: Best small stories from Aotearoa New Zealand (Canterbury University Press).
She has received the Lilian Ida Smith Award, and her story Growing won the Graeme Lay Short Story Competition. Her work has been recognised by the Anton Chekhov Prize for Very Short Fiction, the Sargeson Prize, the Short Fiction/University of Essex Prize, the Sunday Star-Times Short Story Competition, the takahē Matariki Short Story Celebration, and the North & South Short, Short Story Competition.
She holds a Master of Creative Writing (First Class Honours) from AUT Auckland University of Technology Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau.
Leanne is of Croatian, British and Scottish descent. She was born in Kirikiriroa and now lives in Tāmaki Makaurau. Instagram Bluesky
Genre:
- Short Stories
Skills:
- Short Story Writing
Branch:
Auckland
Location:
Auckland
Publications:
First fox
"Radojkovich has left me hungry, and I look forward to reading more. Ahakoa he iti, he pounamu – despite being small it is of great value.” Landfall Review Online, Iona Winter.
“Sharp, true and always hinting at a larger world, the work has a fable-like quality… Devour this delightful book in one sitting then savour the stories all over again.” Frankie McMillan (The Father of Octopus Wrestling: And Other Small Fictions).
"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… A thoroughly recommended read.” Literature Works, UK.
Hailman
“Perhaps I love this collection so much, because it is a book I feel. I feel what is present and I feel what is absent. I choose the word ‘prism’ to underline how the thematic hues spark and shift.” Paula Green, NZ Poetry Shelf
“These stories are delicate and devastating, by a fave NZ writer Leanne Radojkovich who writes my kind of fiction: deep, serious, playful, beautiful, moving.” Nuala O'Connor, author of NORA.