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1 Debut Spotlight : Rijn Collins on Fed to Red Birds Rijn Collins , 2023 single work column
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , April 2023;

'Each month we celebrate an Australian debut release of fiction or non-fiction in the Kill Your Darlings Debut Spotlight feature. For April that debut is Fed to Red Birds by Rijn Collins (Simon & Schuster), a beautifully evocative portrait of an enchanted mind in an enchanting place. We spoke to Rijn about her publishing journey and the inspiration behind the book.'

1 3 y separately published work icon Fed to Red Birds Rijn Collins , Cammeray : Simon and Schuster Australia , 2023 25434277 2023 single work novel

'Prepare to be bewitched by Iceland and the book that has enchanted readers for decades – and imprisoned one of them.

'Elva loves Iceland for many reasons – the epic landscape of gods and volcanoes, weather that’s the polar opposite of her home in Australia, and the fact that it’s where her mother might have gone back to when she disappeared. Iceland is where Elva’s beloved grandfather – the famous children’s book author – lives in a remote village and where the beings that haunt her imagination reside.

'Elva is interested in the odd things people make – Victorian collectibles, old spells, taxidermy, fairy tales. The weird, the wonderful and the sometimes macabre. She’s got a few quirks of her own that she’s (mainly) keeping under control. Except one.

'Working in a shop of curiosities, studying at an Icelandic language school, Elva begins to explore her obsessions, and when her grandfather suffers a stroke, they threaten to overtake her. Then she meets Remy, a painter who’s got some secrets of his own …

'In her captivating debut, Rijn Collins has created a beautifully evocative portrait of an enchanted mind in an enchanting place – a story of everyday magic, both dark and light; of families and the shadows they can cast; of the delights and dangers of the imagination. Fed to Red Birds will transport you to remote corners of both the world and the human heart.' (Publication summary)

1 One Who Stays at Home Rijn Collins , 2017 single work prose
— Appears in: Verity La , October 2017;
1 y separately published work icon Picture 1000 Words : A Photo-Literacy Collaboration Exploring the Power of Images to Inspire Written Creativity Picture One Thousand Words Alice Allan , Andrew Bifield , Jessie Cole , Rijn Collins , Brett Hamm , Kate Hennessy , Maryanne Khan , Louise Nicholls , Ashley Orr , Felicity Pickering , Holly Ringland , Luke Wright , Aisling Smith , Melbourne : Cam Cope , 2013 7466127 2013 anthology short story

'What happens when a collection of writers are given a picture, a word limit and the freedom to see where an image can take them? Playing on an old adage, Picture 1000 Words is a unique pictorial short story anthology that experiments with the process of writing while simultaneously celebrating an enigmatic collection of photographs by Cam Cope. Thirteen writers have produced original, highly personalised 1000 word compositions that the reader explores together with the creative processes the authors have been through to write them. Does the reader see what the writer sees? Or do they find something else hidden in the visuals? Intriguingly the authors were not told the real-world origins of the images before penning them. So where do they come from? To satisfy curiosity, Cope provides an index with the real world captions behind the photos so readers can see how far from the truth the pens did fall. ' (Publication summary)

1 How Beautiful it Sounds When Everyone Sings Rijn Collins , 2012 single work short story
— Appears in: Verandah , no. 27 2012; (p. 78-80)
1 The Ink Scratch Rijn Collins , 2009 single work short story
— Appears in: Stamping Ground : An Anthology of Poetry and Fiction Set in the Northern Suburbs of Melbourne 2009;
1 The December of Red and Honey Rijn Collins , 2008 single work prose
— Appears in: Ten Years of Things That Didn't Kill Us 2008; (p. 105-107)
1 Present Perfect Rijn Collins , 2008 single work short story
— Appears in: Going Down Swinging , no. 26 2008; (p. 57-59)
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