Apollo Bay

'William Fox reminds us that, behind the poetry, poets are human and are built from place. For years, Fox has crafted his voice to arrive at this magnificent debut: biding time, honing cadence, refining his ability to lure us to a bluestone precipice where, a few poems in, we become trapped in the hyper-realism of the environments the author is. The poetry is vulpine with calculation and footfall, attack and strategy and reflects the soundscape of a rural space. Don't even bother with a picnic…follow Fox into the bush and the hamlets found there. If you come back, read the collection again.’ — Kent MacCarter

Apollo Bay is William Fox's debut poetry collection and follows a narrator across the everyday experiences of boyhood and teenage years and into adulthood. Through poems about high school, football, camping and family, Fox highlights sublime moments in the everyday suburban mundane.