The title The Fox Petition was inspired partly by a petition protesting a new government ban on vaccinated foxes kept as pets, and party by the Whig politician, Charles James Fox, the Leader of His Majesty's Opposition. In this collection, anything seen as in opposition, anything other or alien, is at one, whether it is a species, a refugee, or a bright fox standing otherworldy and intact on a night-road: 'this is about more: the truly biosecure: all mercies now interdependent as species.'

'God, I love that book' - Sarah Holland-Batt, Sydney Review of Books

Jennifer Maiden was born in Penrith, New South Wales, and has had 28 books published - 23 poetry collections and 5 novels. Among Jennifer Maiden's many awards are three Kenneth Slessor Prizes for Poetry, two C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry, the overall Victorian Prize for Literature, the Harri Jones Memorial Prize, the H.M.Butterly-F.Earle Hooper Award(University of Sydney), the Grenfell Henry Lawson Festival Prize, the FAW Christopher Brennan Award for lifetime achievement in poetry, two The Melbourne Age Poetry Book of the Year awards, the overall Melbourne Age Book of the Year and the ALS Gold Medal. She was shortlisted for the Griffin International Poetry Prize