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Jane
has also written fiction for the Australian
Women's Weekly and THE
WALKER was an AWW book of the month choice
when it first appeared.
Her
novels explore themes of cultural change, the
supernatural and working life.
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Jane
is a research professor with the Writing and Society
program at the University of Western Sydney and
her academic interests include theatre and dance
performance, and the history of science. Her book
PERFORMANCE AND EVOLUTION IN THE AGE OF DARWIN
(Routledge, 2002) is about science in popular
performance. It won the Australasion Drama Studies
biennial book prize for 2002/03 and was the basis
for a 3 part series Jane wrote and presented for
the ABC Science Show in 2003.
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As
a guest at Writers Festivals in Perth, Brisbane,
Melbourne and Sydney she has spoken to many different
kinds of audiences on a wide range of topics,
but her special interests are in the creation
of plots in fiction, dialogue writing and the
composition of chapters as action 'scenes'. Jane
is available for talks and workshops to secondary
students and adults on these aspects as well as
writing in general, the themes in her books, and
her research interests.
Topics
include:
-Fantasy
from Reality
-Where Does Writing Come From? - How to Get Started
-Plots, Dialogue and Chapter Composition
-Fear in Fiction
-The Supernatural
-English Meets Drama - Combining Writing and Performance
-Cultural Change and Generational Identity
-The History of Science
-Dance & Theatre
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"The
Walker is a gripping, original, elegant fiction that
wears a wealth of arcane knowledge lightly, never patronises
the reader and leaves the door tantalisingly open for
sequels."
- Weekend
Australian
"A
great read..."
- The Australian
"This
outstanding novel is everything a good psychological
thriller should be - gruesome, unpredictable and un-put-downable."
- The Australian
Women's Weekly (Book of the Month)
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