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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. |
Jane
is a research professor at the University of Southern Queensland. 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.
Also amongst her non fiction work is her most recent book, Stage presence (Routledge, 2008), which was shortlisted for the Theatre Book Prize in London. |
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Radio:
Jane wrote and presented a series of three Science Show specials on Darwinism in popular entertainment.
She has also contributed five broadcasts to the Ockham's Razor series.
Performance:
Writer/dramaturg for Ghost Quarters, a performance presented by the De Quincey Company at Carriageworks in May 2009, with the support of the Australia Council Inter-Arts board.
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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:
-Culture change and climate change
-Creating a fictional world
-Writing for different audiences |
"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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