About Jane
Jane Cornes Maclean is a multi award-winning wordsmith. She lives in Queensland with her husband Neil. She is a survivor of breast cancer.
Her greatest joy is helping others to realise their creative potential. She is currently working on a full-length ficto-memoir.
Editing & creative writing
Her greatest joy is helping others to realise their creative potential. She is currently working on a full-length ficto-memoir.
Editing & creative writing
- Jane has edited numerous non-fiction titles and contributed many hundreds of feature articles to a wide variety of magazines and newspapers, on topics ranging from the nature of grief to an in-depth look at the sex worker industry.
- When freelance work dried up due to Covid, Jane wrote, photographed and designed Lazy Fare, a collection of recipes and non-fiction writing gleaned from over 20 years as a food and travel journalist. In 2021, the book won a special category award at the Gourmand International book awards.
- In 2020, Jane was named winner of the prestigious AAWP/ASSF best short story competition for her short story Cockroach.
- Jane was WA state editor for Gourmet Traveller magazine for over a decade. She was Scoop magazine's first food and wine editor, and the inaugural program director of the Mundaring Truffle Festival.
- For five years, Jane wrote independent restaurant reviews for Post Newspapers under the "Madame Lush" byline.
- In 2009, Jane won the Alinta Hospitality Awards for Excellence Media Award for a significant contribution to the restaurant and catering industry by a journalist.
- Jane was artistic director of the Nanga Music Festival for over a decade.
- In 2011, Jane created Monday Supperclub, a monthly event showcasing quality independent music. When Jane moved from Perth to Brisbane in early 2021, she handed over the management of Supperclub to Little Folk Inc., a charity raising funds for research into children's cancer.
- Jane has written dozens of songs, released four CDs of original music and was half of acclaimed duo Doris. Today, she performs in the trio Jane and The Rain, playing at festivals and events throughout Australia.
- Mermaid's Lullaby, co-written by Jane and Neil, was named best song at the 2020 Tablelands Folk Festival songwriting competition.
- Jane teaches creative writing and songwriting at retreats and festivals throughout Australia and overseas.