About Jane
Juice Creativ's creator Jane Cornes Maclean is a multi award-winning author, journalist and songwriter.
Today, Jane's primary focus – and joy – is working as a writing coach to help others achieve their full potential.
Teaching
Today, Jane's primary focus – and joy – is working as a writing coach to help others achieve their full potential.
Teaching
- Jane created the Lived Experience writing program in 2018. Today, she offers several modules of this creative writing program to women who have experienced trauma. Her current clients include Starick, one of Australia's foremost providers of domestic and family violence support services, and PTSD West, a support group for women with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
- Jane teaches at workshops and retreats throughout Australia and overseas.
- Jane has edited numerous non-fiction titles and contributed feature articles to a wide variety of magazines and newspapers.
- In 2020, Jane wrote, photographed and designed her first book of recipes and stories, Lazy Fare. 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 best short story competition.
- Jane teaches songwriting at retreats and festivals throughout Australia and overseas.
- Jane was the artistic director of the Nanga Music Festival for almost a decade.
- 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.
- In 2011, Jane created Monday Supperclub, a monthly event showcasing quality independent music. When Jane moved interstate 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 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.
- She was heard regularly across Australia on ABC Radio's Mutual Mastication segment.