Jane A Mellor - Writer

Jane Mellor is a Vancouver based published author who, in 1991, began a part-time career as a freelance writer publishing articles in various Canadian and US lifestyle and travel magazines.

A graduate from Simon Fraser University’s The Writer’s Studio, her current literary work often examines human relationships through poetic vignettes drawn from daily life. She also writes short fiction and nonfiction and is currently working on a novel about a young woman whose adventures take her from the empowering political and social landscape of urban San Francisco in 1968 to the isolated 'bush' of rugged, rural British Columbia.

Current Info

SFU and The Writer's Studio present TWS Reading Series hosted by Jane Mellor.

Next literary reading will be held at Blenz Coffee Shop (Hastings and Richards) on Friday, May 9th from 7 to 9 pm.

A medley of poetry, fiction and nonfiction will be read. Everyone is welcome.

Quills Canadian Poetry Magazine

Once, a poem by Jane Mellor, was recently published in Quills Canadian Poetry Magazine. Check it out.

Current Projects

- A compilation of poetry and lyrical prose for publication

- A novel about a young woman whose adventures take her from the empowering political and social landscape of urban San Francisco in 1968 to the isolated 'bush' of rugged, rural British Columbia.

- A continuation of work on poems and short stories for future publication

- Management of the monthly TWS Reading Series for 2008

Current Reading Material

- Radiance, by Shaena Lambert

- The Cellist Of Sarajevo, by Steven Galloway

- Alligator, by Lisa Moore

Current Groups

- Nonfiction/Fiction Writing Groups from TWS

- Poetry Group from TWS

- The Book Lovers Circle book group

- SFU/TWS Alumni and Advisory Committee

Poetry

POETRY & LYRIC PROSE: Words written with lush language, rhythm and musicality are played out passionately through Jane’s poetry and lyrical prose. Inspiration is drawn from daily scenes abundantly robust with flavours, aromas, lively movement, raw emotion and dynamic, sometimes erotic relationships.

Once

Once, when it was February
you tickled me under my
thick-as-sheep’s-wool fleece,
carried me over
snow mounds to silver ponds
where we skated far,
far across what seemed like
the edge of the winter, twirling
and racing, arms swinging
to and fro, while
cutting blades sliced the
coarse surface. More ...

Fiction

FICTION: To tell a story from the imagination one must dream. To write that same story requires one to take that dream deeper into a world beyond the ordinary, into the extraordinary; to cross boundaries and plunge deep into that place where the minds-eye runs vehemently wild and free.

Nonfiction

NONFICTION: Facts taken from memory, research, and places of the heart, to transpose these into story form is a craft. How delightful to take a romp through someone else’s miserable or glorious life, to be drawn into another’s clandestine world, or to be taken on a historical journey to another place and time.

Finding Kingsway

What is it about Kingsway anyway? It’s like a main artery gone awry. Every time people I know get onto this street, by default or not, they get so turned around that grown men have been known to break down and cry. I kid you not. More ...