In September of 2007 Watermelon Syrup was published by WLU Press. Watermelon Syrup , a novel, was written by novelist and poet, Annie Jacobsen. Annie died in May 2005. She finished the third draft of her novel two weeks before she died and asked Jane to act on her behalf should it ever be accepted for publication. Once the novel was accepted by WLU Press Jane took it through two further drafts in preparation for publication. Wilfrid Laurier Press - Purchase Watermelon Syrup
From Bruised Fell has been put on the Nova Scotia High School Authorized Learning Resources list and can now be officially taught in the high schools.
Jane is currently working on a new novel. The novel is about a young woman's search for self and identity through conversion to Orthodox Judaism. Jacqueline was rasied, without religion, by her scientist father. In her twenties the world seems full of too many possibilities and she needs it to be smaller. Orthodox Judaism seems like a safe place, a container, in which to dwell. The novel is not only about a search for identity and community but is an intimate look into the world of fundamental religion.
Jane's non-fiction piece, Ten Million Atoms Fit on the Head of a Pin, will be published in the anthology First Man in My Life: Daughters Write About Their Fathers. Published by Penguin, the book will be available in bookstores as of May 2007.
Here is an interview with Jane about her work on the piece. CBC Interview
Jane's first novel, From Bruised Fell (Penguin 2000), has been optioned by the film production company Sienna (New Waterford Girl, Touch of Pink, How She Move).
From Bruised Fell has been put on the Grade Ten distance learning curriculum in Ontario.
