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Janie Conway-Herron

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Born

in Sydney, Australia

May 24

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Genre

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Memoir

Member Since

September 2020

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Janie Conway Herron comes from a well-known, richly artistic Australian family.

Growing up in Melbourne with brothers Mic and Jim Conway was pure creative delight.
Encouraged by their parents to create, perform and explore, each of the Conways have gone on to have unique and successful careers in the creative arts.

Playing music and songwriting is an exciting and rewarding part of Janie’s life. She has performed with numerous bands and toured nationally.

After turning to study, Janie graduated with BA and Masters degrees from the University of Technology, Sydney and went on to gain her doctorate in Creative Writing from the Western Sydney University. With that momentum, Janie spent the next fifteen years, teaching, mentoring students and coo ...more

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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Janie Conway-Herron I had this story in mind for some time before I turned it into a novel. I wanted to write a fictional account of what life was like for a young woman …moreI had this story in mind for some time before I turned it into a novel. I wanted to write a fictional account of what life was like for a young woman musician trying to make it in the 1980s when women were usually singers and not necessarily players, particularly in rock bands and particularly players of electric guitars. I took inspiration from things I experienced as a musician in the burgeoning rock music scene in Carlton, an inner city suburb of Melbourne Australia, and the social context of the times.

I also wanted to write about the psychological make up of a performer. In particular women performers. And explore what makes them want to perform and what can bring them undone at the same time. I didn't want to write another star is torn story but rather explore and describe the life and times of the main character Lillie Bloom. Hence the title Another Song About Love which is also the title of one of 15 songs in a collection that goes with the novel. The songs share their titles with the chapters in the novel. The music will be available on Amazon by the end of September but you can also listen to them on my website. (less)

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If you could travel to any fictional book world, where would you go and what would you do there?

Janie Conway-Herron Gosh. This is a hard question to answer. I love historical fiction and while I might like to experience the worlds I read there I think they would hav…moreGosh. This is a hard question to answer. I love historical fiction and while I might like to experience the worlds I read there I think they would have been hard worlds to actually live in. One of my favourite books as a young girl was Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. As a coming of age story that I read when I was coming of age myself I just loved the family particularly Jo. So yes I wouldn't mind spending some time in that world. (less)

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	Another Song About Love 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Re-Placement: A National Anthology of Creative Writing from Universities Across Australia by Janie Conway-Herron (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Melissa Bruce (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars