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About Jane DornerJane
Dorner is a ‘mid-career-change
artist’, coming
to glass from very nearly 40 years in publishing. She is now doing an MA in
Glass at the Jane
began her career as an art editor for Longman and later migrated from picture
researcher at Weidenfeld & Nicolson to fiction reader for Penguin. She has
published 21 books, as sole and co-author. She has written extensively for the
press on a wide variety of subjects from glass, poetry and music to computer
software reviews. She designs websites for artists and small societies.
Professional milestones and memberships Chairman
of the iceandfire company for the ‘theatre of reconciliation’ (2003-2006) Former
Chairman of the Copyright Licensing Agency (2001-2003) and Board member of the
Authors’ Licensing & Collecting Society (1991-2004) Hawthornden
Fellowship (2004) Trustee
of the Kraszna-Krausz Foundation book prize for photography and the moving
image (1994-2006) Judge
for the Grierson Trust Award for the best British documentary (1999) Member
of the Editorial Board of Logos:
Professional Journal of the Book World and Trustee of the Logos Trust
(1992-2004) Committee member of the British Computer Society Electronic Publishing Specialist Group (1989-2000)
Committee
member for trAce ‘Incubation’ conferences on interactive new media (2001
and 2003). Fellow
of the Royal Society of Arts (2000-2003) Member
of the Society of Bookmen (2002-2007) Member
of the Society of Authors (ongoing) Member
of the Royal Society of Literature (ongoing) Lay
member of the Guild of Glass Engravers (ongoing) Member
of the Contemporary Glass Society and regular contributor to the Newsletter
(ongoing) Featured 60-Second Interview CGS
Newsletter Issue
See also the article on personalities in publishing by Hazel Bell published
in Journal of Scholarly Publishing - Volume 33, Number 2 January 2001. |