Jane Caro Jane Caro i(A138156 works by) (a.k.a. Catherine Jane Caro)
Born: Established: 1957 London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
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Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1963
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BiographyHistory

Jane Caro graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English from Macquarie University in 1977. She has had a successful career in advertising and has particular interests in women, families and education. Caro's non-fiction works (not individually indexed on AustLit) include The Stupid Country: How Australia is Dismantling Public Education (2007), co-authored (with Chris Bonnor); The F Word: How We Learned To Swear by Feminism (2008), co-authored with Catherine Fox; For God's Sake: An Atheist, Christian, Jew and Muslim Battle It Out (2013), co-authored with Antony Lowenstein, Simon Smart and Rachel Woodlock, and Accidental Feminists (2019), which was longlisted for an ABIA general nonfiction book of the year award in 2020.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2019 recipient Order of Australia Member of the Order of Australia (AM) For significant service to the broadcast media as a journalist, social commentator and author.
2013 recipient Australian Humanist of the Year Award

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon The Mother Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2022 23586573 2022 single work novel thriller

'Just like the garden, the fuse box, the bills, bin night and blown light bulbs, this was just something else she'd now have to take care of herself.

'Recently widowed, Miriam Duffy is a respectable North Shore real estate agent and devoted mother and grandmother. She was thrilled when her younger daughter Ally married her true love, but as time goes by Miriam wonders whether all is well with Ally, as she moves to the country and gradually withdraws, finding excuses every time Miriam offers to visit. Their relationship has always had its ups and downs, and Miriam tries to give her daughter the distance she so clearly wants. But is all as it seems?

'When the truth of her daughter's situation is revealed, Miriam watches in disbelief as Ally and her children find themselves increasingly vulnerable and cut off from the world. As the situation escalates and the law proves incapable of protecting them, Miriam is faced with an unthinkable decision. But she will do anything for the people she loves most in the world. Wouldn't you?

'A stunning, gripping novel that goes to the heart of a mother's love and asks what any of us might do when faced with a threat to the people we hold most dear.' (Publication summary)

2023 longlisted Davitt Award Best Debut
2023 longlisted Davitt Award Best Adult Crime Novel
2023 longlisted Indie Awards Debut Fiction
y separately published work icon Unbreakable : Women Share Stories of Resilience and Hope St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2017 11475838 2017 anthology autobiography

'In this revealingly honest collection, successful Australian women talk about the challenges they have overcome, from sexual assault and domestic violence to racism, miscarriage, depression and loss, and how they let the past go to move forward with their lives. Courageously, the contributors delve deep into how these experiences made them feel, what the personal cost was and why they may have chosen to remain quiet until now. 

'In a time when bragging about sexual assault doesn’t preclude being elected President of the United States, women must stand together and speak out against violence against women. Unbreakable shows that every woman, no matter her success, has a story, and that together we are stronger. 

'In Jane Caro’s words:

        I want to pass on courage and hope to women who have also gone through such things by all of us speaking up about our own experiences. These things do not need to either define us or destroy us. We can find the strength to move forward, and this book shows how successful women have done just that.

'Contributors include Kathy Lette, Mariam Veiszadeh, Tracey Spicer, Lee-Ann Tjunypa Buckskin, Rebecca Lim, Kerryn Goldsworthy, Susan Wyndham, Andie Fox, Dee Madigan, Catherine Fox, Zora Simic, Nina Funnell, Sandra Levy, Polly Dunning and Jacinda Woodhead, with a foreword by Tanya Plibersek.' (Publication summary)

2018 winner Walkley Award Walkley Foundation’s Women’s Leadership in Media Award
y separately published work icon Plain-Speaking Jane Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2015 8812133 2015 single work autobiography

'Australian women like Jane. She says what she thinks. In an era when public figures talk about themselves as brands, this is almost radical. In her memoir, Jane tells us that: her life is not perfect; she has given up trying to control anything; her children are not geniuses; Julia Gillard is fine but she's not a saint; and in her long career in advertising she was bullied by some of the wittiest men in Australia. She also talks frankly about her battle with anxiety. For the anxious among us - one in three Australian women are affected - this memoir offers hope. By example, Jane shows us that anxiety is not a life sentence; it can be managed so long as it is identified and treated; it should not prevent us doing the things in life that bring reward and recognition, and on the other side of anxiety lies the ultimate reward: the freedom to say and do as we please.' (Publication summary)

2016 longlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) Australian Biography of the Year
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