Jane Cornwell is a Melbourne-born, longtime London-based author, journalist and critic writing mainly about jazz and global music, about arts and culture, and about travel. A former press officer at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts, she writes for major newspapers, magazines and online platforms in the UK and Australia. She's a contributing editor of Songlines magazine, a longtime scribe for Jazzwise, a writer/interviewer for Everything Jazz and is a compere and interviewer for the likes of Womad and the EFG London Jazz Festival. She writes books, press releases and sleeve notes. 

In 2019 she completed a highly regarded Masters degree in Global Creative and Cultural Industries (Distinction) at SOAS, University of London – her dissertation on the resurgence of jazz music in London – ‘Jazz Refreshed? A Contemporary Jazz Phenomenon’ – involved intensive research, extensive interviews, robust arguments and new ideas. She has a monthly 'Jane Cornwell presents' radio show on One Jazz, focusing on sounds from out there and right here, in London.

@janeoliviacornwell