The author and translator Aimee Wall discusses her novel We, Jane (Book*hug Press, 2021), with Joseph Planta.

We, Jane by Aimee Wall (Book*hug Press, 2021). Click to buy this book from Amazon.ca: We, Jane

Text of the introduction by Joseph Planta:

I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.

A recent novel that’s gotten great notices and critical acclaim, it was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize this year, is We, Jane. It’s the debut novel of Aimee Wall that follows Marthe, a woman from Newfoundland who finds herself in Montreal. She meets an older woman, also from her home province. They travel back to Newfoundland to continue the work of an underground movement that started in 1960s Chicago, where women provided abortion services. These women were referred to as Jane. What happens in the novel is a look at intergenerational female relationships, as well as small town life, and home. I’ll ask Ms. Wall about these various themes, the place she evokes in her work, as well as writing. Aimee Wall is a writer and translator. Her writing has appeared in Maisonneuve, Matrix Magazine, the Montreal Review of Books, and Lemon Hound. Her translations have included Vickie Gendreau’s Testament, and Drama Queens, as well as Sports and Pastimes by Jean-Philippe Baril Guérard. This book is published by Book*hug Press. She joined me from her home in Montreal. Please welcome back to the Planta: On the Line program, Aimee Wall; Ms. Wall, good morning.

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