Jayne Tuttle is a writer, performer and bookseller. She is the author of Paris or Die, My Sweet Guillotine and the upcoming The Sea in the Metro.

Trained in theatre at the École Jacques Lecoq in Paris, Jayne has since worked since as a bilingual copywriter, translator, actor and voiceover artist. Paris or Die was developed into a solo theatre show which toured Australia and France from 2021-2023. She has received fellowships from the City of Paris, the La Napoule Arts Foundation, Bundanon, the Centre les Récollets, Regional Arts Victoria and the Varuna National Writers House, for which she was awarded the 2021 Eric Dark Flagship Fellowship.

Jayne co-owns The Bookshop at Queenscliff.

COMING AUGUST 2025

From the critically acclaimed author of Paris or Die and My Sweet Guillotine comes a powerfully written story of desire, art and the complexity of modern womanhood.  

Jayne is a new mother trying to balance her creative ambition and lust for city life with the instinctual urges of motherhood - and failing. As her relationship with her husband and the city strains, she searches for answers in a friendship with an older Frenchwoman, the streets, the crowds, new wave cinema… but finds only more questions. Something has to give, but what?

“Like sheet lightning: sudden, illuminating and sometimes terrifying.”— Tegan Bennett Daylight, author of The Details

“… an entirely immersive experience. A feat.”— Sophie Cunningham, author of This Devastating Fever

“The darker, utterly real moments of motherhood, desire and the beautiful, infuriating pursuit of art.”— Katherine Brabon, author of Cure

“… memory, consciousness, motherhood … a sweeping account of viscera.” — Misha Honcharenko, author of Trap Unfolds me Greedily

“A whirlwind of longing – this book will sweep you off your feet.”— Siang Lu, author of Ghost Cities

“A profound meditation on the idea of home.”— Jennifer Higgie, author of The Other Side: A Journey into Women, Art and the Spirit World

Upcoming events

  • Queenscliff Book Launch

    Sunday August 10
    4pm for a 5pm start
    LON RETREAT

    In conversation with Claire Thomas.

    TICKETS

  • Brisbane Book Launch

    Sunday August 31
    2pm for a 2:30 start
    AVID READER

    In conversation with Kris Olsson

    TICKETS

  • Melbourne Book Launch

    Tuesday September 2
    6pm
    PAPERBACK BOOKSHP
    At Bard’s Apothecary

    In conversation with Anna MacDonald

    TICKETS

Contact

Agent: Jane Novak - jane(at)janenovak.com

Media inquiries: Zoë Victoria at Ultimo Press - zoevictoria(at)ultimopress.com

For other inquiries, please use the form.