Dame Janet Elaine Paul DNZM (née Wilkinson, 9 November 1919 – 28 July 2004) was a publisher, painter and art historian based in Wellington, New Zealand. She was married to Blackwood Paul and they had a publishing business together specialising in New Zealand poetry. After her husband's death, she was courted by Denis Glover, one of the poets they published. From 1971–1980 she was Art Librarian at the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington. Janet and Blackwood Paul had four daughters, one of whom, Joanna Margaret Paul, became a well-known New Zealand artist, poet, publisher and film-maker.