Writing

Janine talks about her book, “No ordinary convict. A Welshman called Rebecca”, which was published in 2021. She describes the journey to publication which began with a smaller writing project undertaken for her five grandchildren. This led to a bigger research project on her great-great grandfather, the leader of a protest movement in South Wales transported to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) in 1844. Janine shares her engaging journey turning tales into books.

This presentation describes a collaborative book project undertaken by the Ku-ring-gai Historic Society in Sydney. The book commemorates the service men and women named on local memorials by providing biographies of lives, service and links to community.