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.

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.