Simon Plant takes us into the intriguing life of George Coppin and his theatrical touring party of Shakespeare specialists who went to Civil War America in the 1860's in his book, Entertaining Mr Coppin - an Antipodean Showman in Civil War America. (Theatre Heritage Australia publication)

Heather Rose has been inspired by true events in this historical fiction of a women who travelled alone from London to Van Diemen’s Land, set up a vineyard and a family in ‘A Great Act of Love’.