Category Archives: Events

Hanging the Lanterns in Broadway

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Hugh Brewster

On June 6th I took part in the hanging of 3,000 Chinese lanterns around the village of Broadway in Worcestershire, England. The lanterns were to launch the first Broadway Arts Festival which ran from June 11-20, 2010. The theme of … Continue reading →

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North to the Yukon for TD Children’s Book Week

Posted on November 13, 2009 by Hugh Brewster

On November 14th I fly to Whitehorse, Yukon, for a week of school and library talks sponsored by TD Canadian Children’s Book Week. I’m just one of the 29 authors, illustrators and storytellers who are fanning out across Canada for … Continue reading →

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DIEPPE is selected for Forest of Reading 2009/10

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Hugh Brewster

DIEPPE: Canada’s Darkest Day of World War II has been nominated as one the the non-fiction selections for the Silver Birch Award 09/10. It’s always exciting to be selected for one of the provincial ‘Tree’ Awards and Ontario’s Forest of … Continue reading →

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‘At Vimy Ridge’ by Hugh Brewster Wins the Norma Fleck Award

Posted on November 14, 2008 by Hugh Brewster

It was a thrill to receive the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction for At Vimy Ridge at the gala  in Toronto on November 6, 2008.  This award was established by the Fleck Family Foundation in 1999 to recognize … Continue reading →

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‘Carnation, Lily’ at the Lakefield Literary Festival

Posted on August 1, 2008 by Hugh Brewster

The Lakefield Literary Festival, held every July in this historic town near Peterborough, Ontario, celebrates the town’s rich literary heritage which includes pioneering writers, Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill and Canadian novelist, Margaret Laurence. Children’s books are also a … Continue reading →

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