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‘Carnation,Lily,Lily,Rose’ is a hit at the Elora Festival

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Hugh Brewster

A sold-out crowd gave a standing ovation to ‘Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose: A Victorian Entertainment in Words, Images and Music’ at the Elora Festival on Saturday, July 23rd.  The Elora Festival Singers gave beautiful renditions for everything from selections from … Continue reading →

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Launching ‘Deadly Voyage’

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Hugh Brewster

Deadly Voyage, my latest novel in the I Am Canada series from Scholastic,  will be published this  September (2011).   It tells the story of Jamie Laidlaw, a boy from Montreal who is returning home from England on the maiden … Continue reading →

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‘Carnation,Lily,Lily Rose’ at the Elora Festival

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Hugh Brewster

‘Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose’ will be presented in  a special concert performance in words, images and song at the Elora Festival on July 23, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. in  St. John’s Church, Elora, I will be joined (and outclassed) by … Continue reading →

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Prisoner of Dieppe Makes the ‘Best of the Year’ Lists

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Hugh Brewster

As 2010 draws to a closed it’s exciting to see that my first novel Prisoner of Dieppe has made it’s way onto a number of ‘best of the year’ lists.  The Canadian book trade journal Quill & Quire chose it … Continue reading →

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DIEPPE is nominated for Information Book Award

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Hugh Brewster

Dieppe: Canada’s Darkest Day of World War II has been nominated for the 2010-11 Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada Information Book Award. On Juno Beach won this award in 2005 and both At Vimy Ridge and Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose … Continue reading →

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