Category Archives: General Announcements

‘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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Starred Reviews for Prisoner of Dieppe

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Hugh Brewster

To my great relief, Prisoner of Dieppe, a novel I’ve written for Scholastic’s new I Am Canada Series has been receiving excellent reviews. Quill and Quire gave it a starred review and said that it “makes history come alive through … Continue reading →

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‘Prisoner of Dieppe’ is one of two novels to launch Scholastic’s new I AM CANADA series

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Hugh Brewster

Over a year ago, Scholastic asked me if I would be interested in writing a novel for a new historical fiction series they were starting for 9-12-year old boys. It would be similar in style to their Dear Canada series … Continue reading →

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