Authors’ Booking Service is pleased to announce that children’s author Hugh Brewster is now scheduling school visits. Hugh lives in Toronto but is willing to travel within southern Ontario and often gives talks when in other Canadian cities.

His fee is $275.00 per talk plus HST and standard kilometrage. For two presentations the fee is $525.00.

Hugh is a member of the The Writer's Union of Canada which also provides support for talks.

Hugh is an award-winning author and publisher, well-known for his dynamic presentations that appeal to all ages. Here are some testimonials from schools and libraries:

“I have organized scores of author readings over my years as a librarian, and Hugh Brewster’s presentations are some of the best I have seen." -- April L. Cox, Manager, Fleetwood Public Library, Surrey, B.C.

"Hugh has the uncanny ability to make history come alive. His presentation is a strong blend of quality visuals and engaging storytelling. In the two talks that he gave here in Vancouver both audiences were captivated." --Susan Redmond, Librarian, Cambie Library, Richmond, B.C.

"The kids just loved listening to Mr. Brewster and I'm sure the books will be flying off my shelves. Nothing but positive praise for Hugh. The kids as well as the adults could have listened for hours. " --A teacher-librarian, Durham Region

Books

Deadly Voyage (I Am Canada series), Toronto, Scholastic (2011)
Prisoner of Dieppe (I Am Canada series); Toronto, Scholastic (2010)
Dieppe: Canada’s Darkest Day of World War II; Toronto, Scholastic (2009)
Breakout Dinosaurs; Toronto, Whitfield Editions (2007)
At Vimy Ridge: Canada’s Greatest World War I Victory; Toronto, Scholastic (2007)
Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose: The Story of A Painting; Toronto, Kids Can Press (2007)
The Other Mozart: The Life of the Famous Chevalier de Saint-George; Abrams, (2006)
On Juno Beach: Canada’s D-Day Heroes; Toronto, Scholastic (2004)
To Be a Princess: The Fascinating Lives of Real Princesses; Toronto, Scholastic (2000)
882 1/2 Amazing Answers To Your Questions About the Titanic; Toronto, Scholastic (1998)
Inside the Titanic: Toronto, Scholastic (1997)
Anastasia’s Album: Toronto, Penguin (1996)

Awards

Anastasia’s Album:
Winner, Silver Birch and Red Cedar Awards, 1997

On Juno Beach
Winner, Information Book Award, 2005
Nominee for Silver Birch and Red Cedar Awards, 2006

At Vimy Ridge
Winner Norma Fleck Award 2008,
Information Book Award Honour Book, 2007
Nominee for Rocky Mountain, Hackmatack and Red Maple Awards, 2009,

Breakout Dinosaurs
Silver Birch Express Award nominee, 2009
Nominee for Red Cedar and Hackmatack Awards

Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose
Nominee for Governor General’s Award, 2007,
T-D Children’s Literature Award nominee, 20008, Information Award Honour Book
Nominee for Red Cedar 2010

DIEPPE: Canada’s Darkest Day of World War II
Silver Birch Nominee 2010
Information Book Award Honour Book 2010

Prisoner of Dieppe
Nominee for Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Award 2011
Nominee for Hackmatack and Rocky Mountain Awards 2011-12

Presentations

Hugh gives innovative A/V presentations on several subjects:

Dieppe, On Juno Beach, and At Vimy Ridge

This presentation combines slides and live footage and focuses on DIEPPE while bringing in the stories of Vimy Ridge and Juno Beach.
Best For: Grades 4-8. Also good for high school and adult audiences.

Dieppe

This presentation focuses on the dramatic story of the Dieppe Raid and includes photographs and live footage and selections from the novel, Prisoner of Dieppe.
Best For: Grades 4-8. Also high schools and adult audiences.

Canada’s Dinosaurs

For Breakout Dinosaurs, Hugh gives a lively slideshow featuring some of the art from the book plus photos of dinosaur bones and fossils.
Best for: Grades 1-4.

Carnation, Lily, Lily Rose

A laptop slideshow with music combined with paintings and photographs evokes the world that John Singer Sargent painted. Hugh wears a Victorian gentleman's outfit for this talk.
Best For: Grades 3-6. Also popular with adults.

The Titanic

A popular slideshow about the ever-haunting story of the Titanic and the three books Hugh has written about it. Hugh also talks about working with Robert Ballard, the man who discovered the Titanic in 1985. This talk also includes a reading from his 2011 novel in the I Am Canada series, Deadly Voyage.
Best for: Grades 3-8

Equipment and other requirements

A digital projector and screen and extension cord.
Bottled water would be much appreciated.
Am comfortable with groups of all sizes though up to 75 is ideal.
Can present to grades 1 to 12, and can also present to adult groups.