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The Astreya Trilogy

Chronicling the adventures of Astreya, the son of a mysterious father he never knew. In search of his strange inheritance, Astreya is deceived, betrayed and cheated, but he also finds love and makes loyal friends who help him achieve his destiny.

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The Laughing Princess

Much more fun than exploring museums or picturesque ruins, a small stone on a lonely beach offers them the chance to perform magic, match wits with elementals, steal hearts, go to war, write poetry, escape from a pirate, and sail The Laughing Princess.

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The Hippies Who Meant It

Beth, a 60's orphan flower-child, loves Joe, a wheeler-dealer from the Bronx, and Dick, a Canadian ex-cadet. They homestead together on Nova Scotia's North Mountain, among assorted counter-culture Americans and Canadians.

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River of Stones: A Sequel to The Astreya Trilogy

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Posted on January 22, 2020 by Seymour
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My new book, River of Stones, is in the final stages of the production process. It will be a book and an ebook in February 2020, and an audiobook later in the year. Meanwhile, you can read the first chapter … Continue reading →

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Two new books in 2021

Posted on December 20, 2021 by Seymour
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During the fraught year of 2021 I published two books: 1. Angel’s Share, a novella that tells the backstory of the community of Matris where Astreya ended up in The Astreya Trilogy. The story is told by Angel, the very … Continue reading →

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Angel’s Share: available fall 2020

Posted on August 8, 2020 by Seymour
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I always knew I was going to be all right, no matter what. Continue reading →

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Review of Hellfire Corner by Alaric Bond

Posted on February 23, 2020 by Seymour
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Hellfire Corner by Alaric Bond My rating: 5 of 5 stars Hellfire Corner, Alaric Bond’s latest nautical adventure, departs the Age of Fighting Sail where his other 13 novels are set and instead goes aboard MTBs (Motor Torpedo Boats) and … Continue reading →

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River of Stones is published!

Posted on February 12, 2020 by Seymour
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Now you can decide if it’s a fantasy, a post-apocalypse mystery, an adventure, a family saga, or just about schooners. But you have to buy it first at: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/0994949960/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Seymour+Hamilton&qid=1581550079&s=books&sr=1-1

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Shirley MacKenzie can see into my head

Posted on February 8, 2020 by Seymour
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Here is one of the illustrations Shirley Mackenzie drew for River of Stones, which will be launched in the next few days. When I looked at her first draft, a host of objections swarmed into my mind. Where were the … Continue reading →

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Nine days in England, November 2017

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Seymour
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My nine days in England were time-warped.  Continue reading →

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Story Behind The Astreya Trilogy

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Seymour
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In the 1970s, when I lived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, I sailed as mate on a traditional 50-foot wooden schooner, leaving early one summer day from the Bras d’Or lakes, near where Alexander Graham Bell tested his airplane, the Silver Dart. By evening, the ragged northern end of Cape Breton had disappeared over my starboard shoulder. Alone at the wheel, listening to the creaking, splashing, sighing sounds of sailing, I heard dolphins whistle, and when dawn came, I saw the sun rise on southern Newfoundland’s wall of cliffs that fall hundreds of feet into the sea. My skipper’s navigation was excellent: dead ahead was the flashing light of the navigation buoy we needed to guide us to a gap in the cliffs, less than a quarter mile wide. Continue reading →

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Dragons and a Princess with New Artwork

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Seymour
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I asked Seymour Hamilton, author of The Laughing Princess, how it came about that he met Shirley MacKenzie, who did the lovely new cover and many other drawings for that book. This is how he explains it:

I met Shirley MacKenzie at a reading soiree at a now defunct indie bookseller which had our books on consignment. Shirley had written and illustrated a moving account of her search for her birth mother and father. The emotional impact of Shirley’s story was in her drawings, which are at the intersection between personal and universal. She does not tell her reader what to think or feel: she presents evocative images of loss, longing and fulfillment that haunt me still. Continue reading →

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Books that opened Magic Casements for me

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Seymour
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Books (and poems) I have inhabited, in the order in which I read them.   As I compiled this list, I realised that the common element is that most of these stories are set in richly imagined alternate realities that … Continue reading →

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  • Angel’s Share: available fall 2020 August 8, 2020
  • Review of Hellfire Corner by Alaric Bond February 23, 2020
  • River of Stones is published! February 12, 2020
  • Shirley MacKenzie can see into my head February 8, 2020
  • River of Stones: A Sequel to The Astreya Trilogy January 22, 2020
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