Room of Ben’s Own

Homepage for Benjamin Lefebvre

A digital copy of issue 32.4 of English Studies in Canada (December 2005), in which my article “Pigsties and Sunsets” appears, is finally available on the journal’s OJS site. The table of Contents is available, or you can download the full text of the article.

I’m pleased to report that issue 34.1 (Spring 2008) of Canadian Children’s Literature / Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse is almost ready. I updated the website today to include the table of contents of this latest issue. The issue contains contributions by a number of international scholars: articles by Jackie C. Horne, Marlene Kadar, Monique [...]

Last week I received in the mail the latest issues of several journals I subscribe to: English Studies in Canada 32.4 (December 2006), Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne 32.2 (2007); Children’s Literature Association Quarterly 33.2 (Summer 2008); and Canadian Journal of Film Studies / Revue canadienne d’études cinématographiques 17.1 (Spring 2008). [...]

I returned late last night from Congress in Vancouver, where I had a great time. Waiting for me was the latest issue of Children’s Literature, where I discovered a listing of my doctoral dissertation in their “Dissertations of Note” column! This was a pleasant surprise, given that the column tends to focus primarily on dissertations [...]

I will be interviewed by Line Boily on her radio show Les arts et les autres on Monday, 2 June 2008, at 1:05 EST, on Radio-Canada 1 (French-language CBC). The topic is Anne of Green Gables and I will be commenting on its origins, its continued international popularity in the centenary year, and its success [...]