Author Archives: Benjamin

New website for Voix plurielles

Posted on 26 August 2010 by Benjamin

Voix plurielles, the journal of the Association des professeur-e-s de français des universités et collèges canadiens, now has a new website through OJS! My article “L’abandon du Grand Récit : réflexion sur la révision de l’identité québécoise dans le dernier … Continue reading →

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Catalogue copy for Annan jäähyväiset

Posted on 21 August 2010 by Benjamin

As I mentioned a few weeks ago, The Blythes Are Quoted will be published in Finnish by WSOY as Annan jäähyväiset (literally, Anne’s Farewell). My colleague Vappu Kannas generously mailed me a copy of the publisher’s catalogue as well as … Continue reading →

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Cover art for Blythes Are Quoted paperback

Posted on 19 August 2010 by Benjamin

At long last, here is the cover art for the paperback edition of The Blythes Are Quoted, to be published by Penguin Canada late this October.

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Review of The Blythes Are Quoted in Swedish publication

Posted on 19 August 2010 by Benjamin

Margareta Sörenson’s review of The Blythes Are Quoted appears in Kultur, a Swedish magazine. Google’s translation allows us to get the gist of it, although I suspect some nuances are missing: Now it has been too long and owls in … Continue reading →

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Anne’s Farewell

Posted on 29 July 2010 by Benjamin

The Finnish translation of The Blythes Are Quoted will be published by WSOY on 20 September 2010. As far as I can tell, the Finnish title, Annan jäähyväiset, literally means “Anne’s Farewell.” I will post cover art and more details … Continue reading →

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Anne’s World Mentioned in the Winnipeg Free Press

Posted on 3 July 2010 by Benjamin

The following appears in this morning’s Winnipeg Free Press, in Kenton Smith’s Paper Chase column: University of Toronto Press has released a new collection of essays on one of Canada’s greatest literary icons. Edited by academics Irene Gammel and Benjamin … Continue reading →

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Blog entry on Anne’s World

Posted on 1 July 2010 by Benjamin

Elizabeth Glenn at the University of Toronto Press website recently blogged on “Anne of the World,” mentioning both Anne’s World: A New Century of Anne of Green Gables and the LMMI conference L.M. Montgomery and the Matter of Nature.

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Press release: Lefebvre renewed as UPEI’s L.M. Montgomery Institute Visiting Scholar

Posted on 30 June 2010 by Benjamin

The following press release appeared on 24 June 2010: Dr. Benjamin Lefebvre, of Waterloo, Ontario and one of the world’s leading experts on Lucy Maud Montgomery, was reappointed as Visiting Scholar for the institute bearing the famed PEI writer’s name, … Continue reading →

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Anne’s World Now Available!

Posted on 29 June 2010 by Benjamin

Anne’s World: A New Century of Anne of Green Gables, a new collection of essays edited by me and Irene Gammel and published by University of Toronto Press, is now available in paperback! The hardcover edition will be published later … Continue reading →

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Three L.M. Montgomery Calls for Papers

Posted on 29 June 2010 by Benjamin

I’m now back from the conference, which was terrific in every possible way. Included in the conference program were calls for papers for a collection of essays on the conference theme as well as for the next two conferences: L.M. … Continue reading →

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