Category Archives: L.M. Montgomery
Rilla in Paperback!
I received my copies this week of the paperback edition of L.M. Montgomery’s Rilla of Ingleside, which I edited jointly with Andrea McKenzie and which was published in hardcover last October. The official street date is next Tuesday, 1 November … Continue reading
Rilla of Ingleside in Paperback!
I’m pleased to announce that the unabridged and fully annotated edition of Rilla of Ingleside, edited by Benjamin Lefebvre and Andrea McKenzie, will be published in paperback by Penguin Canada in November 2011! Pre-order your copy today! Rilla of Ingleside—originally … Continue reading
Anne Shirley’s New Reach
Anne’s World: A New Century of Anne of Green Gables has received a glowing review in Canadian Literature: titled “Anne Shirley’s New Reach,” this review by Sean M. Saunders appeared on the Canadian Literature website earlier this week: I took … Continue reading
New Content for Blythes and Rilla
There is now additional content related to The Blythes Are Quoted and Rilla of Ingleside on the L.M. Montgomery Research Group website: check it out here! More will be added in early 2011.
Available Today
Published today are the paperback version of my edition of L.M. Montgomery’s rediscovered final book, The Blythes Are Quoted, and a restored and annotated edition of Montgomery’s First World War novel, Rilla of Ingleside, edited in collaboration with Andrea McKenzie. … Continue reading
Exclusive Q&A on ChaptersIndigo.ca
In this exclusive Q&A, I chat with the Indigo Kids’ Editor about my work as editor of The Blythes Are Quoted and co-editor of the new edition of Rilla of Ingleside and my general fascination with all aspects of L.M. … Continue reading
Upcoming Conference Presentation
I’ll be giving a paper at next weekend’s Conference on Editorial Problems at the University of Toronto. This year’s conference is hosted by the Editing Modernism in Canada (EMiC) project. My paper, “Editing L.M. Montgomery across the Scholarly/Trade Divide,” discusses … Continue reading
Anne’s Farewell
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
Anne’s World Mentioned in the Winnipeg Free Press
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
Blog entry on Anne’s World
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.