Category Archives: L.M. Montgomery

Takes on Maud

Posted on 20 October 2008 by Benjamin

I’ll be participating at the following event at the Bookshelf Cinema in Guelph, this Thursday, 23 October, at 7:00 PM, as part of a conference on L.M. Montgomery happening this weekend at the University of Guelph: “Takes on Maud,” a … Continue reading →

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Globe and Mail: “The Heartbreaking Truth”

Posted on 20 September 2008 by Benjamin

An article titled “The Heartbreaking Truth about Anne’s Creator,” written by Kate Macdonald Butler (Montgomery’s granddaughter), appears in today’s Globe and Mail (pp. F1, F6): Despite her great success, it is known that she suffered from depression, that she was … Continue reading →

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CFP: Anne of Green Gables: New Directions

Posted on 16 July 2008 by Benjamin

Edited by Irene Gammel and Benjamin Lefebvre Toronto: University of Toronto Press Call for Papers Since its first publication in 1908, L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables has been a remarkable success with a worldwide following of readers and an … Continue reading →

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Interview for CBC Radio 1

Posted on 16 June 2008 by Benjamin

I did another interview for CBC Radio 1 last week—on Anne of Green Gables again, but this time in English—and have been told it will air tomorrow morning between 5:45 and 6:00 A.M. I probably won’t be awake to hear … Continue reading →

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Back from Congress

Posted on 5 June 2008 by Benjamin

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! … Continue reading →

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Radio Interview and Roundtable

Posted on 31 May 2008 by Benjamin

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 … Continue reading →

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Book review: Eternally Anne

Posted on 22 March 2008 by Benjamin

I’m pleased to announce that my review of three new books related to Anne of Green Gables—Elizabeth Rollins Epperly’s Imagining Anne: The Island Scrapbooks of L.M. Montgomery, Budge Wilson’s Before Green Gables, and Irene Gammel’s Looking for Anne: How Lucy … Continue reading →

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Anne Centenary Event at ROM

Posted on 17 February 2008 by Benjamin

Jason and Yuka and I attended the launch for three new L.M. Montgomery-related books at the ROM. Quill & Quire reproduced some of Jason’s photos in their coverage of the event, which can be found here. I’m the unidentified “fan” … Continue reading →

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