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Now on Facebook and Twitter
In honour of the seventieth anniversary of Montgomery’s death and in an effort to reach more Montgomery readers, I’ve started a Facebook page and a Twitter account for the L.M. Montgomery Research Group. Please join the discussion!
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Congratulations to Elizabeth Waterston
Congratulations to Dr. Elizabeth Hillman Waterston, author of Magic Island: The Fictions of L.M. Montgomery (2008) and co-editor of The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery (1985–2004), who earlier this year was named to the Order of Ontario! For more details, … Continue reading
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Jackie Burroughs (1939–2010)
I’m very sorry to report that Jackie Burroughs, a renowned and acclaimed film, television, and theatre actor who is best known in the Montgomery community for playing Hetty King in the television series Road to Avonlea and Mrs. Amelia Evans … Continue reading
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Press release: Lefebvre renewed as UPEI’s L.M. Montgomery Institute Visiting Scholar
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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Penguin Canada: Recent foreign deals
A recent “Industry News” column by Zoe Whittall appeared recently on the Quill & Quire website: Penguin Canada has a number of foreign deals to report: … Hindi rights to the 100th Anniversary Edition of Anne of Green Gables by … Continue reading
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The Blythes Are Quoted on CBC’s “Year in Books”
The publication of The Blythes Are Quoted has been selected as one of the “10 biggest publishing stories of 2009″ on a CBC.ca news story: Fans of the precocious, freckle-faced redhead from P.E.I. had reason to rejoice this year when … Continue reading
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Follow-up: First-edition Anne
To follow up on my earlier article “First-edition Anne Expected to Set Auction Record“: James Adams reports in today’s Globe and Mail that this copy sold at auction for $37,500: A first-edition copy of the Canadian classic Anne of Green … Continue reading
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Exporting PEI Beef to Japan
An article titled “A new job for Anne of Green Gables: selling beef to Japan” appeared in Tuesday’s Globe and Mail: Enterprising farmers on Prince Edward Island are hoping to crack Japan’s stiffly competitive Wagyu beef market by using the … Continue reading
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Congratulations to Vanessa Brown!
Congratulations to Vanessa Brown of London, Ontario, who won the second prize in Canada’s First National Book Collecting Contest for best book collectors under the age of thirty, sponsored by the Bibliographical Society of Canada (BSC), the Antiquarian Booksellers of … Continue reading
Allan King (1930-2009)
World-renowned filmmaker Allan King, whose extensive filmography includes thirteen episodes of Road to Avonlea (1990-1996), died yesterday in Toronto at the age of 79. More details can be found on his obituary at the Globe and Mail. See also Lee … Continue reading
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