Category Archives: The Blythes Are Quoted

Remembrance Day Blogs: Rilla and Walter

In honour of Remembrance Day, two recent blog entries have appeared discussing L.M. Montgomery’s depiction of the Great War in Rilla of Ingleside and The Blythes Are Quoted. First, Christine Chettle discusses Walter Blythe’s poems “The Piper” and “The Aftermath” … Continue reading

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Anne of Prince Edward Island

In a journal entry dated March 1910, Montgomery mentioned that she had recently received a copy of the Swedish translation of Anne of Green Gables, which she found “interesting as a curiosity,” not because of the translated text but because … Continue reading

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Coming Soon: The Blythes Are Quoted in Polish

The Polish translation of The Blythes Are Quoted – Ania z Wyspy Księcia Edwarda [literally, Anne of Prince Edward Island] – will be published in June 2011 by Wydawnictwo Literackie! For more information, see the publisher’s listing.

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Montgomery and Rejections

The Online College website has published a post called “50 Iconic Writers Who Were Repeatedly Rejected,” with links to detailed reports of the early struggles of a number of writers ranging from J.K. Rowling to Dr. Seuss to Stephen King. … Continue reading

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The Blythes Are Quoted Recommended in Toronto Metro News

The Blythes Are Quoted has been recommended as one of eight “Gifts for Your Bookworm” in Toronto’s Metro News! Read the full post. Visit the book’s official website. Visit the book’s official Facebook page.

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Changes Afoot

As a way to provide more information about the two new books by L.M. Montgomery, I am pleased to offer you extended content for both Rilla of Ingleside and The Blythes Are Quoted, with more planned for early 2011. If … Continue reading

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Book Signing in Norval

I’ll be signing copies of Rilla of Ingleside and The Blythes Are Quoted as part of the Lucy Maud Montgomery Christmas in Norval, at Crawford’s Bakery, from 1:30 to 3:00 on Saturday, November 27, 2010. Hope to see you there!

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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

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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

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Blythes Notes 2

When putting together The Blythes Are Quoted near the end of her life, L.M. Montgomery repeated the strategy she had used when putting together Chronicles of Avonlea three decades earlier: she rewrote existing stories about unrelated characters and locations in … Continue reading

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