Acclaimed actor Peter Donaldson, whose television roles included Reverend Leonard in Road to Avonlea and Ian Bowles in Emily of New Moon, died on 8 January 2011 at the age of 58. He is survived by his wife, actor Sheila McCarthy, and their two daughters. For more details, see articles in the Globe and Mail and Toronto Star.
Rilla Chosen as “Favourite YA Fiction from 2010”
The new edition of Rilla of Ingleside has been chosen as “Favourite YA Fiction from 2010” by Melanie Fishbane:
Perhaps by saying that this is a new book, we can begin to see it in a new way. Even as possibly one of the first YA novels in Canada?
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Simplify, Simplify
Now available: a simplified bibliography of works by and related to L.M. Montgomery, broken down by category and organized by date.
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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!
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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 you have any questions to add to our Frequently Asked Questions, please contact me or leave a comment.
Rilla in Record and Mercury
The new edition of Rilla of Ingleside is also mentioned in today’s Kitchener–Waterloo Record as well as in today’s Guelph Mercury as a suggested gift book for the holiday season.
This is a new “gift edition” of a novel first published in 1921. It’s the novel that Lucy Maude Montgomery then expected would be the final sequel to Anne of Green Gables. The story concerns Rilla Blythe, the youngest daughter of Anne Shirley, and is set during the First World War. Editions of this novel published in 1976 and 1985 removed about four per cent of the original text, which has now been restored in this volume. Editors of the book are Benjamin Lefebvre, a Waterloo literary scholar, and Andrea McKenzie, a University of Waterloo graduate who is now a director of writing at New York University.
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Rilla of Ingleside Recommended in Toronto Star
The new edition of Rilla of Ingleside is mentioned in Deirdre Baker’s article “Holiday Reads: Gift Books for Kids” in yesterday’s Toronto Star:
For a tried and-true wartime novel, especially for L. M. Montgomery fans old or young, look for the new gift edition, restored and unabridged, of Rilla of Ingleside (Viking, 390 pages, $26, ages 10+). This 1921 story of rural Canadian women during World War I is still poignant, funny, sentimental, ironic, suspenseful and heartbreaking. Rilla, the youngst daughter of Anne of Green Gables, develops fortitude, humour and depth as she helps out in war work, adopts an abandoned baby and suffers through her brothers’ sacrifices at the Front.
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Globe and Mail article on new film Looking for Anne
An article about the new film Looking for Anne and the enduring popularity of Anne of Green Gables in Japan appears in the Globe and Mail. Also see the trailer for the film. Can’t wait to see this film!
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Happy birthday to L.M. Montgomery, born 136 years ago today on 30 November 1874.
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“Why Rilla Is Important” on Bluebeard’s Chamber
Read Vanessa’s blog post “Why Rilla Is Important” on her blog, Bluebeard’s Chamber.
