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The biography House of Dreams: The Life of L. M. Montgomery, written by Liz Rosenberg and illustrated by Julie Morstad, is advertised as “the first for young readers to include revelations about [Montgomery’s] last days and to encompass the complexity of a brilliant and sometimes troubled life.” Here, Rosenberg and Morstad discuss their creation process. Liz Rosenberg is a poet, best-selling novelist,…

The 13th Biennial L.M. Montgomery and Reading Conference is featuring an exhibit from author and professor at the University of Prince Edward Island, David Hickey. I asked Hickey to describe his exhibit, “Unearthly Pleasures: The Artful Astronomy of L.M. Montgomery,” which will be exhibited at the university all next week.   THE ARTFUL ASTRONOMY OF L.M. MONTGOMERY…

Dr. Elizabeth Epperly is having a pretty good few weeks. Last week, the LMMI celebrated its 25th anniversary, she is going to be a Keynote Speaker at the L.M. Montgomery and Reading conference in June, and this week she has a brand new picture book that she co-created with her sister and illustrator, Carolyn Epperly, Summer in the Land of Anne. You’re…

Mary Beth Cavert has been attending the biennial L.M. Montgomery conferences since 1994. A collector, scholar and writer, Beth joins us today to reminisce about what it was like to attend those early conferences and how much the community has meant to her. Beth is an independent Montgomery scholar, has an M.A. in Educational Administration,…

LMMI at 25: Looking Back. Looking Forward* By, Melanie J. Fishbane “The launching of the L.M. Montgomery Institute was so exciting that it is stored in my memory as one blaze of light. It was a party with a serious purpose. Imagine: we were bringing together Montgomery family members (from on and off-Island) and Montgomery…

Yesterday, we posted the exciting news about Historica Canada’s launch of a new Heritage Minute about L.M. Montgomery. Today, we continue with a reflection from one of the scholars who consulted on the project, Dr. Laura Robinson. She is the Dean of the School of Arts and Social Science, Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland in…

In honour of International Women’s Day, Historica Canada has created this beautiful new Heritage Minute on L.M. Montgomery. The minute was done in consultation with UPEI’s past-president, Dr. Elizabeth Epperly, and Montgomery scholars, Dr. Mary Rubio and Dr. Laura Robinson and explores Montgomery’s struggles to be accepted as a woman writer and her lifelong battle with depression. According to…

On the 15 of May, the Chair of L.M. Montgomery Studies and Assistant Professor, Applied Communication, Leadership, and Culture, gave the May 2018 Island Series Lecture, “Anne of Charlottetown and Summerside: L.M. Montgomery’s Urban PEI.” You can see the full details of the talk, plus watch the lecture here: http://projects.upei.ca/iis/island-lecture-series/may-lecture-with-kate-scarth/ Here is the first part of the…

All of us at the LMMI was deeply saddened by the death of Father Francis Bolger, a man who had dedicated much of his life to preserving the legacy of L.M. Montgomery. One of his close friends, Mary Beth Cavert, has written this beautiful tribute to his contribution to Prince Edward Island and Montgomery Studies.…