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The LMMI, UPEI’s Robertson Library, and the Confederation Centre of the Arts are proud to share the trailer for the upcoming digital exhibition, “The Anne of Green Gables Manuscript: L.M. Montgomery and the Creation of Anne.” Funded by Digital Museums Canada, the exhibit will share the fully digitized manuscript of Anne, along with articles and media that enrich and celebrate the text.…

By Alyssa Gillespie Wherever L.M. Montgomery and her works travelled, touching the hearts of readers worldwide, her heart always belonged to Prince Edward Island, as evidenced in her journal when she wrote: “in leaving it felt that I was leaving the only place on earth my heart would ever truly love” (January 28, 1912). This…

“But I do know that while I was writing Before Green Gables I didn’t just think about Anne Shirley. I felt as though she were inhabiting my head”—Budge Wilson, “The Room.” When she was approached by Penguin in 2006, Budge Wilson had trepidations about writing a prequel to Anne of Green Gables. She wondered if L.M. Montgomery would…

The thirty-year friendship between L.M. Montgomery and Scottish writer, G.B. MacMillan has been well documented by Montgomery scholars. Montgomery dedicated one of her best known stories, Emily of New Moon, to the Scottish writer and the 1980 book, My Dear Mr. M: Letters to G.B. MacMillan, coauthored by Francis WP Bolger and Elizabeth Epperly, revealed the two corresponded…

During WWI, the radio was a piece of technology used only in war and industry. Word of mouth, letters, and the daily papers were the only ways that people at home could connect to the global moment—as we see in L.M. Montgomery’s Rilla of Ingleside, where the Blythe’s kitchen becomes a war room with maps and…

Shenanigans & Awakenings: L.M. Montgomery’s Life as an Island Teacher The Lower Bedeque Year: October, 1897 – May, 1898 By: Amy MacQuarrie, Avery Award Recipient “I simply love teaching here. The children are all so nice and intelligent. The school is almost 200 yards from here and is a very comfortable one in a grove of spruces.…

Shenanigans & Awakenings: L.M. Montgomery’s Life as an Island Teacher The Belmont Year: October 1896 – June, 1897 By: Amy MacQuarrie, Avery Award Recipient “A forlorn sight greeted me on my entrance. The trustees were putting up the pipe and the children were huddled around. I waited dismally and damply for what seemed an endless time;…

Shenanigans & Awakenings: L.M. Montgomery’s Life as an Island Teacher The Bideford Year: July 30, 1894 – June 28, 1895 By: Amy MacQuarrie, Avery Award Recipient “I passed most of the day reading and eating the cherries which the Millar children bring to ‘teacher.’ What a comical sensation it gives me to hear that name applied…

Guest Blog: UPEI/LMMI Timeline Project By, Heidi Hearing  LMMI’s Student Research Assistant Announcing the L.M. Montgomery and UPEI 50th timeline! Fifty years ago, Prince of Wales College (PWC) amalgamated with St. Dunstan’s University to form the University of Prince Edward Island. Although L.M. Montgomery is linked to UPEI through her time at PWC, her connection with…

The following are the speaker’s notes by Dr. Philip Smith, Chair of the L.M. Montgomery Institute welcoming Her Imperial Highness Princess Takamodo this past summer. Your Imperial Highness, Madam Chancellor, Mr. President, Mr. Ambassador, distinguished visitors and guests, friends. Yokoso. It is my pleasure to speak to you as Chair of the L.M. Montgomery Institute,…