Category Archives: L.M. Montgomery

A WWI-era L.M. Montgomery Timeline

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

I am preparing a paper proposal for The L.M. Montgomery Institute’s Fourteenth Biennial Conference at the University of Prince Edward Island (25-28 June 2020; CFP due 16 Aug 2019). In my Montgomery reading, as much as I love the first Anne … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian literature, L.M. Montgomery | Tagged Anne of Green Gables, Anne's House of Dreams, Chronicles of Avonlea, Emily of New Moon, L.M. Montgomery, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Prince Edward Island, Rainbow Valley, Rilla of Ingleside | 24 Comments

Fools of April, with Best Wishes to Netflix, Taylor Swift, and Friends of Narnia

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

Yes, well, it was just a joke. Monday’s “EXCLUSIVE PILGRIM IN NARNIA RELEASE” was a total farce. I am not an academic consultant to the Netflix miniseries (though I hope someone is). As far as I know, pop sensation Taylor … Continue reading →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, L.M. Montgomery, News & Links | Tagged Anne of Green Gables, Anne With an E, April Fools, C.S. Lewis, film adaptation, L.M. Montgomery, Narnia, Netflix, Nicole Kidman, Prince Caspian, Taylor Swift, Virginia Woolf, Voyage of the Dawn Treader | 44 Comments

L.M. Montgomery’s Portrait of the Artist as a Ridiculous Young Man

Posted on October 3, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

While there is humour and light and poetry in Mongomery’s prose style, I suspect that most of L.M. Montgomery’s readers are first captured by her characters. Absolutely there is Anne Shirley of Green Gables: impetuous, magical, an invitation to wild … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian literature, L.M. Montgomery, Memorable Quotes | Tagged Annette Bening, Emily of New Moon, Emily's Quest, Goethe, L.M. Montgomery, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Poetry, Prince Edward Island, Running With Scissors, The Sorrows of Young Werther | 10 Comments

The Last Letter of J.R.R. Tolkien, on the 45th Anniversary of His Death

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

I have just finished reading The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1982), which is fitting given that this is the 45th anniversary of his death (2 Sep 1973). With help from Christopher Tolkien, noted writer, broadcaster, and biographer Humphrey Carpenter collected the letters … Continue reading →

Posted in L.M. Montgomery, Letters | Tagged Christopher Tolkien, Death, diary, Dorothy L. Sayers, Guy Gavriel Kay, Humphrey Carpenter, Inklings, J.R.R. Tolkien, L.M. Montgomery, letters, The Fall of Gondolin, The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Walter Hooper | 34 Comments

Full: My Experience of the L.M. Montgomery Institute Conference (L.M. Montgomery Series)

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

Note: This is a rewriting of my guest post at the L.M. Montgomery Institute blog. I am full. And no doubt. We have just finished a packed four and a half days of conferencing and workshopping, speaking and listening, flipping … Continue reading →