Tag Archives: Anne’s House of Dreams

Can C.S. Lewis and L.M. Montgomery be Kindred Spirits? My CSLKS Conference Talk in Iași, Romania

Posted on November 17, 2025 by Brenton Dickieson

I am busily prepping for the talk I announced last week for the C.S. Lewis and Kindred Spirits (CSLKS) conference in Iași, Romania: “’At war with all wild things’: A Settler’s Reflections on C.S. Lewis and Indigenous Spaces.” As I … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Anne of Green Gables, Anne's House of Dreams, books, C.S. Lewis, CSLKS, Emily of New Moon, L.M. Montgomery, lion the witch and the wardrobe, Narnia, Rainbow Valley | 1 Comment

2022: My Year in Books: The Infographic

Posted on January 5, 2023 by Brenton Dickieson

Happy New Year, everyone! I am once again assembling the “reading nerd data” in an upcoming post. I love charts. And behind every chart is a great spreadsheet. I guess I just love spreadsheets. Meanwhile, as is my tradition, I … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links | Tagged Anne of Green Gables, Anne Rice, Anne's House of Dreams, C.S. Lewis, Goodreads, Harry Potter, Hugo Awards, J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jane Austen, L.M. Montgomery, Octavia Butler, Reading, Stephen King, Ursula K. Le Guin | 20 Comments

A Major Award! My Paper on L.M. Montgomery’s Anne’s House of Dreams won The Elizabeth R. Epperly Award for Outstanding Early Career Paper!

Posted on June 29, 2022 by Brenton Dickieson

Last weekend, at the banquet that closed the L.M. Montgomery Institute’s 15th Biennial International Conference at the University of Prince Edward Island, I received a Major Award! In the grand company of Montgomery scholars and fans–as well as artists inspired … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Anne of Green Gables, Anne's House of Dreams, Elizabeth R. Epperly, L.M. Montgomery, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Rainbow Valley, The Fragrance of Sweet-Grass | 25 Comments

The Literary Magic of L.M. Montgomery’s Storied Domains: The King Orchard and The Story Girl

Posted on March 14, 2022 by Brenton Dickieson

While Lucy Maud Montgomery was a prodigious journal-keeper, leaving us thousands of pages of material to study in the decades after her death, she was far less dedicated as a memoirist. Thus, it is sometimes hard to know how to … Continue reading →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, L.M. Montgomery | Tagged Anne of Green Gables, Anne's House of Dreams, Emily of New Moon, fantasy literature, Jane of Lantern Hill, L.M. Montgomery, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Prince Edward Island, The Alpine Path, The Blue Castle, The Golden Road, The Story Girl | 9 Comments

“Befriending the Darkness, L.M. Montgomery’s Lived Theodicy in Anne’s House of Dreams” My New Paper Published in the Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies

Posted on November 22, 2021 by Brenton Dickieson

I am pleased to announce that my essay, “Befriending the Darkness, L.M. Montgomery’s Lived Theodicy in Anne’s House of Dreams,” has been recently published in the Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies! Here is a bit of my story about how … Continue reading →