This page consists of an archive of all articles published on the L.M. Montgomery Online website since 2007.
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This Is September
For L.M. Montgomery, her characters, and me, September means new beginnings: new school year, new events, new projects, and new content.
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I Have Come Home (1938 sketch)
“I Have Come Home,” a rarely seen sketch by L.M. Montgomery, is significant for two entirely different reasons.
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A Note on the L.M. Montgomery Bibliography
At long last, I’ve finished reorganizing and updating my L.M. Montgomery bibliography of sources—at least for now.
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Call for Papers: Anne for Everyone
Proposals are sought for a collection of essays entitled /Anne for Everyone: Green Gables, Children of Color, and Global Childhoods/.
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An Author Speaks (1939 essay)
In “An Author Speaks,” L.M. Montgomery offers advice to aspiring writers from her experience as an internationally bestselling author.
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Spotlight on International Scholarship (I)
An overlooked but fascinating component of L.M. Montgomery studies involves international scholarship written in languages besides English.
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How Fair the Realm Literary Allusions Open to the View
L.M. Montgomery’s books are filled with literary allusions to earlier works. Identifying the sources of these allusions isn’t always easy.
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A Note on the Epigraph to Rilla of Ingleside
Identifying not only the text Montgomery’s work alludes to but also the version of that text can reveal clues about her creative process.
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Year in Review: 2020
An overview of L.M. Montgomery-related events and publications from 2020, a year of multiple anniversaries worth commemorating.
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L.M. Montgomery, Jane Austen, and Self-Repetition
L.M. Montgomery often recycled or revisited her own work, especially from periodical to book. But she was hardly the only one who did so.
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Year in Review: 2018
An overview of L.M. Montgomery-related events and publications from 2018, summarizing information previously released in twenty-three blog posts.
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“‘Spleet-New’ from the Publishers”: Anne of Green Gables at 110
On this day in 1908, L.M. Montgomery received her first copies of Anne of Green Gables. But there’s more than one account of this experience.
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Year in Review: 2015
An overview of L.M. Montgomery-related events and publications from 2015, summarizing information first released in twenty-nine blog posts.
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Year in Review: 2014
An overview of L.M. Montgomery-related events and publications from 2014, summarizing information first released in forty-eight blog posts.
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From Proofs to Book
Receiving my first copy of volume 1 of The L.M. Montgomery Reader prompts me to reflect on seeing a project evolve from proofs to book.
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Year in Review: 2012
An overview of L.M. Montgomery-related events and publications from 2012, summarizing information previously released in sixteen blog posts.
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Lucy Maud of Macneill Farm
My review of The Complete Journals of L.M. Montgomery: The PEI Years, 1889–1900, appeared in the Globe and Mail on 21 July 2012.
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Q&A with Indigo
In this Q&A from October 2010, I chatted with Melanie J. Fishbane, at the time an editor at Indigo, about some recent book projects.
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Year in Review: 2009
An overview of L.M. Montgomery-related events and publications from 2009, summarizing information previously released in thirty-eight blog posts.
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The Dark Side of L.M. Montgomery
This essay, coinciding with the publication of L.M. Montgomery’s The Blythes Are Quoted, appeared on 23 October 2009 in The Mark News.
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Year in Review: 2008
An overview of L.M. Montgomery-related events and publications from 2008, summarizing information previously released in seventy blog posts.
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Eternally Anne
My review, entitled “Eternally Anne,” of three new Anne-related books appears in the 22 March 2008 issue of the Globe and Mail.
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Year in Review: 2007
An overview of L.M. Montgomery-related events and publications from 2007, summarizing information previously released in forty blog posts.