Profiles/Interviews

This page lists profiles of or interviews with L.M. Montgomery that appeared in a range of sources between 1909 and 1941.

Total number of items: 73

Related pages: Magazine Items, 1908–1937 | Magazine Items, 1942– | Newspaper Items, 1890–1940 | Newspaper Items, 1942–

1909 (3)

Zion’s Herald (Boston). “The Author of ‘Anne of Avonlea.’” 6 October 1909, 1264.

Also as “The Author of Anne of Avonlea” in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 37–39. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442668560-008.

French, D.G. “Miss Montgomery, Canadian Author.” Globe (Toronto), 9 October 1909, A5.

Mahon, A. Wylie. “Miss Montgomery, the Author of the ‘Anne’ Books.” The Canadian Bookman (Toronto), November 1909, 175–76.

Also in Bookseller and Stationer (Toronto), November 1909, 37–38.

Also in Remembering Lucy Maud Montgomery, by Alexandra Heilbron, 182–84. Toronto: The Dundurn Group, 2001.

Also in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 40–43. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442668560-009.

1910 (5)

MacMurchy, Marjory. “Prince Edward Island’s Novelist.” The Canadian Courier (Toronto), 18 June 1910, 27.

Boston Post. “Says Woman’s Place Is Home.” 12 November 1910, 8.

Also in Red Scrapbook, 1: 11.

Also in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 50–52. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442668560-012.

Dwight, Phoebe. “Want to Know How to Write Book [sic]? Well Here’s a Real Recipe.” Boston Traveler, 14 November 1910, 5.

Also in Red Scrapbook, 1: 11–12.

Also as “Want to Know How to Write a Book? Well Here’s a Real Recipe” in Kindred Spirits, Winter 1997–1998, 22–23.

Also as “Want to Know How to Write Books? Well Here’s a Real Recipe” in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 53–56. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442668560-013.

Boston Herald. “Miss Montgomery’s Visit to Boston.” 16 November 1910, 5.

Also in Red Scrapbook, 1: 11.

Also in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 57–58. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442668560-014.

Republic (Boston). “Miss L.M. Montgomery, Author of ‘Anne of Green Gables.’” 19 November 1910, 5.

Also in Red Scrapbook, 1: 13.

Also as “Miss L.M. Montgomery, Author of Anne of Green Gables” in The Lucy Maud Montgomery Album, compiled by Kevin McCabe, edited by Alexandra Heilbron, 206–8. Toronto: Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 1999.

Also as “Miss L.M. Montgomery, Author of Anne of Green Gables” in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 62–66. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442668560-016.

1911 (8)

Anderson, Thomas F. “With Our Next-Door Neighbors: Prince Edward Island.” Boston Globe, 7 May 1911, SM12.

Excerpted in Scrapbook of Reviews, 23.

Excerpted in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 98–100. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442668560-019.

Guardian (Charlottetown). “Important Reading Matter Selected from This Week’s News for the Guardian’s Saturday Subscribers.” 8 July 1911, 7.

Excerpted as part of “[The Marriage of L.M. Montgomery]” in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 101–4. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442668560-020.

Manitoba Free Press (Winnipeg). “Authoress Weds.” 8 July 1911, 11.

Boston Herald. “News from Books and Authors.” 22 July 1911, 7.

Excerpted as part of “[The Marriage of L.M. Montgomery]” in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 101–4. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442668560-020.

The Christian Science Monitor (Boston). “Among Books and Their Writers.” 24 July 1911, 7.

Patriot (Charlottetown). “The Author of Anne of Green Gables.” 10 October 1911, 4.

Morning Leader (Regina). “A Canadian Novelist of Note Interviewed.” 21 October 1911, Second Section, 10.

Also, with minor variations, as “A Canadian Novelist,” by Christian Richardson, unidentified and undated clipping, in Scrapbook of Reviews, 25.

Also, with minor variations, as “‘Anne of Green Gables’: A Little Talk with the Author on Her Honeymoon,” The Westminster (Toronto), November 1911, 352–54.

Also in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 105–9. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442668560-021.

Nias, Anne E. [Jean Graham]. “Interviews with Authors.” Saturday Night (Toronto), 28 October 1911, 5.

Also in Scrapbook of Reviews, 26–27.

Also in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 110–13. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442668560-022.

1912 (4)

The Writer: A Monthly Magazine to Interest and Help All Literary Workers (Boston). “Montgomery.” June 1912, 92.

Western Mail (Perth, Australia). “Miss Montgomery’s Methods.” 29 June 1912, 36.

Ford, Sydney. “Women’s Work, Women’s Clubs.” Los Angeles Times, 21 July 1912, Part 3, 16.

Chesterfield. “Men and Women We Read About.” The Family Herald and Weekly Star (Montreal), 25 December 1912, 4.

1913 (4)

MacMurchy, Marjory. “L.M. Montgomery: Story Writer.” Globe (Toronto), 25 October 1913, 3.

Also in Scrapbook of Reviews, 50–51.

Also in Weekly Globe and Canada Farmer (Toronto), 29 October 1913, 3.

Also, with minor variations, as “L.M. Montgomery—Story Writer,” Patriot (Charlottetown), 1 November 1913, 7.

Also, with minor variations, as “L.M. Montgomery,” and signed “Marjorie MacMurchy,” unidentified and undated clipping, in Scrapbook of Reviews, 68–69. This version also in Remembering Lucy Maud Montgomery, by Alexandra Heilbron, 185–89. Toronto: The Dundurn Group, 2001.

Also in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 120–25. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442668560-024.

Globe (Toronto). “L.M. Montgomery at Women’s Canadian Club.” 27 October 1913, 5.

Also in Red Scrapbook 1, in “Scrapbooks of Clippings, Programs and Other Memorabilia, compiled by L.M. Montgomery, ca. 1910–1936,” 104. L.M. Montgomery Collection, Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph archives.

Also in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 126–28. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442668560-025.

Toronto Daily Star. “Women’s Canadian Club.” 27 October 1913, 10.

The Canadian Courier (Toronto). “The Maiden Speech That Wasn’t.” 8 November 1913, 16.

1914 (2)

MacMurchy, Marjory. “L.M. Montgomery of the Island.” Manitoba Free Press (Winnipeg), 18 April 1914, Women’s Section, 1.

Also, with minor variations, as “‘Anne of Green Gables’ Is Story of Miss L.M. Montgomery’s Childhood,” in Toronto Star Weekly, 18 April 1914, 19. Also in Scrapbook of Reviews, 66–67. Also in Remembering Lucy Maud Montgomery, by Alexandra Heilbron, 190–94. Toronto: The Dundurn Group, 2001.

Also in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 129–33.

Trotter, Mary Josephine. “The Novelist of the Isle: L.M. Montgomery.” Everywoman’s World (Toronto), September 1914, 11.

1915 (1)

MacMurchy, Marjory. “The Bookman Gallery: L.M. Montgomery.” The Bookman (London), September 1915, 155–56.

1916 (1)

Hathaway, E.J. “L.M. Montgomery.” In Canadian Poets, edited by John W. Garvin, 353. Toronto: McClelland, Goodchild and Stewart, 1916.

Also in Canadian Poets and Poetry, edited by John W. Garvin, 353. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1916.

1919 (2)

Hathaway, E.J. “How Canadian Novelists Are Using Canadian Opportunities.” The Canadian Bookman (Ste. Anne de Bellevue, QC), July 1919, 18–22.

Chapman, Ethel M. “The Author of Anne.” MacLean’s Magazine (Toronto), October 1919, 102, 104, 106.

Also in Scrapbook of Reviews, 170–72.

Also in Remembering Lucy Maud Montgomery, by Alexandra Heilbron, 195–99. Toronto: The Dundurn Group, 2001.

Also in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 157–62. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442668560-033.

1920 (2)

Ashlywood. “A Canadian Novelist.” Globe (Toronto), 8 May 1920, 12.

McGillicuddy, Owen. “A Sextette of Canadian Women Writers.” Canadian Home Journal (Toronto), June 1920, 8, 72.

Also in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 177–79. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442668560-037.

1923 (1)

Globe (Toronto). “A Bystander at the Office Window.” 7 February 1923, 5.

1924 (4)

Bookseller and Stationer (Toronto). “Proud That Canadian Literature Is Clean.” March 1924, 54.

Also in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 199–201. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442668560-043.

Hamilton Herald. “Girl Now Does What Mother Wished to Do.” 21 November 1924, 7.

Hamilton Spectator. “Canadian Public Cold to Its Own Literature.” 21 November 1924, 16.

Also in Red Scrapbook 2, in “Scrapbooks of Clippings, Programs and Other Memorabilia, compiled by L.M. Montgomery, ca. 1910–1936,” 90. L.M. Montgomery Collection, Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph archives.

Also in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 202–3. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442668560-044.

Hamilton Spectator. “Thinks Modern Flapper Will Be Strict Mother.” 21 November 1924, 16.

Also in Red Scrapbook 2, in “Scrapbooks of Clippings, Programs and Other Memorabilia, compiled by L.M. Montgomery, ca. 1910–1936,” 92. L.M. Montgomery Collection, Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph archives.

Also in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 204–6. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442668560-045.

1925 (2)

Something about L.M. Montgomery. Boston: L.C. Page and Company, 1925.

Also in Scrapbook of Reviews, 281.

Revised edition: L.C. Page and Company, 1938.

Also as “Something about L.M. Montgomery” in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 209–16. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442668560-047.

Muir, Norma Phillips. “Famous Author and Simple Mother.” Toronto Star Weekly, 28 November 1925, 44.

Also in Remembering Lucy Maud Montgomery, by Alexandra Heilbron, 207–11. Toronto: The Dundurn Group, 2001.

Also, in abridged form, in Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery, edited by Cecily Devereux, 379–84. Peterborough: Broadview Editions, 2004.

Also in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 224–29. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442668560-049.

1927 (3)

Rhodenizer, V.B. “Who’s Who in Canadian Literature: L.M. Montgomery.” The Canadian Bookman (Toronto), August 1927, 227–28.

Also, as “The Writings of L.M. Montgomery,” unidentified and undated clipping (ca. 1925), in Scrapbook of Reviews, 234–35.

Also in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 237–40. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442668560-051.

Globe (Toronto). “Canadian Novelist Guest at Luncheon.” 7 September 1927, 14.

Hale, Katherine. “About Canadian Writers: L.M. Montgomery, the Charming Author of ‘Anne.’” The Canadian Countryman (Toronto), 10 September 1927, 11, 17.

Also in Scrapbook of Reviews, 319.

Also in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 241–43. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442668560-052.

1928 (3)

Globe (Toronto). “Canadian Authors Hear Noted Writers.” 13 February 1928, 14.

Globe (Toronto). “Canadian Authors Turn Many Away from Big Meeting.” 7 November 1928, 14.

Cowan, C.L. “Minister’s Wife and Authoress.” Toronto Star Weekly, 29 December 1928, 28.

Also in Scrapbook of Reviews, 320–22.

Also in Calgary Daily Herald, 29 June 1929, 2.

Also in Remembering Lucy Maud Montgomery, by Alexandra Heilbron, 231–35. Toronto: The Dundurn Group, 2001.

Also in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 249–53. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442668560-054.

1929 (3)

Mail and Empire (Toronto). “Poetry Her First Love Says L.M. Montgomery.” 19 March 1929, 12.

Georgetown (ON) Herald. “Modern Girl Defined by Noted Writer.” 29 May 1929, 1.

Also in L.M. Montgomery: The Norval Years, 1926–1935, by Deborah Quaile, 149. N.p.: Wordbird Press, 2006.

Also in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 260–61. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442668560-056.

Blackstone. “L.M. Montgomery.” Globe (Toronto), 29 May 1929, 21.

1930 (1)

Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. “Author of ‘Anne’ Books Visits Girlhood Friend in City for Few Days.” 3 October 1930, 8.

1931 (5)

Globe (Toronto). “Canada Literature Is Mostly Objective.” 16 February 1931, 13.

Singing Star. “L.M. Montgomery.” Globe (Toronto), 25 April 1931, 20.

Gazette (Montreal). “Odd Letters Are Sent to Author.” 25 November 1931, 3.

Gazette (Montreal). “‘Problem’ Story Does Not Allure.” 25 November 1931, 3.

Brown, A.V. “Anne of Green Gables at Home.” Unidentified periodical (ca. 1931). Black Scrapbook 2, in “Scrapbooks of Clippings, Programs and Other Memorabilia, compiled by L.M. Montgomery, ca. 1910–1936,” 7. L.M. Montgomery Collection, Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph archives.

Also in Scrapbook of Reviews, 364–65.

Also in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 283–87. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442668560-059.

1932 (2)

Canberra Times (Australia). “Unusual Items in Author’s Mail Bag.” 8 March 1932, 3.

Western Argus (Kalgoorlie, Australia). “Australians as Letter Writers.” 15 March 1932, 4.

1934 (3)

Toronto Daily Star. “Author to Get No Profit as ‘Green Gables’ Filmed.” 8 September 1934, 27.

Also in Scrapbook of Reviews, 377, 379.

Also in L.M. Montgomery: The Norval Years, 1926–1935, by Deborah Quaile, 151–53. N.p.: Wordbird Press, 2006.

Also as “Author to Get No Profit as Green Gables Filmed” in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 316–19. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442668560-064.

Toronto Daily Star. “‘Anne of Green Gables,’ Screened, Author Cries a Little Herself.” 13 November 1934, 19.

Globe (Toronto). “Film Preview of Noted Novel Honors Canadian Woman Writer.” 13 November 1934, 5.

Also in Scrapbook of Reviews, 394.

Also, with minor variations, as “Author of ‘Anne of Green Gables’ Approves Version,” Calgary Herald, 14 November 1934, 8.

Also in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 320–22. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442668560-065.

1935 (1)

Globe (Toronto). “English Union Hears Author of Noted Book.” 4 October 1935, 9.

1936 (8)

Globe (Toronto). “Press Club Members Hear Noted Writer.” 8 January 1936, 8.

Globe (Toronto). “Runnymede H. and S. Hears L.M. Montgomery.” 17 January 1936, 8.

Toronto Telegram. “Author Speaks on Writing Art.” 4 March 1936, 15.

Gazette (Montreal). “Author Revisits P.E.I.” 5 October 1936, 9.

Globe (Toronto). “Toronto Setting for New Novel.” 5 October 1936, 2.

Guardian (Charlottetown). “Famous Island Authoress Visits in Charlottetown.” 5 October 1936, 3.

Globe (Toronto). “Anne of Windy Poplars.” 7 November 1936, 21.

Globe (Toronto). “Among Ourselves: Of Books and Their Makers.” 13 November 1936, 15.

1937 (3)

Wuorio, Eva-Lis. “The Mother of the Anne Series.” Sirkka: Illustrated Magazine for Children 1 (1937): 4–5, 10.

Also, translated by Vappu Kannas, in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 343–46. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442668560-070.

“The Book and the Film.” The Canadian Author 15, no. 1 (September 1937): 21.

Also in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 347–49. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442668560-071.

Globe and Mail (Toronto). “Old-Timers’ Stories Source for Author.” 11 November 1937, 5.

1940 (1)

Aurora (ON) Era. “Beloved Writer Addresses Several Aurora Gatherings.” 22 February 1940, 1.

Also in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 356–58. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442668560-074.

1941 (1)

“The Family Circle.” The Canadian Author and Bookman 17, no. 4 (February 1941): 12–13.