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Links Mentioned:
* L.M. Montgomery Institute June 2022 Conference
* The Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies
* Share Your Own L.M. Montgomery Story (open through Sept 15th!)
* L.M. Montgomery PEI Site Map
* Japanese Anime Version of Anne from 1979 (Note: I haven’t watched these, but found them on YouTube with English subtitles)
* L.M. Montgomery Read-a-Thon Facebook Group
* Download Dr. Scarth’s List of Resources
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Book Recommendations:
* A Tangled Web
* Anne’s Cradle
* Lucy Maud Montgomery: The Gift of Wings
* House of Dreams, The Life of L.M. Montgomery (for tweens/teens)
* Little People, Big Dreams series (for littles)
* The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery
* The Alpine Path
* Rilla of Ingleside
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Questions We Discussed:
01:58 – Could you start by telling us how you first discovered Maud’s books and how you ended up in the position that you are in now?
05:17 – What does a day in the life of your role entail?
08:25 – Do the locals enjoy the fame that LMM brought to the island through her books?
09:55 – How has the landscape of the Island changed from Maud’s time to now?
15:07 – Were Maud’s novels as beloved when they were first published as they are now?
17:38 – Can you talk to us about the reception that Maud, as a woman, would have received among the predominantly male Canadian writing community?
22:08 – Why is Anne of Green Gables so popular with people in Japan?
27:00 – What was happening in Maud’s life at the time when she wrote Jane of Lantern Hill that might have influenced the story?
34:30 – Did Maud based Grandmother in Jane of Lantern Hill on her own grandmother?
40:00 – Most of Jane is quite realistic, but could we talk a little bit about the lion scene – why do you think Maud put this in here?
46:00 Which biographies on Maud would you recommend to us, and which would you recommend for us to read to our kids?
50:30 – What book do you personally believe is Maud’s greatest work and why?
55:44 – What have you been working on recently in your position as Chair of LMM Studies?