lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 29/08/2026🏰✨Join us online or in-person for a special, co-sponsored event celebrating the 100th anniversary of Montgomery's The Blue Castle at the University of Guelph! 131
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 24/06/2026📚In July of 1903, Montgomery read three current bestsellers but noted that modern books “are not under any obligation of immortality” like some of her other Victorian and classic favourites. 120
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 14/06/2026🚨Last chance to join us for L.M. Montgomery and Change! Registration for the in-person and virtual conference closes on 17 June! 📲 Explore your registration options and learn more about our many conference special events here: lmmontgomery.ca/upcoming-con... We can't wait to see you there! ✨ 051
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 30/05/2026💐🌍 Take a look at the newest piece in our “International Notes on L. M. Montgomery” collection! Educator Dagmara Wojciechowska returned to Anne of Green Gables thirty-six years after she had first read Ania z Zielonego Wzgórza in Polish as a little girl. 131
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Countdown to the Conference: Keynote Feature ✨ The LMMI is thrilled to welcome a very special guest: Megan Follows! On Saturday, June 27, Megan will present her keynote: "Anne of Everywhere: How A Redheaded Girl from PEI Became Canada's Greatest Cultural Ambassador and Changed my Life Forever." 181
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 20/05/2026🚨🕐 Countdown to the Conference: Keynote Feature!! The LMMI's current Visiting Scholar, Dr. Allison McBain Hudson will share her keynote address, "Maud, Pat, and Me: The Materiality of Change" at the conference on Thursday, June 25. 263
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 12/05/2026📢🚨 Registration for the L.M. Montgomery Institute’s 17th Biennial International Conference, "L.M. Montgomery and Change" is open through Wednesday, June 17th! 120
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 05/05/2026As we face an increasingly complex world, exploring mental health and its many dimensions is more vital than ever. The L.M. Montgomery Institute has curated a collection exploring how Montgomery’s life and works have supported mental well-being in times of turbulence and calm, crisis and peace. 132
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 01/04/2026📚📚Bookshelf Wednesday! Explore two fascinating works of autobiographical nonfiction by women who witnessed the First World War in France. Frances Huard’s My Home on the Field of Honour (1916) and Mildred Aldrich’s A Hilltop on the Marne (1915) both share stories of and reflections on war and home. 171
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 31/03/2026💙🏰 This year, we are celebrating the centennial of L. M. Montgomery’s 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦. It is the perfect time to discover (or rediscover) this charming novel! The Journal of L.M. Montgomery showcases a variety of articles and personal essays elaborating on this story’s vast impact. 151
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 26/03/2026💐🏠 Take a look at the newest piece in our “L.M. Montgomery and the Politics of Home” collection! L.M. Montgomery’s homelife has been defined by her journal narratives, wherein her husband, Reverend Ewen Macdonald, identified as “Ewan,” is portrayed many times as an ill-matched partner. 151
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Applications are now open for the 2027-2028 L.M. Montgomery Institute’s Visiting Scholar Program! The next Visiting Scholar will participate in Institute Management Committee meetings and help plan the next biennial conference in 2028, where they will also present a keynote address. 143
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 05/03/2026🚨✍️ Registration is now OPEN for the 2026 L.M. Montgomery and Change Conference (June 24–28) !!! lmmontgomery.ca/registration...lmmontgomery.caRegistration Now Open: 17th Biennial L.M. Montgomery Institute International Conference – L. M. Montgomery Institute 131
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 12/02/2026✍️✨ What began with flowers and continued with story comes together in “Flowery Passages and Story-Gifting,” a collaborative celebration of L.M. Montgomery’s 150th anniversary. 120
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 12/02/2026✍️✨ The celebration continues! Here’s the next piece in our #Maud150: Back to the Future collection, offering a fresh perspective on Montgomery’s enduring influence. 120
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 12/02/2026✍️✨ We are pleased to present the newest pieces in our #Maud150: Back to the Future collection, a series that considers the past, present, and future in relation to L. M. Montgomery’s art, life, and legacies. 120
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 20/01/2026✨ January is Braille Literacy Month! ✨ This month celebrates the importance of Braille, a vital tool that gives people who are blind or visually impaired access to stories, knowledge, and learning. 120
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 19/12/2025💐🎙️ Hello kindred spirits, and welcome to MaudCast, the podcast of the L.M. Montgomery Institute. To launch Season Three of MaudCast, we are happy to share a MaudSwap, a special crossover episode with the Kindred Spirits Book Club. 140
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 30/11/2025🎂💐 November 30th marks the 151st birthday of L. M. Montgomery! We’re pleased to announce the three keynote speakers for our 2026 Biennial Conference, “L. M. Montgomery and Change.” 📲 Learn more about who will be leading the conversations at our upcoming conference: lmmontgomery.ca/special-anno... 1156
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 24/11/2025📚🔍 Take a look at the newest piece in our “Back to the Future” collection! The point of perspective of this poem is taken from the end of Maud Montgomery’s life. It is a first-person keening of her life’s story. 110
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 12/11/2025📚💐 Bookshelf Wednesday! Week 3 of desert islands and the high seas! Take a look at Montgomery’s copy of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe. 📲 To read "Robinson Crusoe", visit kindredspaces.ca/islandora/ob... - #lmmontgomery #lucymaudmontgomery #danieldefoe #robinsoncrusoe #canadianliterature #jlmms 041
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 02/11/2025💐📚 Myisha Haynes, illustrator of Anne of West Philly by Ivy Weir, admires Anne Shirley for her heart. Haynes notes that even as Anne faces challenges, she remains compassionate and determined. This combination of vulnerability and strength allows readers to see themselves in Anne’s journey. 130
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 30/10/2025📚💐 Bookshelf Wednesday! Check out Montgomery’s copy of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic Treasure Island, chock full of tucked- and pasted-in illustrations and clippings. 130
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 22/10/2025📚💐 The next three Bookshelf Wednesdays include some deserted islands and perhaps a few pirates! First, is Montgomery’s copy of J.M. Barrie’s play The Admirable Crichton. The play wasn’t Montgomery’s favorite Barrie text, but it’s definitely an interesting story! 140
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 21/10/2025💐🏡 Explore the newest piece in our “L. M. Montgomery and the Politics of Home” collection! Julie A. Sellers is the author of the novel 𝘈𝘯𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘦 (Meadowlark Press, 2022) and 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦: 𝘗𝘰𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘎𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 (Blue Cedar Press, 2021). 130
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 15/10/2025🎬💐 For Canadian-American actress Colleen Dewhurst, who portrayed Marilla Cuthbert in the Anne of Green Gables TV miniseries, the enduring power of Montgomery's beloved story lies in connection. She saw the phrase “kindred spirit” as a reminder of how we recognize ourselves in others. 121
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 05/10/2025📚✍️ For author C. E. Gatchalian, Anne Shirley embodies resistance. Born into a society that preferred boys, Anne offers an imaginative counterworld - one of beauty, transcendence, and creative defiance. 151
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 24/09/2025📚Bookshelf Wednesday is back with many new additions and exciting finds! This week, learn more about a few Canadian authors on Montgomery’s shelves. kindredspaces.ca/islandora/ob... kindredspaces.ca/islandora/ob... kindredspaces.ca/islandora/ob... - #lmmontgomery #maud150 #canadianliterature 040
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 19/09/2025🎶📚 The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin cherished Anne of Green Gables for its spirited characters. She admired Anne’s determination, Gilbert’s charm, and Marilla’s steadfastness, and dreamed of seeing the Island where their world came to life. 120
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 06/09/2025💯 publications. Countless contributors. One shared passion. 📚🎊 The Journal of L. M. Montgomery Studies is celebrating its 100th publication ... and counting! - #lmmontgomery #lucymaudmontgomery #100publications #journaloflmmontgomerystudies #jlmms #princeedwardisland #maud150 021
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 30/08/2025🎭 Megan Follows, celebrated Canadian-American actress and director, is forever linked to Anne Shirley through her unforgettable role in the 1985 Anne of Green Gables miniseries. For Follows, Anne’s story is much more than a coming-of-age tale. 120
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 23/08/2025✍️📚 In 2013, Alice Munro became the first Canadian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, celebrated for her “mastery of the contemporary short story.” Reflecting on the work of L. M. Montgomery, Munro offered high praise for Emily of New Moon, calling it “by far [Montgomery’s] best book.” 130
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 23/08/2025💐✍️ A new piece has been added to the “Writers and Artists Respond to L.M. Montgomery” collection in the 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘓.𝘔. 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘨𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴! 📲 To read “A Short History of Writers and Artists Responding to L.M. Montgomery” by Dr. Kate Scarth, visit journaloflmmontgomerystudies.ca/Writers-and-... 131
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 21/08/2025💐✍️ We have a new addition to the Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies “Writers and Artists Respond to L.M. Montgomery” collection! 📲 Read “A Gathering of Artists Respond to L.M. Montgomery: A Foreword” by Liz Rosenberg here: journaloflmmontgomerystudies.ca/Writers-and-... 110
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 16/08/2025🎧 Now on Audible! The Life and Works of L.M. Montgomery, an Audible Original by Dr. Kate Scarth, Chair of L.M. Montgomery Studies at UPEI, is out now ‼️ 📲 Discover the many sides of Lucy Maud Montgomery in a rich, engaging audio experience! 🔗 Listen now on Audible: www.audible.ca/pd/The-Life-...audible.caThe Life and Works of L.M. MontgomeryCheck out this great listen on Audible.ca. Canadian author L. M. Montgomery is best known for her best-selling and beloved novel Anne of Green Gables. But Montgomery was a prolific writer and artist w... 121
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 06/08/2025‼️📚Now available! A special print collection from the Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies! "Writers and Artists Respond to L.M. Montgomery" collects—in a full colour print volume—the work of 32 artists and writers whose works have been published in the journal over the last year. 140
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 01/08/2025💐📚 More than a century after she first arrived at Bright River station, Anne Shirley remains one of literature’s most beloved characters. Author of 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘦: 𝘈𝘯 𝘈𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘎𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 (𝘚𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘖𝘧), Kathleen Gros, reminds us why Anne continues to connect with readers of all ages. 110
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 31/07/2025REMINDER‼️: The 17th Biennial International Conference of the L.M. Montgomery Institute will be held June 24–28, 2026. 📲 Visit lmmontgomery.ca/upcoming-con... to view the full Call for Papers, and submit proposals for presentations, panels, or workshops by August 15, 2025. - #lmmontgomery #maud150 130
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 24/07/2025📚🥀 Montgomery first read Poems of Passion in 1898, shortly after her intense “love affair” with Herman Leard. She noted that she has “lived” each poem herself. 📲 Learn more about the volume here: kindredspaces.ca/islandora/ob... - #lmmontgomery #bookshelfwednesday #canadianliterature #maud150 030
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Take a look at the latest from our #Maud150: Back-to-the-Future collection!. To read, “Jane of Lantern Hill and the Montgomery Sugar Maple: An Allegory for Regeneration” by James E. Garratt, visit journaloflmmontgomerystudies.ca/Maud-150/Gar... - #janeoflanternhill #lmmontgomery #maud150 #jlmms 010
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 18/07/2025✍️💐 Margaret Atwood is one of Canada’s most celebrated literary voices. Reflecting on L. M. Montgomery’s 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘎𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴, Atwood offers a fresh perspective that reveals the deeper emotional layers found in Montgomery's beloved story. 130
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 10/07/2025📚💐 This week, take a look at Montgomery’s copy of Scott’s Rob Roy, one of her perennial favourite books that she read and re-read throughout her life, citing it in no less than five of her own novels. 📲 See what Montgomery pasted and tucked between the pages here: kindredspaces.ca/islandora/ob... 041
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 08/07/2025💐📖 Budge Wilson and L.M. Montgomery are deeply connected. The two writers had each occupied, as young women, decades apart, the "Third-and-a-Half” room in Halifax Ladies’ College. Now, Wilson will join Montgomery as another great Canadian writer whose work is honoured by a Project Bookmark plaque. 164
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 03/07/2025💐💔 Remembering Jennie Macneill, Preserver of L.M. Montgomery’s Cavendish Home The L.M. Montgomery Institute mourns the passing of beloved friend, Jennie Macneill (1929–2025). 📲 To read more about Jennie Macneill’s life and love for Montgomery, visit lmmontgomery.ca/remembering-... - #lmmi #maud 062
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 02/07/2025📚 A special and fascinating Bookshelf Wednesday! Take a look at Van Vechten’s The Tiger in the House, a cultural history of cats. Montgomery read the book in 1921 and was taken by its discussion of iconic cats and iconic cat-lovers through history. kindredspaces.ca/islandora/ob... - #lmmontgomery 030
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 30/06/2025🇨🇦🏆 We’re thrilled to share that Elizabeth Epperly, founder of the L. M. Montgomery Institute, has been appointed to the Order of Canada by Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada! Congratulations, Dr. Epperly, on this extraordinary honour! 💐❤️ - #GGHonours 0104
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 26/06/2025📚💐 Montgomery listed 𝘋𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 among her favourite books for many years. 📲 Explore her copy of the book and see the interesting underlines and clippings she left behind. kindredspaces.ca/islandora/ob... - #lmmontgomery #lucymaudmontgomery #writers #bookshelfwednesday #davidcopperfield 051
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 19/06/2025📚💐 Take a look at Montgomery’s own copy of the Dickens’ Pickwick Papers, complete with a variety of included ephemera—not from Pickwick but from Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”—and learn more about her love of the book. kindredspaces.ca/islandora/ob... - #bookshelfwednesday #writers #charlesdickens 031
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 11/06/2025📚💐 Bookshelf Wednesday! Take a look at the interesting placement of the illustrations Montgomery added to her copy of Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park. www.kindredspaces.ca/islandora/ob... - #lmmontgomery #lucymaudmontgomery #princeedwardisland #janeausten #books #writers #authors #canadianliterature 051
lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 05/06/2025This year’s winner of the special prize in the PEI Provincial Heritage Festival “L.M. Montgomery” category is Freya Gallant, Grade 7, from Gulf Shore School, for her research on “Who is Lucy Maud Montgomery?” 🎉 Congratulations, Freya! 🎉 - #lmmontgomery #princeedwardisland #lucymaudmontgomery #lmmi 020
