Search Results by tag: L.M. Montgomery

CBC and Netflix renew Anne of Green Gables series for second season

CBC-TV's adaptation of the CanLit classic Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery has been renewed for a second season. Production of Anne With an E, titled simply Anne in Canada, will commence this fall, for broadcast on the network and ... Read More »

August 9, 2017 | Filed under: Book culture, Children's publishing

Anne of Green Gables TV movie wins $25‚000 Shaw Rocket Prize

By Becky Robertson

The new TV movie adaptation of L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables‚ produced by Toronto company Breakthrough Entertainment‚ has been awarded a Shaw Rocket Prize‚ which recognizes three exceptional Canadian television programs for young viewers ... Read More »

November 24, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

From Alias Grace to Anne Shirley, the latest on 2017’s CanLit adaptations

By Sue Carter

As Toronto prepares to become a Hollywood playground this September thanks to TIFF, CanLit fans can also embrace that three new television adaptations will be going into production in and around the city this fall. ... Read More »

August 30, 2016 | Filed under: Book culture

New Anne of Green Gables series to stream on Netflix

By Becky Robertson

CBC-TV's forthcoming eight-part adaptation of Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables has been picked up by Netflix for global streaming in 2017. Titled Anne‚ the series will update the novel's story to focus on contemporary issues ... Read More »

August 24, 2016 | Filed under: Book culture, Book news, Deals, Industry news

Jonathan Crombie, Gilbert Blythe, and the “Perfect Man Archetype”

By Melanie Fishbane

I fell in love for the first time when I was 12, with the school heartthrob. He had dark brown hair and a dimpled chin, and seemed to enjoy teasing the girls. But he also ... Read More »

April 23, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, Opinion

Judging a book by its cover: Anne of Green Gables

By Dory Cerny

Everyone, it seems, wants to get in on the enduring appeal of L.M. Montgomery's classic stories about feisty red-haired Anne Shirley, with new box sets hitting the shelves in the coming months from no fewer ... Read More »

August 27, 2014 | Filed under: Book news, Children's publishing

Lucy Maud Montgomery museum is for sale

By Sue Carter

If you're looking to invest in some CanLit history, the Lucy Maud Montgomery Heritage Museum in Park Corner, Prince Edward Island, is for sale. According to CBC.ca, the museum's owner, 72-year-old Robert Montgomery, a descendant ... Read More »

August 21, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

BookNet bestsellers: Canadian fiction (6)

By Katie Gowrie

Tanis Rideout makes her debut on this week's list with her first novel, Above All Things. For the two weeks ending June 24, 2012: 1. The Cat's Table, Michael Ondaatje (Vintage Canada, $22 pa, 9780307401427) ... Read More »

July 3, 2012 | Filed under: Bestsellers

The 10 best Atlantic Canadian books of all time

By Stuart Woods

Halifax's Nimbus Publishing has just released Atlantic Canada's 100 Greatest Books, a compendium of the best East Coast books of all time. The comprehensive list should function as a good conversation-starter, though as with many ... Read More »

October 22, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

L.M. Montgomery’s sad end

By Steven W. Beattie

For the second week in a row, the weekend brings news about the suicide of a well-known writer. Arguably as startling as the news last week that David Foster Wallace hanged himself at the young ... Read More »

September 22, 2008 | Filed under: Authors