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The MaudCast: The Podcast of the L.M. Montgomery InstituteMaudCast S02E05 Alan MacEachern, L.M. Montgomery Institute Visiting ScholarMaudCast S02E05 Alan MacEachern, L.M. Montgomery Institute Visiting Scholar
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In this episode, historian Alan MacEachern joins Brenton Dickieson to talk about Alan’s work as a historian of place and as the 2022-23 L.M. Montgomery Institute Visiting Scholar. Dr. Alan MacEachern is a Canadian history professor at the University of Western Ontario. He has recently published a book on the Miramichi fire, and an upcoming book with UPEI’s Dr. Ed MacDonald, The Summer Trade: A History of Tourism on Prince Edward Island, will be out any day now. As they are both...2022-03-3044 minThe MaudCast: The Podcast of the L.M. Montgomery InstituteMaudCast S02E04 Julie Sellers and the Poetic Imagination of Kindred SpiritsShow Notes:
In this episode, Brenton Dickieson is pleased to connect with Montgomery-inspired poet and scholar, Julie A. Sellers, on her collection of poems, Kindred Verse: Poems inspired by Anne of Green Gables–a collection filled photographs, reflections, and poems in conversation with the eight Anne books by L.M. Montgomery. Rooted in images of home, the natural, and the adventurous imagination, Kindred Verse is a reflection of how Montgomery’s works and the character of Anne have reshaped Julie’s own sense of the possible. Inspired by readings from Kindred Verses, Julie and Brenton discuss themes of nostalgia, friend...2022-02-2449 min
The MaudCast: The Podcast of the L.M. Montgomery InstituteMaudCast S02E03 Melanie Fishbane and Images of Montgomery as an AuthorMaudCast S02E03 Melanie Fishbane and Images of Montgomery as an Author
In this episode, host Brenton Dickieson sits down with scholar and fiction writer, Melanie J. Fishbane to talk about how Mel brings together the creative and the critical in dialogue with L.M. Montgomery’s life and work. At the centre of their discussion is Mel’s literary YA historical fiction, Maud. They discuss Mel’s research and discovery process, getting to the heart of how Lucy Maud Montgomery--”Maud” to her friends and family--became a living character in Mel’s imagination. They discuss Mel’s artistic and...2022-01-2656 minThe MaudCast: The Podcast of the L.M. Montgomery InstituteMaudCast S02E02 Laura Robinson and E. Holly Pike on L.M. Montgomery and GenderIn this episode, host Brenton Dickieson was joined by two Atlantic Canadian L.M. Montgomery scholars, E. Holly Pike and Laura Robinson. Laura and Holly share about their labour of longsuffering love, the richly edited volume, L.M. Montgomery and Gender, recently published by McGill-Queen’s University Press. In discussion about some of the thoughtful essays in the collection, readers will enjoy hearing about the complex relationship of masculinities and feminitities in Montgomery’s novels and short stories. In particular, Brenton, Holly, and Laura press in on “what L.M. Montgomery is doing to us as readers,” focussing on her part...2021-12-081h 10The MaudCast: The Podcast of the L.M. Montgomery InstituteMaudCast S02E01 Allison Hudson and How We Touch the Books We ReadMaudCast S02E01 Allison Hudson and How We Touch the Books We Read
In this episode, host Brenton Dickieson sits down with Allison McBain Hudson, a Canadian-Irish writer and Montgomery scholar. Following an MA in Children’s and Young Adult Literature that focused on Montgomery’s rural Canadian romanticism in Anne of Green Gables and the Emily trilogy, Allison has moved on to PhD studies in literature at Dublin City University. Brenton and Allison discuss her research, how she moves from “metaphysical” ideas in Montgomery’s writings in her MA research, to the discovery of “physical” objects in her doctoral...2021-11-2257 minThe MaudCast: The Podcast of the L.M. Montgomery InstituteMaudCast S02E00 Season Two TeaserMaudCast S02E00 Season Two Teaser
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Hello kindred spirits, and welcome to MaudCast, the official podcast of the L.M. Montgomery Institute, broadcasting from the beautiful campus of the University of Prince Edward Island.
In this age of dislocation and disarray, season one of the MaudCast was far richer than we could have expected. In a dozen episodes, our little podcast brought together Montgomery scholars from around the world, carrying on the work that the L.M. Montgomery Institute has done for more than a quarter of a century: promoting research in...2021-11-1002 minThe MaudCast: The Podcast of the L.M. Montgomery InstituteMaudCast S01E12 Bonnie Tulloch and Emerging L.M. Montgomery Scholarship: The Flipped Microphone EditionIn this episode, the 2018 and 2020 winners of the Elizabeth R. Epperly award for Outstanding Early Career Paper sit down for a discussion about Montgomery studies and emerging scholarship. After discussing Bonnie Tulloch’s award-winning paper on “Canadian "Anne-Girl[s]": Literary Descendents of Montgomery's Redheaded Heroine, there is a nice surprise as Bonnie takes over the microphone, interviewing host Brenton Dickieson on his recent paper about Anne’s House of Dreams.
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The MaudCast is the podcast of the L.M. Montgomery Institute. In the MaudCast’s quest to discover cutting-edge scholarship about the life a...2021-07-0558 minThe MaudCast: The Podcast of the L.M. Montgomery InstituteMaudCast S01E11 Mary Beth Cavert and L.M. Montgomery’s Life and LettersIn this episode, host Brenton Dickieson sits down with the legendary Mary Beth Cavert--an independent scholar who specializes in the personal, historical, and literary context of Montgomery’s kinship ties. Beyond various published essays, Beth publishes, edits, and writes The Shining Scroll, the journal of the L.M. Montgomery Literary Society. Brenton and Beth discuss L.M. Montgomery’s lifelong correspondence with George B. MacMillan, a Scottish writer. Brenton and Beth also talk about book collecting and book dedications--both fruitful activities for the reader of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s works.
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The MaudCas...2021-04-2957 minThe MaudCast: The Podcast of the L.M. Montgomery InstituteMaudCast S01E10 Rita Bode, Women Writers, and Editing L.M. Montgomery ScholarshipIn this episode, host Brenton Dickieson sits down with the legendary Professor Rita Bode, a scholar of women writers, including L.M. Montgomery and American Women’s Regionalist Fiction (the title of a recent collection of essays that Brenton in this episode calls “the Gothic book”). Rita has co-edited two recent critical volumes in Montgomery studies, and the discussion ranges across the great content of those works and Rita’s observations. And of course, Rita and Brenton talk books, sharing their experiences of some of the books we love to love--and some we struggle to love.
Show Notes2021-03-3158 minThe MaudCast: The Podcast of the L.M. Montgomery InstituteMaudCast S01E09 Jenny Litster and L.M. Montgomery’s Cultural ContextsIn this episode of the MaudCast we chat with Jenny Litster, a cultural historian and specialist on L.M. Montgomery and her Scottish and Prince Edward Island roots.
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The MaudCast is the podcast of the L.M. Montgomery Institute. In the MaudCast’s quest to discover cutting-edge scholarship about the life and works of Lucy Maud Montgomery, we welcome to the microphone leading academics, emerging scholars, local researchers, and imaginative readers and writers from around the world. Hosted by Dr. Brenton Dickieson, we broadcast from the beautiful campus of the University of Prince Ed...2021-03-031h 01The MaudCast: The Podcast of the L.M. Montgomery InstituteMaudCast S01E08 Rachel Dodge and The Anne of Green Gables DevotionalShow Notes
The MaudCast is the podcast of the L.M. Montgomery Institute. In the MaudCast’s quest to discover cutting edge scholarship about the life and works of Lucy Maud Montgomery, we welcome to the microphone leading academics, emerging scholars, local researchers, and imaginative readers and writers from around the world. Hosted by Dr. Brenton Dickieson, we broadcast from the beautiful campus of the University of Prince Edward Island.
The MaudCast Team
Host and Founding Producer: Brenton Dickieson
Founding Co-Producer: Kate Scarth
Technical Director: Kristy McKinney
2021-01-2139 minThe MaudCast: The Podcast of the L.M. Montgomery InstituteMaudCast S01E07: A Very Merry MaudCast with Kristy McKinney, Kate Scarth, Alyssa Gillespie, and host Brenton DickiesonIn this episode, host and producer Brenton Dickieson sits down digitally with Kate Scarth, Chair of L.M. Montgomery Studies at the University of Prince Edward Islands and Alyssa Gillespie, editorial assistant for The Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies. In discussing our family holiday traditions and our favourite Montgomery Christmas scenes, we also visit with the technical director of the MaudCast, Kristy McKinney. With eggnog lattes in our hands and red currant wine in our hearts, the MaudCast team toasts this strange year that was with hopes for the years to come. The episode concludes with Brenton’s re...2020-12-1847 minThe MaudCast: The Podcast of the L.M. Montgomery InstituteMaudCast S01E06: Carolyn Strom CollinsShow Notes
The MaudCast is the podcast of the L.M. Montgomery Institute. In the MaudCast’s quest to discover cutting edge scholarship about the life and works of Lucy Maud Montgomery, we welcome to the microphone leading academics, emerging scholars, local researchers, and imaginative readers and writers from around the world. Hosted by Dr. Brenton Dickieson, we broadcast from the beautiful campus of the University of Prince Edward Island.
The MaudCast Team
Host and Founding Producer: Brenton Dickieson
Founding Co-Producer: Kate Scarth
Technical Director: Kristy McKinney
...2020-12-0942 minThe MaudCast: The Podcast of the L.M. Montgomery InstituteMaudCast S01E05: Andrea McKenzieShow Notes
The MaudCast is the podcast of the L.M. Montgomery Institute. In the MaudCast’s quest to discover cutting edge scholarship about the life and works of Lucy Maud Montgomery, we welcome to the microphone leading academics, emerging scholars, local researchers, and imaginative readers and writers from around the world. Hosted by Dr. Brenton Dickieson, we broadcast from the beautiful campus of the University of Prince Edward Island.
The MaudCast Team
Host and Founding Producer: Brenton Dickieson
Founding Co-Producer: Kate Scarth
Technical Director: Kristy McKinney
2020-11-1831 minThe MaudCast: The Podcast of the L.M. Montgomery InstituteMaudCast S01E04.0: Trinna Frever Part TwoShow Notes
The MaudCast is the podcast of the L.M. Montgomery Institute. In the MaudCast’s quest to discover cutting edge scholarship about the life and works of Lucy Maud Montgomery, we welcome to the microphone leading academics, emerging scholars, local researchers, and imaginative readers and writers from around the world. Hosted by Dr. Brenton Dickieson, we broadcast from the beautiful campus of the University of Prince Edward Island.
The MaudCast Team
Host and Founding Producer: Brenton Dickieson
Founding Co-Producer: Kate Scarth
Technical Director: Kristy McKinney
2020-08-2436 minThe MaudCast: The Podcast of the L.M. Montgomery InstituteMaudCast S01E04.0: Trinna Frever Part OneShow Notes
The MaudCast is the podcast of the L.M. Montgomery Institute. In the MaudCast’s quest to discover cutting edge scholarship about the life and works of Lucy Maud Montgomery, we welcome to the microphone leading academics, emerging scholars, local researchers, and imaginative readers and writers from around the world. Hosted by Dr. Brenton Dickieson, we broadcast from the beautiful campus of the University of Prince Edward Island.
The MaudCast Team
Host and Founding Producer: Brenton Dickieson
Founding Co-Producer: Kate Scarth
Technical Director: Kristy McKinney
2020-08-1735 min
The MaudCast: The Podcast of the L.M. Montgomery InstituteThe Maudcast S01E03: Kate Scarth and the L.M. Montgomery InstituteDr. Kate Scarth is the Chair of L.M. Montgomery Studies at UPEI, where she works closely with the L.M. Montgomery Institute, and is also an Assistant Professor of Applied Communication, Leadership, and Culture. She is particularly interested in the relationship between story and place and works on writers from Jane Austen to Montgomery. Her current projects include yourlmmontgomerystory.com, which was featured in June 2020 on CBC. As always, you can check out links to this great project in the show notes
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The MaudCast is the podcast of the L.M...2020-06-2619 min
The MaudCast: The Podcast of the L.M. Montgomery InstituteThe MaudCast S01E02: Laura Leden, L.M. Montgomery and Nordic TranslationLaura Leden is a PhD candidate in translation studies at the University of Helsinki, working on the final stages of her thesis on adaptation in translations of girls’ fiction from English into Swedish and Finnish, including translations of Montgomery’s Emily trilogy. Alongside her PhD project, she has written several journal articles and book chapters on the translations of Montgomery’s books and been a regular speaker at the L.M. Montgomery conferences for the last ten years.
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The MaudCast is the podcast of the L.M. Montgomery Institute. In the MaudCas...2020-06-2526 min
The MaudCast: The Podcast of the L.M. Montgomery InstituteThe Maudcast S01E01: Lesley Clement, Launch of the Vision ForumDr. Clement is the L.M. Montgomery Institute’s Visiting Scholar. Lesley has held teaching and administrative positions at various Canadian universities. She has published on visual literacy, empathy, and death in children’s literature. Her work on Montgomery appears in Studies in Canadian Literature and L.M. Montgomery and the Matter of Nature(s). Recent projects include co-editing, with Rita Bode, L.M. Montgomery’s Rainbow Valleys: The Ontario Years, 1911-1942 (2015) and, with Leyli Jamali, Global Perspectives on Death in Children’s Literature (2016).
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The MaudCast is the podcast of the L.M. Mont...2020-06-2422 min
The MaudCast: The Podcast of the L.M. Montgomery InstituteThe Maudcast: TeaserTranscript
In 1922, not long after she finished writing one of her most personal and profound novels, Emily of New Moon, Lucy Maud Montgomery made a diary entry about a fantastic new technology: the radio. Montgomery talked about this wonderful invention that allows you to hear broadcasts of sermons and speeches and concerts from the great cities of North America. Though fascinated, Maud was also a bit resistant, worried that this would be another device that would fill up her very precious time in unmeaningful ways.
When Maud finally heard a broadcast a few months later...2020-06-1602 min