Episodes

  • MaudCast S03E01: The Blue Castle Manuscript with Carolyn Strom Collins

    MaudCast S03E01: The Blue Castle Manuscript with Carolyn Strom Collins
    Mar 10 2026

    Bringing listeners warm, thoughtful conversations inspired by the life and works of Lucy Maud Montgomery.

    Description: In this episode, we discuss the editorial and archival adventures of Carolyn Strom Collins, as she talks about the manuscript edition of L.M. Montgomery’s hilarious and unusual romance, The Blue Castle.

    What is the MaudCast?

    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.

    Special Guest Bio

    Carolyn Strom Collins is the author of The Anne of Green Gables Treasury and other “Anne” companion books. She has also published companion books on Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House books, Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, and Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden. Carolyn founded The L. M. Montgomery Literary Society as well as the Friends of the L. M. Montgomery Institute.

    In season one of the MaudCast, Carolyn joined us to discuss a couple of her editorial projects: After Many Years: Twenty-one “Long-Lost” Stories by L. M. Montgomery and Anne of Green Gables: The Original Manuscript. We are sitting down with Carolyn on the release of another brilliant Montgomery archival resource, The Blue Castle: The Original Manuscript.

    The MaudCast Team

    Host and Founding Producer: Brenton Dickieson

    Founding Co-Producer: Kate Scarth

    Technical Director: Kristy McKinney

    MaudCast Intern: Fleur Rodrigues

    Visual Design: Heidi Haering

    Music: Nicolas Riel

    Find the MaudCast on Instagram at www.instagram.com/lmmimaudcast

    L.M. Montgomery Institute website: https://www.lmmontgomery.ca/

    L.M. Montgomery Institute X: @LMMI_PEI

    The Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies: https://journaloflmmontgomerystudies.ca/

    Find Brenton Dickieson on Instagram and X: https://www.instagram.com/bdickieson

    Brenton Dickieson on Instagram and X: https://linktr.ee/brentondickieson

    Brenton Dickieson’s website: www.aPilgrimInNarnia.com

    Find Nicolas Riel on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/24tFIIiCjulHu0pbxeQVdA?si=RwSzlCJkQ9604TR-qxNinQ

    Contact Information for the L.M. Montgomery Literary Society:

    Website: https://lmmontgomeryliterarysociety.weebly.com

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lmmlitsociety/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LMmontgomeryLS

    Special thanks to the Robertson Library at UPEI and all of our community partners.

    The MaudCast is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
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    23 mins
  • MaudCast S03E00: The MaudSwap with the Kindred Spirits Podcast

    MaudCast S03E00: The MaudSwap with the Kindred Spirits Podcast
    Dec 17 2025

    MaudCast S03E00 The MaudSwap with the Kindred Spirits Podcast

    A live on-location podcast swap from the imaginative birthplace of L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables. How did Montgomery keep her love and writing life secret from the curious eyes of her Cavendish neighbours?

    Description

    In this season three launch of the MaudCast, we chat with Ragon Duffy and Kelly Gerner, the hosts of the Kindred Spirits Podcast. On a very hot summer day, MaudCast host Brenton Dickieson met Kelly and Ragon at the Green Gables Heritage Site in Cavendish. They headed up the hill to the church, which was built when Montgomery was caring for her grandmother at the homestead at the back of the same property. This episode offers a local perspective on Montgomery’s life and works, including the great secrets of her private life as a public figure. We hope you enjoy this special crossover episode between the MaudCast and Kindred Spirits Book Club! A podcast swap … a podswap—a MaudSwap! When you enjoy, please like and share.

    Show 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 leading academics, emerging scholars, local researchers, and imaginative readers and writers from around the world to the microphone. Hosted by Dr. Brenton Dickieson, we broadcast from the beautiful campus of the University of Prince Edward Island.

    Guest Host Bios

    Ragon Duffy and Kelly Gerner are fans of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s work and have been sharing their love for Anne through their podcast: The Kindred Spirit Book Club. They bring beloved characters from the page into our homes through witty and insightful conversations, so we’re very pleased to join with them in on this podswap episode!

    Follow Kelly and Ragon on Instagram: @kindredspirits.bookclub

    Website: https://www.kindredspiritsbookclub.com/

    The MaudCast Team

    Host and Founding Producer: Brenton Dickieson

    Founding Co-Producer: Kate Scarth

    Technical Director: Kristy McKinney

    MaudCast Intern: Fleur Rodrigues

    Logo Design: Heidi Haering

    The MaudCast on Social Media

    Find the MaudCast on Instagram: @LMMIMaudCast

    L.M. Montgomery Institute website: https://www.lmmontgomery.ca/

    Kindred Spaces Research Collection Online: https://kindredspaces.ca/

    The Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies: https://journaloflmmontgomerystudies.ca/

    Brenton Dickieson Twitter: @BrentonDana

    Brenton Dickieson Instagram: @bdickieson

    Brenton Dickieson website: www.aPilgrimInNarnia.com

    Credits

    Susato’s “Selection from The Danserye: III. Les Quatre Branle” performed by the UPEI Wind Symphony, directed by Dr. Karem J Simon, available for purchase here: https://upeiwindsymphony.bandcamp.com/album/the-danserye

    Thanks to Rev. Eric and the volunteers at the Cavendish United Church for hosting our discussion.

    Special thanks to the Robertson Library at UPEI, the L.M. Montgomery Institute, and all of our community partners. The MaudCast is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
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    53 mins
  • MaudCast S02E05 Alan MacEachern, L.M. Montgomery Institute Visiting Scholar

    MaudCast S02E05 Alan MacEachern, L.M. Montgomery Institute Visiting Scholar
    Mar 30 2022
    MaudCast S02E05 Alan MacEachern, L.M. Montgomery Institute Visiting Scholar Show Notes: 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 “Island boys,” Brenton and Alan discuss this unique place to visit and call home, Prince Edward Island, and how Montgomery’s life and works help people from around the world become intrigued with PEI. They talk about the upcoming Montgomery Institute Conference in June 2022, with the theme of “L.M. Montgomery and Re-Vision.” Alan also shares about his current research project on the diary of Myrtle Webb, bringing to life the family that lived at the home that inspired the “Green Gables” in Montgomery’s iconic Anne books. Podcast Description: 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 Researcher: Keziah Stoltz Researcher: Abbey McRoberts Researcher: Alyssa Gillespie Visual Design: Heidi Haering Web Coordinator: Melanie J. Fishbane MaudCast Media Contacts: Find the MaudCast on Twitter and Instagram @LMMIMaudCast L.M. Montgomery Institute Website: https://www.lmmontgomery.ca/ L.M. Montgomery Institute Twitter: @LMMI_PEI Kindred Spaces Research Collection Online: https://kindredspaces.ca/ The Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies: https://journaloflmmontgomerystudies.ca/ Brenton Dickieson Twitter: @BrentonDana Brenton Dickieson website: www.aPilgrimInNarnia.com Brenton Dickieson Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bdickieson/ Guest Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/alanmaceachern University Website: https://history.uwo.ca/people/faculty/maceachern.html Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1623333.Alan_MacEachern?from_search=true&from_srp=true Closing Quotation: The extract from Myrtle Webb’s diary will be part of Dr. MacEachern’s future book, tentatively titled Myrtle Webb of Green Gables. You can see his upcoming keynote talk at the L.M. Montgomery and Re-vision conference this summer, information here: https://lmmontgomery.ca//lm-montgomery-and-re-vision Research and Book References from the Show: MacEachern, Alan and MacDonald, Edward. The Summer Trade: A History of Tourism on Prince Edward Island. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press. Publication Date: April 15th, 2022 MacEachern, Alan. The Miramichi Fire: A history. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2020 MacEachern, Alan. Natural Selections: National Parks in Atlantic Canada, 1935–1970. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2001. Acknowledgements: The MaudCast is a global podcast in a digital age but operates in a particular time and place. Thus, we would like to respectfully acknowledge that the land upon which we broadcast is the traditional and ongoing unceded territory of the Abegweit Mi’kmaq First Nation. Special thanks to the Robertson Library at UPEI and all of our community partners. Susato’s “Selection from The Danserye: III. Les Quatre Branle” performed by the UPEI Wind Symphony, directed by Dr. Karem J Simon, available for purchase here: https://upeiwindsymphony.bandcamp.com/album/the-danserye. The MaudCast is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
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    45 mins
  • MaudCast S02E04 Julie Sellers and the Poetic Imagination of Kindred Spirits

    MaudCast S02E04 Julie Sellers and the Poetic Imagination of Kindred Spirits
    Feb 24 2022
    Show 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, friendship, and landscapes both natural and imaginative.

    Podcast Description:

    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

    Researcher: Abbey McRoberts

    Researcher: Alyssa Gillespie

    Researcher: Keziah Stoltz

    Visual Design: Heidi Haering

    Web Coordinator: Melanie J. Fishbane

    MaudCast Media Contacts:

    Find the MaudCast on Twitter and Instagram @LMMIMaudCast

    L.M. Montgomery Institute Website: https://www.lmmontgomery.ca/

    L.M. Montgomery Institute Twitter: @LMMI_PEI

    Kindred Spaces Research Collection Online: https://kindredspaces.ca/

    The Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies: https://journaloflmmontgomerystudies.ca/

    Brenton Dickieson Twitter: @BrentonDana

    Brenton Dickieson website: www.aPilgrimInNarnia.com

    Brenton Dickieson Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bdickieson/

    Guest Social Media Links:

    Twitter: @julieasellers

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/julieasellersauthor

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/julieasellers/

    Website: https://julieasellers.com/

    Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7785927.Julie_A_Sellers

    Closing Quotation:

    “We will meet, somewhere, there in the middle of the book…” From Julie A. Sellers, Kindred Verse: Poems Inspired by Anne of Green Gables (Wichita: Blue Cedar Press, 2021), p. 20.

    Research and Book References from the Show:

    Sellers, Julie A. Kindred Verse: Poems Inspired by Anne of Green Gables. Wichita: Blue Cedar Press, 2021.

    Sellers, Julie A. “‘Just as If I Was a Heroine in a Book’: Quixotic Identification in and with Anne of Green Gables.” In Reflections on Our Relationships with Anne of Green Gables: Kindred Spirits, edited by Jessica Carniel and Nike Sulway, 105–20. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021.

    Sellers, Julie A. “‘A Good Imagination Gone Wrong’: Reading Anne of Green Gables as a Quixotic Novel.” Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies, 5 June 2019, https://journaloflmmontgomerystudies.ca/reading/sellers.

    Acknowledgements:

    The MaudCast is a global podcast in a digital age but operates in a real time and space. Thus, we would like to respectfully acknowledge that the land upon which we broadcast is the traditional and ongoing unceded territory of the Abegweit Mi’kmaq First Nation.

    Special thanks to the Robertson Library at UPEI and all of our community partners.

    Susato’s “Selection from The Danserye: III. Les Quatre Branle” performed by the UPEI Wind Symphony, directed by Dr. Karem J Simon, available for purchase here: https://upeiwindsymphony.bandcamp.com/album/the-danserye.

    The MaudCast is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
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    49 mins
  • MaudCast S02E03 Melanie Fishbane and Images of Montgomery as an Author

    MaudCast S02E03 Melanie Fishbane and Images of Montgomery as an Author
    Jan 26 2022
    MaudCast 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 character choices, including the difficult conversation about Montgomery and indigenous peoples she encountered, especially in her year in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Mel’s choices in the novel, we see--including an elegant moment of drawing the question to the surface--are informed by sensitive research, scholarly insight, writerly instinct, and the ethical choice to seek consultation. Listeners to this episode will appreciate an in-depth discussion about the writing process, and hear about Melanie’s scholarly work, including a recent paper bringing together two Annes--Anne Frank and Anne of Green Gables--woven together thoughtfully with Melanie’s own writerly perspective. Listeners will also enjoy conversation about great books, journaling, the perils of workplace cats, and the importance of coloured pens. Podcast Description 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 Researcher: Abbey McRoberts Researcher: Alyssa Gillespie Researcher: Keziah Stoltz Visual Design: Heidi Haering Web Coordinator: Melanie J. Fishbane MaudCast Media Contacts: Find the MaudCast on Twitter and Instagram @LMMIMaudCast L.M. Montgomery Institute Website: https://www.lmmontgomery.ca/ L.M. Montgomery Institute Twitter: @LMMI_PEI Kindred Spaces Research Collection Online: https://kindredspaces.ca/ The Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies: https://journaloflmmontgomerystudies.ca/ Brenton Dickieson Twitter: @BrentonDana Brenton Dickieson website: www.aPilgrimInNarnia.com Brenton Dickieson Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bdickieson/ Guest Social Media Links: Twitter: @MelanieFishbane Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MelanieJFishbane/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melanie_fishbane/ Website: https://melaniefishbane.com/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15505239.Melanie_J_Fishbane Susato’s “Selection from The Danserye: III. Les Quatre Branle” performed by the UPEI Wind Symphony, directed by Dr. Karem J Simon, available for purchase here: https://upeiwindsymphony.bandcamp.com/album/the-danserye. Adapted Closing Quotation: “May you, dear readers, create stories that come from the dark corners of your soul, giving voice to your rainbow valleys, shining waters, and disappointed houses too” (Melanie J. Fishbane, Maud: A Novel INspired by the Life of L.M. Montgomery, p. 366). Research References from the Show: Fishbane, Melanie J. Maud: A Novel Inspired by the Life of L.M. Montgomery. Toronto: Penguin Teen Canada, 2017. Fishbane, Melanie J. “Two Annes, Many Annes: A Writer’s Reflection on Reading Anne of Green Gables and The Diary of a Young Girl.” Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies, 18 July 2021, https://journaloflmmontgomerystudies.ca/reading/fishbane-two-annes-many-annes. Fishbane, Melanie J. “‘My Pen Shall Heal, Not Hurt’: Writing as Therapy in Rilla of Ingleside and The Blythes Are Quoted.” In L.M. Montgomery’s Rainbow Valleys: The Ontario Years, 1911–1942, edited by Rita Bode and Lesley D. Clement, 131–44, 290–91. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2015. Dickieson, Brenton D.G. “Befriending the Darkness: L.M. Montgomery’s Lived Theodicy in Anne’s House of Dreams.” Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies, 25 Oct 2021, https://journaloflmmontgomerystudies.ca/reading/Dickieson/Befriending-the-Darkness. Special thanks to the Robertson Library at UPEI and all of our community partners. The MaudCast is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
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    56 mins
  • MaudCast S02E02 Laura Robinson and E. Holly Pike on L.M. Montgomery and Gender

    MaudCast S02E02 Laura Robinson and E. Holly Pike on L.M. Montgomery and Gender
    Dec 8 2021
    In 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 particularly deft inversive and subversive tendencies. Within a broad-ranging conversation about books, research, and the social moment, Laura and Holly also share their stories of discovering the imaginative possibilities of working critically with Montgomery’s works and their hopes for an ever-increasing diversity of voices within the Montgomery scholarly community. Show 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 Researcher: Abbey McRoberts Researcher: Alyssa Gillespie Visual Design: Heidi Haering Web Coordinator: Melanie J. Fishbane MaudCast Media Contacts: Find the MaudCast on Twitter and Instagram @LMMIMaudCast L.M. Montgomery Institute Website: https://www.lmmontgomery.ca/ L.M. Montgomery Institute Twitter: @LMMI_PEI Kindred Spaces Research Collection Online: https://kindredspaces.ca/ The Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies: https://journaloflmmontgomerystudies.ca/ Brenton Dickieson Twitter: @BrentonDana Brenton Dickieson website: www.aPilgrimInNarnia.com Brenton Dickieson Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bdickieson/ Guest Social Media Links: Twitter: @Laura_Learns Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robin.laurenson Instagram: laurarobinson1928 Acadia U website: https://english.acadiau.ca/dr-laura-robinson.html Closing Quotation: “Wave and undertow, affirmation and undercutting: there is no clear end for a time or an idea or a book that people continue to read. Modernism celebrated fractured time, wounded time; Montgomery insisted on time’s deep continuities; she endorsed healing.” (Elizabeth Rollins Epperly, “Magic for Marigold: Engendering Questions about What Lasts,” in L.M. Montgomery and Gender, ed. E. Holly Pike and Laura M. Robinson (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2021), p. 346). Research References from the Show: Pike, E. Holly, and Laura M. Robinson, eds. L.M. Montgomery and Gender. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2021. Robinson, Laura M. “Kindred Spirits: Kinship and the Nature of Nature in Anne’s House of Dreams and The Blue Castle.” In L.M. Montgomery and the Matter of Nature(s), edited by Rita Bode and Jean Mitchell, 171–83, 240–41. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2018. Pike, E. Holly. “Cross-Dressing: Twins, Language, and Gender in L.M. Montgomery’s Short Fiction.” In L.M. Montgomery and Gender, edited by E. Holly Pike and Laura M. Robinson, 175–94. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2021. Pike, E. Holly. “Reading the Book as Object and Thing in L.M. Montgomery’s Emily Series.” In “L.M. Montgomery and Reading,” edited by Emily Woster and Kate Scarth. Special collection, Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies, 15 December 2020. https://doi.org/10.32393/jlmms/2021.0003. Montgomery, L.M. A Name for Herself: Selected Writings, 1891–1917. Edited by Benjamin Lefebvre. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2018. The L.M. Montgomery Library. Credits: Susato’s “Selection from The Danserye: III. Les Quatre Branle” performed by the UPEI Wind Symphony, directed by Dr. Karem J Simon, available for purchase here: https://upeiwindsymphony.bandcamp.com/album/the-danserye. Special thanks to the Robertson Library at UPEI and all of our community partners. The MaudCast is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • MaudCast S02E01 Allison Hudson and How We Touch the Books We Read

    MaudCast S02E01 Allison Hudson and How We Touch the Books We Read
    Nov 22 2021
    MaudCast 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 dissertation. In particular, Allison discusses her research in “material culture” in L.M. Montgomery’s novels--the tangible, tactile objects that make up the details of everyday life. These objects, like houses, books, portraits, mittens, and hanging hams provide atmosphere and setting in the novel, but they also provide connection points between the characters and carry other kinds of significance for the reader. While Allison and Brenton chat about the Emily trilogy throughout, their conversation about books ranges out into the fantastic, considering the “material culture” of objects like wardrobes, sewing machines, rings, and mundane portkeys in writers like C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, J.K. Rowling, Madeleine L’Engle, Ursula K. Le Guin, Katherine Paterson, and Annie Dillard. Show 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 Researcher: Abbey McRoberts Researcher: Alyssa Gillespie Visual Design: Heidi Haering Web Coordinator: Melanie J. Fishbane Find the MaudCast on Twitter and Instagram @LMMIMaudCast L.M. Montgomery Institute Website: https://www.lmmontgomery.ca/ L.M. Montgomery Institute Twitter: @LMMI_PEI Kindred Spaces Research Collection Online: https://kindredspaces.ca/ The Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies: https://journaloflmmontgomerystudies.ca/ Brenton Dickieson Twitter: @BrentonDana Brenton Dickieson website: www.aPilgrimInNarnia.com Guest Social Media Links: Twitter: @Nikiwan72 Facebook: Allison McBain Hudson Instagram: @nikiwan72 Susato’s “Selection from The Danserye: III. Les Quatre Branle” performed by the UPEI Wind Symphony, directed by Dr. Karem J Simon, available for purchase here: https://upeiwindsymphony.bandcamp.com/album/the-danserye. Closing quotation: “[Jane] had been away from Lantern Hill for nine months, but now it seemed to her that she had never been away at all. She had been living here all along. It was her spirit’s home” (L.M. Montgomery, Jane of Lantern Hill (Seal Books, 1988), p.169). Other quotations: “Our lives are characterised by innumerable encounters with objects…Objects are routinely, mundanely, part of everyday existence. Moreover, beyond this pragmatic view, even the most commonplace object has the capacity to symbolise the deepest human anxieties and aspirations…in important ways objects have a type of power over us…people require objects to understand and perform aspects of selfhood, and to navigate the terrain of culture more broadly” (Ian Woodward, Understanding Material Culture, p. vi). “Emily had never seen a kitchen like this before. It had dark wooden walls and low ceiling, with black rafters crossing it, from which hung hams and sides of bacon and bunches of herbs and new socks and mittens, and many other things, the names and uses of which Emily could not imagine. The sanded floor was spotlessly white, but the boards had been scrubbed away through the years until the knots in them stuck up all over in funny little bosses, and in front of the stove they had sagged, making a queer, shallow little hollow” (L.M. Montgomery, Emily of New Moon, ch. 6). Special thanks to the Robertson Library at UPEI and all of our community partners. The MaudCast is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
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    57 mins
  • MaudCast S02E00 Season Two Teaser

    MaudCast S02E00 Season Two Teaser
    Nov 10 2021

    MaudCast S02E00 Season Two Teaser

    Transcript

    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 and celebration of the life, works, culture, and influence of our favourite Prince Edward Island-born, Canadian writer, Lucy Maud Montgomery.

    And we are pleased to announce that Season two is upon us!

    We are very much looking forward to welcoming to the microphone Montgomery readers from Prince Edward Island and across the world. Upcoming episodes include conversations about Montgomery’s poetry, new methods of reading her novels, writerly projects about Montgomery’s biography or questions about gender and culture, and considerations of the ways her work inspires in us an artistic voice or a sense of place. In season two, we will speak with scholars, poets, writers, artists, performers, and leaders in the Montgomery community --all in a quest to discover cutting-edge scholarship about the life and works of Lucy Maud Montgomery and join imaginative readers throughout the world.

    We hope you will join us in this new bend in the road for the MaudCast. I am your host, Dr. Brenton Dickieson. From Technical Director Kristy McKinney and all of us at the MaudCast, we’ll see you soon.

    Show 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

    Researcher: Abbey McRoberts

    Researcher: Alyssa Gillespie

    Visual Design: Heidi Haering

    Web Coordinator: Melanie J. Fishbane

    Find the MaudCast on Twitter and Instagram @LMMIMaudCast

    L.M. Montgomery Institute Website: https://www.lmmontgomery.ca/

    L.M. Montgomery Institute Twitter: @LMMI_PEI

    Kindred Spaces Research Collection Online: https://kindredspaces.ca/

    The Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies: https://journaloflmmontgomerystudies.ca/

    Brenton Dickieson Twitter: @BrentonDana

    Brenton Dickieson website: www.aPilgrimInNarnia.com

    Susato’s “Selection from The Danserye: III. Les Quatre Branle” performed by the UPEI Wind Symphony, directed by Dr. Karem J Simon, available for purchase here: https://upeiwindsymphony.bandcamp.com/album/the-danserye.

    Special thanks to the Robertson Library at UPEI and all of our community partners.

    The MaudCast is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
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