Back Beside the Sea
As I write, it is a beautiful autumn day: the sun is shining, the sky is blue and there is scarcely a breeze. The view…
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Book Buying on the Other Side of the World
I'm in Australia at the moment, visiting relatives. Just now, I'm in Melbourne with cousins who know some great secondhand bookshops. Without trying very hard…
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The Blythes are Quoted by LM Montgomery
Try to spin it out as I might (and did) I finally finished reading The Blythes are Quoted earlier this week. As I think I…
Christmas Reading
For many years I had books that I almost always re-read at Christmas. They formed a mixed bag but, inevitably, they all had a strong…
Anne on Film
Being in Canada has rekindled my desire to visit Prince Edward Island and re-awakened my passion for LM Montgomery's books. My long-suffering sister had to…
A sense of community and place
Some time ago I wrote an article for Folly, a journal written and read by children's literature enthusiasts. It was one of a series of…
IFLA
Yesterday I met Anne Shirley. Well, not really, of course, but someone from Library and Archives Canada dressed up as her. This year, of course,…
Before Green Gables
Recently I met a friend for coffee and almost before I sat down we had embarked on a discussion about LM Montgomery's Anne books. We…
The Blog’s Name
I expect that some of you recognise the allusion in the title of my blog. It's to Lewis Carroll, of course, in Alice's Adventures in…
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