Sally Cole, writing for The Guardian of Charlottetown, notes the successful recent performance of Anne & Gilbert in Ottawa. As someone who saw a 2013 performance in Charlottetown, I am pleased at the success.

Celia Koughan is well versed in “Anne & Gilbert - The Musical ( Read more... )

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The Lower Bedeque Schoolhouse described by CBC must post-date my residence on the Island, I think. Islanders?

A community group in Lower Bedeque, P.E.I., is looking for ways to attract more visitors to the schoolhouse where Anne of Green Gables author Lucy Maud Montgomery once taught ( Read more... )

I have been wanting for some months to visit the Toronto neighbourhood of Swansea, a Toronto neighbourhood east of the Humber River and south of Bloor Street West that has gained some fame as where Lucy Maud Montgomery spent the last seven years of her life.

Toronto Plaques let me know of a parkette created in memory of her.


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There was plenty of Anne of Green Gables merchandise--books, toys, shows--being advertised in Prince Edward Island. These six photos merely hint at the plenty.

This ad, occupying the empty window of a building at University and Kent, advertises the musical Anne of Green Gables and the Charlottetown Festival's other shows.


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Wonkman has noted the rapid proliferation of Anne of Green Gables-themed musicals on Prince Edward Island.

The first musical opened in 1965. The second in 2005. If this rate of growth is maintained, there will be ( Read more... )

I first heard of Anne & Gilbert in the national media, through a MacLean's report claiming that the Charlottetown Festival was upset that a rival Anne musical was performing literally just down the street. The Festival, operating out of the Confederation Centre of the Arts, has been running the musical Anne of Green Gables since 1964. It's not far ( Read more... )

The previously announced news that I reported last month, claiming that William and Kate might visit Prince Edward Island as part of their visit to Canada, (perhaps because of the Duchess of Cambridge's reported fondness for Anne of Green Gables) has been fulfilled. According to this news source, they will be spending time visiting Charlottetown ( Read more... )

The news that newlyweds William and Kate may visit Prince Edward Island, inspired by Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables, may do spectacular things for Prince Edward Island tourism. If it happens, of course.

Tourism promoters in Prince Edward Island are abuzz over reports that Anne of Green Gables may have inspired the upcoming trip by ( Read more... )