Benjamin Lefebvre

Current projects include new fiction manuscripts, a book-length study of one hundred years of screen adaptations of Anne of Green Gables, and the next volumes in The L.M. Montgomery Library (University of Toronto Press), a book series that reprints and discusses Montgomery’s short stories, poems, and miscellaneous pieces.

• PROSE Award for Literature, Association of American Publishers, for The L.M. Montgomery Reader, volume 1: A Life in Print; volume 2: A Critical Heritage; volume 3: A Legacy in Review (University of Toronto Press, 2013–15), 2016
• Marie Tremaine Fellowship, The Bibliographical Society of Canada / La Société bibliographique du Canada, for “A Reassessment of L.M. Montgomery’s Critical Reception,” 2013
• Leverhulme visiting fellowship, International Forum for Research in Children’s Literature, University of Worcester, 2009–2010
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada postdoctoral fellowship, Department of English and Film Studies, University of Alberta, 2007–2009
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada doctoral fellowship, Department of English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University, 2004–2006
• Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la société et la culture doctoral fellowship, Department of English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University, 2002–2005

Non-Fiction

Reimagining Anne: A Century of L.M. Montgomery’s Literary Icon on Screen. Dundurn Press, forthcoming in 2027.

• Audiobook: Tantor Media, forthcoming.

L.M. Montgomery’s “Anne of Green Gables” Through the Years: Texts, Covers, Readers. Toronto Public Library, forthcoming in 2026. 9,800 words. The Helen E. Stubbs Memorial Lectures 36.

The Glory and the Dream: L.M. Montgomery’s Writing Life. Dundurn Press, 2026. x + 253 pp.

• Audiobook: Narrated by Jamie Renell, Tantor Media, 2026.

Fiction

In the Key of Dale. Arsenal Pulp Press, 2022. 304 pp.

• Audiobook: Narrated by Michael Crouch, OrangeSky Audio, 2022.
• Italian translation: La musica di Dale, translated by Silvia Mercurio, Gallucci, 2023.

Critical Editions

Schooled with Briars: Collected Serials, 1903–1913, by L.M. Montgomery. University of Toronto Press, 2025. The L.M. Montgomery Library. xxii + 394 pp. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487518134.

• Preface (xi–xviii), “A Note on the Text” (xix–xxi), afterword (301–62), notes (363–84).

Twice upon a Time: Selected Stories, 1898–1939, by L.M. Montgomery. University of Toronto Press, 2022. The L.M. Montgomery Library. xx + 332 pp. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487544140.

• Preface (xi–xvi), “A Note on the Text” (xvii–xix), twenty-five headnotes (4,050 words), afterword (261–90), notes (291–318).
• Audiobook: Narrated by Barbara Barnes and William Hope, University of Toronto P, 2023.

A World of Songs: Selected Poems, 1894–1921, by L.M. Montgomery. University of Toronto Press, 2019. The L.M. Montgomery Library. xx + 140 pp. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487531522.

• Preface (xv–xix), afterword (105–20), notes (121–28).

A Name for Herself: Selected Writings, 1891–1917, by L.M. Montgomery. University of Toronto Press, 2018. The L.M. Montgomery Library. xxvi + 454 pp. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487519308.

• Preface (xv–xxiv), “A Note on the Text” (xxv–xxvi), twenty-three headnotes (5,900 words), afterword (313–40), notes (341–420).

Critical Anthologies

The L.M. Montgomery Reader, Volume 3: A Legacy in Review. University of Toronto Press, 2015. x + 453 pp. Paperback edition, 2020. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442660861.

• “Introduction: A Legacy in Review” (3–48), “A Note on the Text” (49–50), headnotes (11,800 words) and notes (7,000 words) for twenty-four chapters, “Epilogue: Posthumous Texts, 1960–2013” (353–90).

The L.M. Montgomery Reader, Volume 2: A Critical Heritage. University of Toronto Press, 2014. xii + 451 pp. Paperback edition, 2020. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442668607.

• “Introduction: A Critical Heritage” (3–49), “A Note on the Text” (50), headnotes (2,850 words) and additional notes (1,300 words) for twenty chapters.

The L.M. Montgomery Reader, Volume 1: A Life in Print. University of Toronto Press, 2013. xiv + 450 pp. Paperback edition, 2020. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442668560.

• “Introduction: A Life in Print” (3–28), “A Note on the Text” (29–30), headnotes (15,000 words) and notes (19,500 words) for eighty-one chapters.

Collections of Essays

Textual Transformations in Children’s Literature: Adaptations, Translations, Reconsiderations. Routledge, 2013. xvi + 223 pp. Children’s Literature and Culture. Paperback edition, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203098479.

• “Introduction: Reconsidering Textual Transformations in Children’s Literature” (1–6).

Anne’s World: A New Century of Anne of Green Gables (jointly with Irene Gammel). University of Toronto Press, 2010. x + 263 pp. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442690233.

Trade Editions

Rilla of Ingleside, by L.M. Montgomery (jointly with Andrea McKenzie). Viking Canada, 2010. xxvi + 390 pp. Paperback edition by Penguin Canada, 2011.

• Introduction (ix–xix), “A Note on the Text” (xx), “The Origins of the First World War” (xxi–xxiii), headnote for “Canadian Women’s Poetry of the First World War” (351), glossary (354–87), “Further Reading” (388–89), all jointly with Andrea McKenzie.

The Blythes Are Quoted, by L.M. Montgomery. Viking Canada, 2009. xvi + 527 pp. Paperback edition by Penguin Canada, 2010. Penguin Modern Classics Edition, 2018. xx + 521 pp.

• 2009/2010 editions: Afterword (511–20), “A Note on the Text” (521–22).
• 2018 edition: Introduction (ix–xvii), “A Note on the Text” (517–18), “Suggestions for Further Reading” (519–20).
• Turkish translation: Alfa Ekspres, forthcoming.
• Italian translation: Racconti dall’isola: Prima della guerra [Stories from the Island: Before the War] and Racconti dall’isola: Dopo la guerra [Stories from the Island: After the War], translated by Angela Ricci, Gallucci Editore, 2021.
• Brazilian Portuguese translation: Os Contos dos Blythes [The Tales of the Blythes] (2 vols.) and Os Poemas dos Blythes [The Poems of the Blythes], translated by Thalita Uba, Ciranda Cultural, 2020. Also, in one volume, as O grande livro dos Blythes: Contos e poemas de Anne of Green Gables [The Big Book of the Blythes: Tales and Poems of Anne of Green Gables], translated by Thalita Uba and Patricia N. Rasmussen, Ciranda Cultural, 2022.
• Japanese translation: An no Omoide no Hibi [Anne’s Days of Remembrance] (2 vols.), translated by Mie Muraoka, Shinchosha, 2012.
• Polish translation: Ania z Wyspy Księcia Edwarda [Anne of Prince Edward Island], translated by Paweł Ciemniewski, Wydawnictwo Literackie, 2011.
• Finnish translation: Annan jäähyväiset [Anne’s Farewell], translated by Marja Helanen-Ahtola, Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, 2010.

Edited Book Series

Early Canadian Literature. Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2014–.

• Argimou: A Legend of the Micmac, by S. Douglass S. Huyghue, afterword by Gwendolyn Davies (2017). viii + 256 pp. “Series Editor’s Preface” (vii–viii). https://doi.org/10.51644/9781771122658.
• In Due Season, by Christine van der Mark, afterword by Carole Gerson and Janice Dowson (2016). x + 356 pp. “Series Editor’s Preface” (vii–ix). https://doi.org/10.51644/9781771120722.
• The Flying Years, by Frederick Niven, afterword by Alison Calder (2015). x + 336 pp. “Series Editor’s Preface” (vii–ix). https://doi.org/10.51644/9781771120753.
• The Forest of Bourg-Marie, by S. Frances Harrison, afterword by Cynthia Sugars (2015). x + 258 pp. “Series Editor’s Preface” (vii–ix). https://doi.org/10.51644/9781771120302.
• The Seats of the Mighty, by Gilbert Parker, afterword by Andrea Cabajsky (2015). viii + 400 pp. “A Note on the Text” (vii–viii). https://doi.org/10.51644/9781771120456.
• The Traditional History and Characteristic Sketches of the Ojibway Nation, by George Copway, afterword by Shelley Hulan (2014). x + 208 pp. “Series Editor’s Preface” (vii–x). https://doi.org/10.51644/9781554589777.
• Painted Fires, by Nellie L. McClung, afterword by Cecily Devereux (2014). x + 324 pp. “Series Editor’s Preface” (vii–x). https://doi.org/10.51644/9781554589937.
• The Foreigner: A Tale of Saskatchewan, by Ralph Connor, afterword by Daniel Coleman (2014). x + 302 pp. “Series Editor’s Preface” (vii–x). https://doi.org/10.51644/9781554589456.

Edited Journal Issue

“Reassessments of L.M. Montgomery.” Special issue, Canadian Children’s Literature / Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse 113–14 (Spring–Summer 2004). 168 pp. https://ccl-lcj.ca/index.php/ccl-lcj/issue/view/188.

• “Editorial: Assessments and Reassessments” (6–13), « Présentation : Méthodes d’évaluation » (14–16).

Shorter Works

Short stories in The Antigonish Review, The New Quarterly, and Plenitude Magazine.

Journal articles in Canadian Children’s Literature / Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse, Canadian Literature, Children’s Literature Association Quarterly, English Studies in Canada, Essays on Canadian Writing, Journal of Canadian Studies / Revue d’études canadiennes, Journal of Religion and Culture, and Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne.

Chapters in books published by Routledge, Springer, University of Toronto Press, and Wilfrid Laurier University Press.

[See my website for a full list of my publications]

At Laurier:

• CT400Q/CT411I: Cinderella Stories: Fairy Tales and Contemporary Culture
• EN112: Literature and Love
• EN119: Reading Fiction
• EN201: Children’s Literature
• EN263: Canada Then: Exploring Canadian Literature
• EN267: Canada Now: Contemporary Canadian Literature
• EN285: Tween Literature and Culture
• EN286: Young Adult Literature
• EN324: Gender and Sexuality in Canadian Literature
• EN371: Creative Writing: Short Story
• SOJE485: The Politics of Cultural Production
• YC/SOJE326: Children, Toys and Media

Elsewhere:

• Adolescent Literary and Media Texts
• Canadian Children’s Literature and Cultures
• Children’s Classics in the 21st Century (graduate certificate course)
• Children’s Literature
• Fairy Tales and Culture
• Fairy Tales, Myth and Poetry
• Fiction for Children
• Laughter and Tears: Comedy and Tragedy
• Literature across Borders
• Literature and Identity: Personal, Categorical, National
• Studies in Children’s Literature