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The conference “From Canada to the World: The Cultural Influence of Lucy Maud Montgomery” will bring L.M. Montgomery scholars, biographers and fans to campus Oct. 23 to 26. The conference itself runs all day Saturday at the Delta Hotel, and Montgomery aficionados will also have an opportunity to indulge their passion for the author through films, tours and an exhibition.
On Oct. 23 at 7 p.m., the Bookshelf Cinema presents “Takes on Maud,” a screening of two short films — I Know a Secret by L.M. Montgomery and Boys and Girls by Alice Munro, produced by Atlantis Films. It will be followed by a panel discussion and reception in the E-Bar. Panellists are Michael MacMillan, executive chair of Alliance Atlantis; University professor emerita Elizabeth Waterston; Prof. Paul Salmon, English and Theatre Studies; and film historian Benjamin Lefebvre of the University of Alberta. Tickets are $15 (plus tax) and available at the Bookshelf and U of G Bookstore.
Two bus tours are also being offered — a Friday tour to Bala and the L.M. Montgomery Museum and a Sunday tour of Montgomery's Ontario homes in Leaskdale (Uxbridge) and Norval.
The Saturday conference features lectures, a gala dinner with a keynote talk by U of G chancellor Pamela Wallin and a pre-dinner performance of Memories of Lucy Maud Montgomery. Full conference registrants are also invited to attend the opening of the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre exhibition “Searching for Home — The Lives of Lucy Maud Montgomery” Friday at 7 p.m.
For registration information, visit www.lmmrc.ca/conference/program.html.