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Born and raised outside Montreal, I’m a settler scholar of French Canadian ancestry who moved to Ontario to pursue an MA in English at the University of Guelph, followed by a PhD in English at McMaster University. I have held a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Alberta, a Leverhulme visiting fellowship at the University of Worcester (UK), and visiting appointments at several more universities across Canada. I’ve also earned a postgraduate certificate in creative writing from the Humber School of Writers and a graduate certificate in publishing from Toronto Metropolitan University. Since 2010, I’ve taught courses in English, contemporary studies, youth and children’s studies, and social and environmental justice on Laurier’s Brantford and Waterloo campuses.
My first novel, entitled In the Key of Dale and telling the story of a queer sixteen-year-old music prodigy who starts writing letters to his late father, was published by Arsenal Pulp Press in 2022, and my first trade non-fiction book, The Glory and the Dream: L.M. Montgomery’s Writing Life, will be published by Dundurn Press in 2026. Additional publications include an award-winning three-volume critical anthology, two book series consisting of editions of the work of several early Canadian authors, book chapters and encyclopedia entries on various aspects of Canadian literature and children’s literature, as well as short stories, journal articles, and reviews in a wide range of periodicals.
Current projects include new fiction manuscripts, a trade non-fiction study of L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables on screen, and future volumes of 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
- Awards to Scholarly Publications Program (ASPP) subventions, from the Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences, for six books published by University of Toronto Press since 2010
- Marie Tremaine Fellowship, Bibliographical Society of Canada / 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 (UK), 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
Books
The Glory and the Dream: L.M. Montgomery’s Writing Life (trade non-fiction). Toronto: Dundurn Press, forthcoming in 2026. 85,000 words.
- Audiobook: Tantor Media, forthcoming.
L.M. Montgomery’s “Anne of Green Gables” Through the Years: Texts, Covers, Readers (chapbook). Toronto: Toronto Public Library, in press. The Helen E. Stubbs Memorial Lectures 36. 9,800 words.
In the Key of Dale (novel). Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2022. 304 pp.
- Audiobook: Narrated by Michael Crouch. OrangeSky Audio, 2022.
- Italian translation: La musica di Dale [Dale’s Music]. Translated by Silvia Mercurio. Rome: Gallucci, 2023.
Edited Books
Schooled with Briars: Collected Serials, 1903–1913 (The L.M. Montgomery Library). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, forthcoming in 2025. 448 ms. pp.
- Preface (11 ms. pp.), “A Note on the Text” (4 ms. pp.), afterword (95 ms. pp.), notes (36 ms. pp.).
Twice upon a Time: Selected Stories, 1898–1939 (The L.M. Montgomery Library). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2022. 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 Press, 2023.
A World of Songs: Selected Poems, 1894–1921 (The L.M. Montgomery Library). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2019. 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 (The L.M. Montgomery Library). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2018. 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).
The L.M. Montgomery Reader, Volume 3: A Legacy in Review. U of Toronto P, 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. Toronto: 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. Toronto: 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.
Textual Transformations in Children’s Literature: Adaptations, Translations, Reconsiderations. New York: 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. Edited jointly with Irene Gammel. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010. x + 263 pp. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442690233.
Rilla of Ingleside, by L.M. Montgomery. Edited jointly with Andrea McKenzie. Toronto: 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. Toronto: 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. Rome: Gallucci, 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. São Paulo: 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. São Paulo: Ciranda Cultural, 2022.
- Japanese translation: An no Omoide no Hibi [Anne’s Days of Remembrance] (2 vols.). Translated by Mie Muraoka. Tokyo: Shinchosha, 2012.
- Polish translation: Ania z Wyspy Księcia Edwarda [Anne of Prince Edward Island]. Translated by Paweł Ciemniewski. Krakow: Wydawnictwo Literackie, 2011.
- Finnish translation: Annan jäähyväiset [Anne’s Farewell]. Translated by Marja Helanen-Ahtola. Helsinki: Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, 2010.
Edited Book Series
Early Canadian Literature. Waterloo: 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.
Shorter Publications
Please visit my website for a full list of my publications, including journal issues, short stories, journal articles, book chapters, encyclopedia entries, additional paratexts, review articles, and reviews.
At Laurier:
- CT400Q/CT411I: Cinderella Stories: Fairy Tales and Contemporary Culture
- EN112: Literature and Love
- EN119: Reading Fiction
- EN201: Children’s Literature
- EN267: Contemporary Canadian Fiction
- 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
Contact Info:
Languages spoken: English, French
Pronouns: he/him
Personal website: benjaminlefebvre.com
L.M. Montgomery Online: lmmonline.org
ORCID: 0000-0003-2605-0316