Celebrating 150 Years of LM Montgomery

Be part of the extraordinary tribute to Lucy Maud Montgomery, Prince Edward Island's favourite author and a national literary icon. She was born on the north shore of Prince Edward Island in 1874 and raised in Cavendish by her grandparents. She achieved international fame with the publication of bestselling novel, Anne of Green Gables, which is set in Prince Edward Island. Since that time, it is believed that more than 50 million copies have been sold worldwide. It was translated into Swedish as early as 1909 and has since been translated into more than 36 languages.

”I cannot remember the time when I was not writing, or when I did not mean to be an author.“
– L. M. Montgomery, The Alpine Path, 1917

In 2024, special events and activities are planned to showcase the enchanting world that LM Montgomery created as well as the rich cultural heritage of Prince Edward Island.

LM Montgomery 150 Events & Experiences

Enjoy afternoon teas and ice cream socials to world-class stage performances and leisurely reminiscences through storytelling, music photography and journalling. Any visitor could easily fill a two-week itinerary with celebrations and experiences. If you are visiting this summer, here are just a few of the events to put high on your list of things to do:

Experience the Love of Maud Afternoon Tea with delectable sandwiches, sweets and stories at the Sir Andrew Macphail Homestead in Orwell on Wednesdays and Fridays this summer.

Get close to the finer details of Green Gables Heritage Place by participating in daily activities like an interpretive nature walk, candle making and cooking with old-fashioned recipes.

Plan for dinner at Carr's Oyster Bar before On the Shore with Maud - an evening of storytelling and song. Learn about LM Montgomery’s eyewitness account of the wreck of the Marco Polo in 1883.

See Anne of Green Gables - The Musical on the main stage of the Confederation Centre of the Arts as part of the Charlottetown Festival.

Book tickets to Anne & Gilbert: The Musical, which follows Anne's journey into adulthood and the romantic complications that unfold.

And that is not all, find details of all that is happening this year to celebrate L.M. Montgomery’s birthday! Plus, be sure to plan for a self-guided L.M. Montgomery Literary Tour. 

Whether this is your first vacation to her beloved Island or your 50th, Prince Edward Island can be discovered and rediscovered by pairing your interests with the magnetic descriptions in her work that continue to inspire today.

You never know what peace is until you walk on the shores or in the fields or along the winding red roads of Prince Edward Island in a summer twilight when the dew is falling and the old stars are peeping out and the sea keeps its mighty tryst with the little land it loves. You find your soul then. You realize that youth is not a vanished thing but something that dwells forever in the heart.

– L. M. Montgomery, Rilla of Ingleside, 1921