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The Bidford Parsonage Museum

Miss Montgomery of Bideford Parsonage: A Teacher to Us All

October 15, 2023 by Elizabeth 1 Comment

Author L. M. Montgomery lived in the Bideford Parsonage on PEI during her first year teaching. Since then she has become a teacher to us all.

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Filed Under: Canada, In the Foosteps of Authors, Literary Travel, Prince Edward Island, Travel Log Tagged With: L. M. Montgomery, Prince Edward Island

Bride and Groom kiss in front of red barn door.

Reader I Married Him: Our Anne of Green Gables Inspired Wedding on Prince Edward Island

August 13, 2023 by Elizabeth 8 Comments

Reader, I married my husband, surrounded by our Kindred Spirits, in an Anne of Green Gables inspired wedding on Prince Edward Island.

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Filed Under: Canada, Literary Travel, My Reading Life, Storybook Places, Travel Log Tagged With: Anne of Green Gables, L. M. Montgomery, Prince Edward Island, Wedding

Reading Anne of Green Gables outside Green Gables Heritage Place

The Netflix Effect on Green Gables Heritage Place

June 12, 2022 by Elizabeth 5 Comments

I revisited Green Gables Heritage Place in Prince Edward Island to find out how the newer Anne adaptations on Netflix had affected the place.

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Filed Under: Canada, In the Foosteps of Authors, Literary Travel, Prince Edward Island, Storybook Places, Travel Log Tagged With: Anne of Green Gables, Prince Edward Island

Dalvay By the Sea Hotel or The White Sands Hotel

An Unexpected Honeymoon at Dalvay by the Sea, or Anne’s White Sands Hotel [A Year Early]

June 5, 2022 by Elizabeth 4 Comments

A free upgrade turned into an early honeymoon at Dalvay by the Sea, the hotel known as the White Sands Hotel by Anne of Green Gables fans.

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Filed Under: Canada, Literary Lodgings & Libations, Literary Travel, Prince Edward Island, Storybook Places, Travel Log Tagged With: Anne of Green Gables, Prince Edward Island

What Anne Taught Me About A Little Sand in Your Romance

February 14, 2020 by Elizabeth 1 Comment

What started as a romantic picnic on a red sand beach of Prince Edward Island, ended in true Anne of Green Gables fashion.

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Filed Under: Canada, Literary Travel, Prince Edward Island, Storybook Places, Travel Log Tagged With: Anne of Green Gables, Romance

Whitehorse: Where to Find and Experience Yukon Literature

March 3, 2019 by Elizabeth 2 Comments

In Whitehorse, Canada find out who the literary greats of the Yukon were, visit indie bookstores, and experience a taste of the Yukon you’ve read about.

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Filed Under: Canada, Literary Travel, Storybook Places, Yukon Territory Tagged With: Angela Sidney, Jack London, Klondike, Mac's Fireweed Books, Muktuk Adventures, Robert Service, Well-Read Books, Whitehorse

Green Gables Heritage Place

How to Pack for Summer on Prince Edward Island

October 28, 2018 by Elizabeth 6 Comments

Summer is the best time to visit Green Gables on Prince Edward Island. Find a travel checklist and tips for packing for your PEI vacation.

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Filed Under: Canada, Itineraries & Packing Guide, Prince Edward Island Tagged With: Anne of Green Gables, Packing, Prince Edward Island

Green Gables

Plan the Perfect Anne of Green Gables Vacation

October 21, 2018 by Elizabeth 6 Comments

Plan the perfect vacation to Prince Edward Island, home of author Lucy Maud Montgomery and the setting of Anne of Green Gables. Find out what literary sites to see, where to stay, and how to get around the Island.

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Filed Under: Canada, In the Foosteps of Authors, Itineraries & Packing Guide, Prince Edward Island, Storybook Places Tagged With: Anne of Green Gables, Cavendish, L. M. Montgomery, Prince Edward Island, Travel Itinerary

The Kindred Spirits of PEI Restore Faith in Humanity

November 7, 2016 by Elizabeth Leave a Comment

Prince Edward Island is full of Kindred Spirits-both locals and ex-pats. It’s the perfect vacation spot to renew your faith in humanity.

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Filed Under: Canada, Literary Travel, Prince Edward Island, Storybook Places Tagged With: Anne of Green Gables

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Isalnd

Charlottetown, PEI: A Matter of Perspective

October 24, 2016 by Elizabeth Leave a Comment

Depending on where you’re coming from, Charlottetown, PEI can seem either small and quaint, or large and dirty. To Anne it was a large, fancy city.

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Filed Under: Canada, Literary Travel, Prince Edward Island, Storybook Places Tagged With: Anne of Green Gables

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Have you ever wanted to just step into the setting of your book? Or wondered if what you’re reading has any real world relevance? And are you the kind that gravitates towards indie bookstores and libraries on vacation? Then you’re in the right place!
I’m Elizabeth, a librarian & travel blogging bookworm. Join me as I explore the real places behind our favorite reads, introduce you to your next favorite book, and discover all the literary sights this world has to offer!

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MacAusland’s Woolen Mill blankets are made in and sold all over PEI and are mentioned in The Summer Will Be Different by Carly Fortune. The film adaptation of the book will have these blankets in it.
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I followed in the characters footsteps of Carly Fortune’s This Summer Will Be Different and took a walk at Thunder Cove Beach, Prince Edward Island to the place where Teacup Rock used to be before Hurricane Fiona destroyed it.
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I attended the 2026 Road to Avonlea Convention on Prince Edward Island.
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Visiting these real Prince Edward Island locations used in filming the adaptation of L. M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables and The Road to Avonlea (based on The Story Girl) feels just like stepping into these stories.
📍 Dalvay by the Sea (The White Sands Hotel)
📍 Orwell Village (Jasper Dale’s Home)
📍 New London Lighthouse (Background scenery)
📍 Seacowhead Lighthouse (Gus’ Home)
Montgomery Books to Screen - PEI Filming Locations
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If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name: News from Small-Town Alaska
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by Heather Lende
Tales of the Peculiar
Tales of the Peculiar
by Ransom Riggs
The Once and Future King
The Once and Future King
by T.H. White
Booked: A Traveler's Guide to Literary Locations Around the World
Booked: A Traveler's Guide to Literary Locations Around the World
by Richard Kreitner
Strange Weather in Tokyo
Strange Weather in Tokyo
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