Ep 521: Everything L.M. Montgomery and how to build a deeper reading roster

Many of you will well understand our team's excitement when we saw today's guest submission land in our inboxes. Today, Anne is talking with Kate Scarth, chair of L.M. Montgomery Studies at the University of Prince Edward Island. They discuss Kate's work as well as some of Kate's favorite Montgomery retellings and homages, but their main focus today is on Kate's reading life. She's interested in building out a deep reading roster for the kinds of books she especially enjoys. Books featuring literary women, books where an investigation or detective work is a big part of the story, books that center on a house, and nonfiction about creative and artistic women in history. She's also very interested in finding more books with magical realism and ghosts. Anne has ideas to share. Find the list of titles mentioned today at our show notes page at whatshouldireadnextpodcast.com/521, where you can also leave a comment to share your ideas for Kate. We're so excited to tell you about a live event happening this spring. On May 7th, Anne will be joining Laurie Frankel in conversation at Parnassus Books in Nashville on tour for her new novel, Enormous Wings. We love to tell you about new additions to the calendar on the podcast, but if you want to make sure you don't miss any news, be sure to subscribe to our email list at modernmrsdarcy.com/subscribe so you'll be the first to know all our What Should I Read Next? news and happenings. Chapters 04:45 Meet Kate 24:00 The Postcard by Anne Berest 28:11 A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa 30:47 The Five by Hallie Rubenhold 35:02 All Fours by Miranda July 46:38 Grown Women by Sarai Johnson 51:08 North Woods by Daniel Mason 57:24 Possession by A.S. Byatt 1:00:19 What will Kate read next? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices