Photos from 100 years of Anne event

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By Q&Q Staff
February 15, 2008
11:52 AM

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Penguin Canada held a “100 Years of Anne” launch party at Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum on a snowy Tuesday, February 12, evening. (All photos by Jason Nolan.)

Penguin editor Helen Reeves tells about when she first broached the idea of an Anne of Green Gables prequel in 2005 with L.M. Montgomery’s family heirs.

Kate Macdonald Butler (granddaughter of LMM) and a Canada Post official unveil two new Anne-themed stamps, and The Royal Canadian Mint unveiled a new 25 cent Anne-themed coin at the event. Former Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, a loyal Anne fan, also came out for the event.

Budge Wilson, author of Before Green Gables, personally addresses a copy of the book for a fan.

Budge Wilson takes a brief rest while in the background L.M. Montgomery scholar Dr. Elizabeth Epperly signs a copy of Imagining Anne: The Island Scrapbooks of L.M. Montgomery, also launched that evening.

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The day I thought of doing an Anne sequel was like any other day when I couldn’t think of anything original. I never thought the family would be a problem because like me they think L.M. would be proud. And, Budge Wilson, who I’ve been told is a fine writer indeed, is just what L.M. would have wanted. This is not just about satisfying the insatiable Japanese need for anything Anne but about keeping the integrity and spirit of L.M.s masterwork alive. By the way can we show you some pretty stamps which are available from Canada Post for a nominal fee. Next from Penguin original bottled water from the Green Gables site. Buy two bottles and get a leather-bound edition of Adrienne Clarkson’s memoir free.
http://jasonnolan.net Jason Nolan

Those pictures are not from penguin. They are my pictures. And all rights are reserved. They are at http://www.flickr.com/photos/complicitytheory/sets/72157600004632177/ on the third page. Please properly attribute the photos. Thanks.
http://jasonnolan.net Jason Nolan

Here are the original photos…

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