The ANNEthology
A Collection of Kindred Spirits Inspired by the Canadian Icon
by Judith Graves
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Pub Date May 17 2024 | Archive Date Jun 23 2024
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Description
Who is YOUR Anne?
Join ten of Canada's top young adult fiction writers as they set Canada's favourite red-haired orphan, Anne Shirley, on brand new adventures. With its futuristic settings, cybernetic beings, ghosts, mysterious books and boxes, and racial and sexual diversity in its cast of characters, The ANNEthology offers serious "scope for the imagination" for all readers.
2024 marks the 150th anniversary of L.M. Montgomery's birth and the 30th anniversary of Acorn Press, Prince Edward Island's longest-running traditional publishing house. What better way to celebrate these milestones than publishing a collection of stories inspired by the Island's (and one of Canada's) most beloved authors?
Sure to include something for everyone, this is a must-have collection for Anne of Green Gables fans.
Join ten of Canada's top young adult fiction writers as they set Canada's favourite red-haired orphan, Anne Shirley, on brand new adventures. With its futuristic settings, cybernetic beings, ghosts, mysterious books and boxes, and racial and sexual diversity in its cast of characters, The ANNEthology offers serious "scope for the imagination" for all readers.
2024 marks the 150th anniversary of L.M. Montgomery's birth and the 30th anniversary of Acorn Press, Prince Edward Island's longest-running traditional publishing house. What better way to celebrate these milestones than publishing a collection of stories inspired by the Island's (and one of Canada's) most beloved authors?
Sure to include something for everyone, this is a must-have collection for Anne of Green Gables fans.
Contributing authors: Paul Coccia, Hope Dalvay, Matthew Dawkins, Natasha Deen, Judith Graves, Shari Green, Mere Joyce, Deirdre Kessler, Susie Moloney, and Susan White
Available Editions
EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9781773661537 |
PRICE | CA$24.95 (CAD) |
PAGES | 288 |
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Featured Reviews
Well, this was a fun read! This Young Adult anthology collects short stories by authors who wrote Anne from "Anne of Green Gables" in their own way: the characters, setting, and adventures from the original series are all there, but presented in new and imaginative ways. There’s creepy dark cannibal Anne, modern junior high teenager Anne, gender swapped Anne, dystopian Anne, haunted house Anne, and AI robot Anne, to name a few. One of my favourites was poetic Anne: a poem set in a northern mining community in the 1980s.
Some stories are sweet and some are shocking, some are serious and some are sad, but all are successful in that they contain the original spirit of the character with additional clever twists. Most authors wrote the voice exactly right, so when the twists arrived it was at times jarring or puzzling, but in such a fun way! I think the authors assume familiarity and it does help to know the original characters, setting, and stories so that the twists attain maximum impact, otherwise readers may be confused or feel like something is missing or disjointed. But I was a fan as a child, so loved both the nostalgic and interpretive elements.
As usual with short story collections, I liked some more than others, but generally thought the writing was excellent. The various writing styles all maintained the mood of the original source and added modern touches while remaining accessible for the target age group. Overall, I think this is an excellent Annethology and would recommend it for adventurous Anne fans of all ages!
Thank you to Netgalley and Acorn Press for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
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