UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Book co-edited by UPEI's Dr. Jean Mitchell wins the Association of Canadian and Quebec Literatures' annual prize for literary criticism

L. M. Montgomery and the Matter of Nature(s), a book co-edited by UPEI's Dr. Jean Mitchell, has won the 2018 Association of Canadian and Quebec Literatures' (AQCL) Gabrielle Roy Prize. The AQCL recognizes two books every year with this prestigious award for literary criticism, one in French and one in English. This year's awards were announced at the annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences in Vancouver, British Columbia.

"On behalf of the Faculty of Arts, I would like to extend heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Jean Mitchell," said Dr. Neb Kujundzic, dean of Arts at UPEI. "To receive a nationally recognized award is a great honour for the faculty and the University of Prince Edward Island."

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