Anne Lands in Thailand: Interview with Thai Translator Varavadi V. Monaghan

In June 2024, during L.M. Montgomery’s 150th birthday celebration, Liberal Member of Parliament for Ottawa West–Nepean Anita Vandenbeld announced the delightful news that a Thai translation by Varavadi V. Monaghan of the Anne of Green Gables series had been published and that the Thai language translation of the Anne books would be presented to Thai and Canadian dignitaries as “a symbol of the culture bridge” between the two countries. Long considered a Canadian cultural icon, Anne Shirley has now become a cultural ambassador to Thailand. I had a chance to ask award-winning translator Varavadi V. Monaghan about herself and her translation of Montgomery’s famous Anne series in September 2024.