Raymond Fraser is featured this Sunday at the odd sundays at molly's poetry reading series.
October 7, 2007
2pm
Molly's Coffee House, 554 Queen Street, Fredericton
Raymond Fraser, Featured Reader:
"Raymond Fraser's booming Maritime vigour and directness seem, with subtle undertows of psychological configuration, like a roaring tide battering the literary shore. [...] Fraser's narrative ancestors are not only the old salts of every Maritime tavern or watering-hole, but also the more commemorated figures of Mark Twain and Hugh Garner."—Keith Garebian, critic.
Born in Chatham New Brunswick, Fraser attended St Thomas University where he played hockey, football, and 'literature.' In his junior year he co-edited the student literary magazine Tom-Tom. Later, while living in Montr éal, Fraser contributed to the founding of literary groups and products, such as Intercourse: Contemporary Canadian Writing, the Montreal Story Tellers Fiction Performance Group , and the Rank Outsiders Poetry Extravaganza. His first book of fiction, The Black Horse Tavern, was published in 1973 (Ingluvin). He has lived in Dublin, Paris and Spain.
Irreverent, moving, insightful, disturbing, powerful and outrageously funny, "Fraser is the best literary voice to come belling out of the Maritimes in decades," says Farley Mowat. His work has appeared in Canadian Forum, Canadian Fiction Magazine, Journal of Canadian Fiction, Matrix, Fiddlehead, West Coast Review, Queen's Quarterly, Quarry and Antigonish Review . His book, The Bannonbridge Musicians, was shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award (fiction) in 1978. Fraser has written six books of fiction, two biographies and five poetry collections.
Alden Nowlan said: "Raymond Fraser is one of the most gifted writers I know, and among his gifts are two that are all too rare — a zest for life and a sense of humour. He belongs to the timeless tradition of story tellers."
Come hear Raymond Fraser reading from his recently released, When the Earth Was Flat. Meantime, you might check out: http://raymondfraser.blogspot.com/
Open Set
: Bring five minutes worth of poetry, essay, fiction, or letter to Aunt Maude to present in the open set. If you have created it with words, it is welcome at odd sundays at molly's.
Come along, then— 2pm, October 7, for odd sundays at molly's, Fredericton's longest-running, semi-monthly poetry reading series. Come for an afternoon engaged in the literary arts. Info: acalvern@nbnet.nb.ca or 459-1436. It all happens in New Brunswick, Canada's poetry province.
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