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David Fraser's Page
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- Publishing Status:
- Poet, Writer, Published, Editor
- About Me:
- David Fraser lives in Nanoose Bay, on Vancouver Island. He is the founder and editor of Ascent Aspirations Magazine, http:// www.ascentaspirations.ca, since 1997. His poetry and short fiction have appeared in over 50 journals including Three Candles, Regina Weese, Ardent, Quills and Ygdrasil. He has published a collection of his poetry, Going to the Well (2004), a collection of short fiction, The Dark Side of the Billboard (2006 ) and edited and published the four print issues of Ascent Aspirations Magazine http://www.ascentaspirations .ca/aapublishing.htm
A second collection of poetry, Running Down the Wind appeared in 2007
David is currently the Federation of BC Writers Regional Director for The Islands Region. His latest passion is developing Nanaimo’s newest spoken word series, WordStorm, http:// www.wordstorm.ca
David Fraser has a BA in English from University of Toronto, and an MEd in adult education from OISE. In Ontario he taught English, Creative Writing Writer’s Craft among other subjects at the secondary school level for 30 years. Currently he is a full time writer who also teaches skiing at Mt Washington in the winter.
- Website:
- http://www.ascentaspirations@shaw.ca
- Favorite Book(s):
- I have too many to list - See Shelfari Site
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I also have too many books that I enjoy to list them all.
Also, I need to start making the time for more writing. They say we have the same 24 hours that Thomas Jefferson did, but he was wealthy and therefore had the full access those 24 hours!