When the Earth Was Flat

by Raymond Fraser

**When the Earth Was Flat** **by Raymond Fraser** Farley Mowat once called Fredericton's Raymond Fraser "the best literary voice to come belling out of the Maritimes in decades," and fellow New Brunswick scribe Alden Nowlan described him as one of the most gifted writers he knew. Those reputable accolades only served as further testimony to Fraser's hugely understated literary impact and influence upon both the Atlantic Canadian region and the rest of the country. For decades, those in the know have acknowledged the novelist, short story writer, poet, biographer, and journalist as one of New Brunswick's top writers – a reputation he more than justified with When the Earth Was Flat. Published by Black Moss Press in 2007, and subtitled "Remembering Leonard Cohen, Alden Nowlan, the Flat Earth Society, the King James monarchy hoax, the Montreal Story Tellers and other curious matters," *When the Earth Was Flat* is an eclectic and intense anthology of autobiographical memoirs, short stories