Editing Raymond Fraser (section)

==Biography==
Born in [[Chatham, New Brunswick|Chatham]], New Brunswick, Raymond Fraser attended [[St. Thomas University (New Brunswick)|St. Thomas University]] where in his freshman year he played on the varsity hockey and football teams, and served as co-editor with John Brebner of the student literary magazine ''Tom-Tom'' in his junior year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Raymond Fraser {{!}} NBLE |url=https://nble.lib.unb.ca/browse/f/raymond-fraser |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=nble.lib.unb.ca}}</ref> His 20-year correspondence and friendship with the poet [[Alden Nowlan]] date from this period.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}

During the sixties Fraser worked as a lab technician, a high school teacher, and as editor and freelance writer for a number of tabloid newspapers.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}

While living in [[Montreal]] in 1966, Fraser and poet Leroy Johnson founded the literary magazine ''[[Intercourse magazine|Intercourse: Contemporary Canadian Writing]]''.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}} In 1971 he cofounded Montreal Story Tellers Fiction Performance Group and the Rank Outsiders Poetry Extravaganza.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}} His first book of fiction, ''The Black Horse Tavern'' (1973), was published in Montreal by Ingluvin Publications.

Fraser died in [[Fredericton]], New Brunswick, on October 22, 2018, at the age of 77.<ref>{{cite news |last1=CBC News |title=Prolific New Brunswick writer Raymond Fraser dies at 77 {{!}} CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/raymond-fraser-new-brunswick-writer-dies-1.4875163 |accessdate=24 October 2018 |work=CBC |agency=CBC}}</ref>