Biblioasis, Jan.
Vancouver writer Keath Fraser is one of this country’s most robust and individual literary voices; though despite a career that includes winning the Chapters/
Books in Canada First Novel Award for 1995’s
Popular Anatomy and being nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award for the story collection
Foreign Affairs a decade earlier, he is generally consigned to cult status at best in Canada.
With luck, all that will change in spring, when Biblioasis releases not one but two editions of the author’s work. The massive retrospective volume
Damages features stories selected from throughout Fraser’s career, beginning with the 1982 collection
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Can cleavage ever be a plot device? The 18th-century Russian court, as visualised in The Great, a bonkers new satire from Hulu and Channel 4, is a hotbed of moral iniquity, vodka and bears. But, like most costume dramas, it is also about breasts.
Take Lady Svenska, a courtier hellbent on ousting Catherine the Great. We know from her decolletage that she’s a baddie long before she calls Catherine “a bitch” for refusing a biscuit. Then there’s Georgina Dymov, the mistress of Catherine’s husband, Peter III, whose libidinal interests are crystallised by the gold-plated pendant pointing directly towards her bosom.
Carmel Valley author organizes ‘Mystery Loves Georgia’ online auction to benefit Fair Fight
Dec. 10, 2020 12:47 PM PT
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Carmel Valley author Kathy Krevat is working with local authors Tammy Kaehler and Lisa Brackmann to organize Mystery Loves Georgia (www.mysterylovesgeorgia.com), an online auction to benefit Fair Fight. Fair Fight is Stacey Abrams’ organization that promotes fair elections in Georgia and around the country, encourages voter participate in elections, and educates voters about elections and their voting rights. The auction will run now through Friday, Dec. 11 at 6 p.m.
Kathy Krevat
• Zoom book club meeting with Sara Paretsky
• Zoom book club meeting with Rhys Bowen