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SUMMARY:J.M. Frey on Queer Romance
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Author\, actor\, and screenwriter J.M. Fre
 y discusses the ideas and stories behind her novels <em>Time and Tide</em>
  and&nbsp\;<em>Nine Tenths</em>.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>In <em>Time and Tide\,&nbs
 p\;</em>Sam Franklin's plane crashes catastrophically over the Atlantic an
 d\, beyond all odds\, Sam\, the sole survivor\, is rescued by a warship in
  1805. As she begins to find her footing in a 19th-century world she&rsquo
 \;s only seen in movies\, she builds a relationship with Margaret Goodenou
 gh\, the world-famous author whose yet-to-be-completed novel will contain 
 the first lesbian kiss in the history of British Literature.</p>\n<p>In <e
 m>Nine-Tenths\,</em> Colin Levesque is making ends meet working at a caf&e
 acute\; when Dav\, a regular he has a crush on\, admits he has feelings fo
 r Colin too. When Dav volunteers to take over the coffee roasting with his
  fire-breath\, people start claiming the dragon-roasted coffee has cured t
 heir genetic ailments. The hype around the coffee leads the lovers to be e
 mbroiled in a centuries-old international conspiracy: dragon-roasted food 
 has always healed humans.</p>\n<h5>About the Author</h5>\n<p>J.M. Frey wri
 tes queer speculative fiction and cozy romantic fantasy. Her debut novel <
 em>Triptych</em> was nominated for two Lambda Literary Awards and garnered
  a place among the Best Books of 2011 from Publishers Weekly\, and her nov
 el <em>Time and Tide</em> was named one of The New York Times&rsquo\; Best
  Romances of the Year. Her life&rsquo\;s ambition is to step foot on every
  continent\, and she has only three left!</p>\n<p>Explore <a href="https:/
 /burlington.bibliocommons.com/v2/search?query=Frey%2C%20J.%20M.&amp\;searc
 hType=author">J.M. Frey</a> in our collection</p>\n<h5>Accessibility</h5>\
 n<p>If you need an <a href="https://www.bpl.on.ca/services/accessibility/s
 upport#attend">accessibility accommodation</a> during this program\, pleas
 e register early so we can confirm arrangements a few days before your vis
 it.</p>\nhttps://bpl.libnet.info/event/16353546
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