TORONTO, March 20, 1998 -- Come hear how award-winning women writers give voice to male dogs and modernist painters.

WHO:
Carole Corbeil is the author of two novels, including Voice-Over, which won the city of Toronto Book Award, and, most recently, In the Wings.

Erika Ritter is the author of six plays, including the Chalmers Award-winning Automatic Pilot, and a recent first novel, The Hidden Life of Humans. That story is partly told in the voice of a male dog.

Susan Swan, a Professor of Humanities at York University, is the author of five works of fiction -- three novels, including The Wives of Bath, and two collections of short fiction, including her most recent book, Stupid Boys are Good to Relax With.

Jane Urquhart is the author of three collections of poems and five works of fiction, including her most recent novel, the Governor General's Award-winning The Underpainter. In it, Urquhart writes in the voice of a modernist painter, an American man who painted Canadian landscapes.

WHAT:
Women Writing Men: A Panel Discussion
Readings, Book signings

WHEN:
Wednesday, March 25
1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Panel Discussion
2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Reception, book signings, readings

WHERE:
Vanier College Study Hall
York University
4700 Keele St.

For more information, please call:

Richard Teleky
Director, Creative Writing Program
York University
(416) 736-2100, ext. 77020

Sine MacKinnon
Senior Advisor for Media Relations
York University
(416) 736-2100, ext. 22087
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