Catherine Bush Reading on April 19 and Workshop, April 20

Internationally acclaimed novelist Catherine Bush will give a public reading from her fiction on Wednesday, April 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Faculty Lounge, Main Building, UPEI. A book-signing and reception will follow. Her reading is co-sponsored by the UPEI English Department and the PEI Writers' Guild. Bush's second novel, The Rules of Engagement (2000), was a New York Times Notable Book, and a Best Book of the Year as chosen by the L.A. Times and the Globe and Mail. In 2004 she published her third novel, Claire's Head.

Of Rules of Engagement, the New York Times states, "...she traverses war zones and#150; psychological, sexual, real and#150; with a clear-eyed, cerebral sophistication. The Washington Post says, "Catherine Bush has written that rare book, an intriguing novel of ideas peopled with characters who live on in memory long after their issues have been resolved."

Born in Toronto, Bush has lived in Montreal, New York, and Massachusetts. She has taught creative writing at several universities in Canada and the United States, and is 2005-2006 Writer-in-Residence at the University of New Brunswick. Her non-fiction articles have appeared in numerous publications.

Catherine Bush will also give a fiction workshop, sponsored by the PEI Writers' Guild, on April 20, 5:30-9:30 p.m. in the UPEI Faculty Lounge. Limited space available. For reservations please e-mail or phone either Ruth at r.mischler@pei.sympatico.ca 964-3403, or Laurie at laurie.mcburney@sympatico.ca , 367-9528.