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[Mtg Zavproo pendent Studies Director. Anne Dagg's new book The 50$ tteV tian. presents statistics and notes to reveal startling negative Uets when it comes to funding and support for women in the arts. The book‘s title emphasizes Dagg's stance that women shmld be eligible for so per cent of funding available through gov ernrnent and private programs to present their work equally with men. Through extensive meal-ch and statistics. Dug contends that women fare badly in writ- ins. visual art. Manny. music, theatre, dance, mm and arts community. is decided Pee- dominantly by male jam. that the distribution of government grants leans heavily toward male writers. with women " thors earning about in]! at what men writers do whether working (all o-rt-ttme. In the section devotod to writ- ing. Datttt found tint of all the arts, writing is the - den» erotic. Of nil the author: at fiction tttttttist-t up to mo. 05 werewomenwith minutely Mwomen publishing mtqAtetimt in that some time period. Currently. more than lull the writers ,etttren-iderthet-ives serum: authors are women. with two thirds of the who otthe practices of The Canada Councli. the Eden] cultural body that -tatadttattfare-ttttFrt theCidiagrWrttqmUttitta. 'kte&s-etttaratttr-tt-tt University of Waterloo Inde- Mates-Mummchupc- taseiaetttoattyettmnte%ttirsNeAtutitle .rxreueesrttttlisttiraghtt-. D-tot-gr-ent-inet-dee-y of Na Brunswick. Ion Sada. m Ettmmtrstamt-tRmrg-dtrti.thetsrttar- ai-th-tthet-tit-ts-tBrett. Bute-ear-tttvest-ts-rt-tttte EastC-tgtttMistrtrttrhtreh-toirrtBrtatethe “mayhem“: _ A_ _ tsnsheirteddeve%raieteatrtttttttrttirttriitry withatig-artrsrtalhmdtottsBml. waterBoohsrmtttiAtrrtreoanpartytoe-amtre -tNvqrEasrtesntqrrttertr.Mo-ertttetttme other provinces have no stable policies in! aiiowpaltrytamtstutserveasmtiyadrmtin the bucket. PEP, ttrovineialAoventmemt gives 8.7% to publishers tin-ugh its Arts Mil, New Brunswick gives $1.70 to publishers for spedtrie but: and Nova Stain allows $17.”. Henna!“ comes out as I winner here Brunswick gives $1.70 to publishers for spedtrie but: Ind Nova Stain 3110's ’17.”. Hammad comes out as a winner here wtthttaenteatthietrtttmtktmdewititmtly9per can of its texts going to foreign Miners. ing house, Breakwater Books in St. John's. Breakwater publisher, Clyde Rose has hound- ed the provincial government for 10 years to give support to Atlantic publishing. This small publishing house with only 8 employees has published local writer Ray Guy's three best sellers. The Dictionary of Newfoundland English and Mnud's House by Bill Gwyn. The result being an annual sales of $500.0“) and an 80 per cent literary book selection. All tine Seeking a balance This may explain the snows of Ita publish- Dagg's study shows women fare badly in nearly all areas World of Books to be in “women's areas." Two typesofboolrsttteyteatdtowrtte all get published deal with Food and Drink and Juvenile and Young Adult hooks. 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Regional Atlantic writers are lured away by outside publishers who can offer them more money and guarantee a wide distribution. Meanwhile, the Atlantic publishers are caught in tt Catch 22 situation. Government grants are based on the pub1isher's annual sales figures which are low because they do not get enough grants to boost sales. Struggling to survive, these small literary bastions are holding on and there are indications their funding sources are losening their purse strings to establish new policies. The Atlantic Publishers mum {mud um tttetexthookmHetwastherouteforthetre small whining; to pursue. But in Atlantic later columns. More about East coast books and authors in Mam the female gender are self-help, folklore, native peoples and trav- el, but they are poorly represent- ed in music and science. Said Dug: “I would like to see more women's hooks reviewed by women. Women have had entirely different experiences in life than men and see ttsings Men-nay. Unless renders see a book reviewed they may never know it exists and will not read We must recognize the popu- larity of Inmate! Atwood and Alice Munro as top fietimt writ- ers in Canada today, but Day's rent! says women authors in general are far less successful thanmest,withmtlyMpermsstof fietimt and 29 per cent poetry books published in Canada. In fact, she found in 35 antholo- gies published before lml. only one quarter of the contributors were females. lt," ttktettirtomtoetp-a0 ITi 01.5 " Km omen WITH. HAW. - Wm Mu