Screening, discussion to look at community of romance readers, writers

"Love Between the Covers," a feature-length documentary film about the little-known, surprisingly powerful community of women who read and write romance novels, will be screened at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10, at Western Washington University.

The showing will be followed by a panel discussion with:

• Karina Cooper, an award-winning author of paranormal romance, science fiction and urban fantasy
• Sam Kaas, an events coordinator at Village Books
• Julie Dugger, a senior instructor of English at Western Washington University
• Jen Lois, a professor of sociology at Western Washington University

The event, which is free and open to the public will take place in Academic Instructional Center West Room 204 from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Feb. 10. Sponsors are the WWU English Department, the WWU Sociology Department and the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program.

For a trailer and more information, visit www.lovebetweenthecovers.com. For questions or disability accommodation, contact jen.lois@wwu.edu.