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The small red paper heart looked incongrous on the brick exteriour wall of Toronto's First Unitarian church. It was the first of a trail of hearts leading to the church basement. There, chattering women unstacked chairs and set out oreo cookies, tea, and coffee. The scene looked like a ladie's social--but it was in fact, a meeting of the six month old Ontario chapter of the Romance Writers' of America, the first Candian off shoot of the Texas based organization. It's emergence signals the growing Candian presense in a lucrativce $250 billion international industry, that churns out formula paperback tales of starcrossed love. Last month twenty three canadian delegates attended the RWA convention in Minneappolis, Ma. And they're ranks are increasing, as more Candians try--in best romance novel tradition, to turn their fantasies in to something lasting and real

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The small, red paper-heart looked incongruous on the brick, exterior wall of Toronto's first unitarian church. It was the first of a trail of hearts leading to the church basement. There, chattering women unstacked chairs and set out Oreo cookies, tea and coffee. The scene looked like a ladies' social, but it was, in fact, a meeting of the six-month-old Ontario chapter of the Romance Writers of America (RWA)— the first Candian off-shoot of the Texas-based organization. Its emergence signals the growing Canadian presence in a lucrative $25-billion international industry, that churns out formula paperback tales of star-crossed love. Last month, 23 Canadian delegates attended the RWA convention in Minneappolis. And their ranks are increasing, as more Candians try —in best romance novel tradition— to turn their fantasies into something lasting and real.

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