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FEMRITE Uganda Women Writers’ Association launched three new textbooks on Friday.

The textbooks launched were titled a children’s poetry anthology: The Butterfly Dance; words and sounds of colour, and two short story anthologies; Talking Tales and Pumpkin Seeds and Other Gifts.

The launch took placeat the Makerere Art Gallery, Makerere University.

There was an exhibition of the paintings that formed part of The Butterfly Dance.

The function was attended by Makerere University students, lecturers and several writers and poets from around the country.

Other people who attended the function were from the National Book Trust of Uganda, the American Embassy, Artwrite Foundation and Art Action. All the textbooks that were launched sold at 10,000 shillings a copy.