The sun fought its way through the cloud cover as I waited for the traffic to clear. I crossed Greenwood Avenue and made my way to the event entitled “Join the Dog Squad” at Phinney Books in the Phinney Ridge neighborhood of Seattle. I held the door to the book store open for a customer accompanied by her long-haired Dachshund then entered the small shop already crowded with book lovers and their dogs. I was there to talk about and read from my book “Travels With Charlize”.
Tracy Weber who lives in Phinney Ridge with her husband Marc and their German shepherd Tasha organized the event publicized as an opportunity to bring your dog to an event to meet and hear writers who write about dogs. She is the owner of Whole Life Yoga and the author of the award-winning Downward Dog Mysteries series.
Tracy Weber reading from “Karma’s a Killer”.
Laura T. Coffey is a writer, editor and producer for TODAY.com and an award-winning journalist. She has written and edited hundreds of high-profile human-interest stories and now her first book, “My Old Dog: Rescued Pets with Remarkable Second Acts” is a book filled with eye-catching photos of animals of a certain age rescued by caregivers who care and stories that tug.
Laura Coffey talking about how “My Old Dog” came to happen.
Waverly Fitzgerald and Curt Colbert are writers of considerable experience and a long history supporting and encouraging each other and their work. Their collaboration as Waverly Curtis was born when Curt came to one of their regular weekly meetings with an idea for a novel featuring a talking Chihuahua. The result was a collaboration on five novels and one novella in the “Barking Detective” series in which a talking Chihuahua helps his owner solve mysteries.
Waverly Curtis are doing their act, reading from the pages of “Silence of the Chihuahuas”.
The audience, including the dogs was attentive and we had a great question and answer session following out four presentations and yes, we even sold some books.
Five authors answering questions and below are the well-behaved dogs and their people waiting for the event to get started.
Looks good, Dave!
What a great event! Thanks Dave for the write up. The event looked well attended and well received. And it must’ve been a hit with a long-haired dachshund in attendance!
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It was a ton of fun being with you and the rest of the dog squad at the “Take Your Dog to a Bookstore” event. A pleasure meeting you! I hope we do it again soon!
It was fun wasn’t it? I’m ready any time for a repeat.
Are you interested in a road trip? I’m thinking about pitching it to Village Books in Bellingham. They have a great space and are very dog friendly.
Yes, I did a signing there and they were very friendly but it was a beautiful evening out and the turnout was very sparse, maybe 3 people. I did TRAVELS WITH CHARLIZE then and would be interested in doing ANIMALS DON’T BLUSH my memoir of my first year in veterinary practice in Sidney, Montana in 1960.
Great posting, Dave. Among your best. Atsuko & I would have shown up with Nika had we known! Hope we visit in 2016😈. Wise Guys sad a Gal show up on Feb 1😅. A boost to our morale. What are you up to?
Sounds like fun. I wish I could have been there.
I will check out the books!