The official publication date for REX AND THE CITY is April 4^th, 2006! Random House expects to do well, given the number of Bark magazine subscribers who already love the column. They also expect REX to do well because of the phenomenal success of MARLEY AND ME.  As we all know, dog people never tire of poignant, funny, and well-written books about dogs! And Rex was a much worse dog than Marley ever was! So we are thrilled to launch this book.

 

We’re gearing up for all kind of book signings and author appearances throughout the spring and summer. Because REX AND THE CITY is about the triumphant rehabilitation of an abused shelter dog, Lee wants to make sure all of her events and appearances include the appearance of one or two adoptable shelter dogs (or as many as the venues will allow).  She also plans to donate ten percent of her paperback sales to the Mayor’s Alliance for New York City’s Animals, a consortium of public and private NYC animal rescue groups and shelters that have banded together to help make NYC a no-kill city by 2009 (www.animalalliancenyc.org). Most of the proceeds will go toward a new program that pairs underprivileged teenagers with abused shelter dogs, to teach the teens about responsibility and compassion, and teaches the dogs how to trust again. So come to these events, and come help support abandoned, neglected and abused dogs, and come meet Lee’s remarkable dog.

HERE ARE THE JUNE AND JULY, 2006 EVENTS:

BOOK SIGNING, ADOPTION FAIR, AND DOGGIE KISSING BOOTH
In conjunction with the Ulster County ASPCA
at
The Golden Notebook
Saturday, June 3rd, 10:00AM-2:00PM
29 Tinker Street, Woodstock NY
845-679-8000

Dog-Literature Panel Discussion
at
Housing Works Used Book Cafe
 Thursday, June 1 at 7pm
126 Crosby Street, New York, NY
212-334-3324
 

 In partnership with The National Book Critics Circle, Housing Works Bookstore presents a panel of writers to discuss their books and the dog literary genre. The panel includes: Ken Foster, author of The Dogs Who Found Me; Lee Harrington, author of Rex and the City; Alison Pace, author of Pug Hill; Rebecca Skloot, contributor to the anthology Woman's Best Friend; and Julia Szabo, author of The Underdog and New York Post pet columnist. Come here these great writers bitch about the publishing industry.
212-679-8000

JULY EVENTS
REX AND THE CITY READING AND BOOK SIGNING
at
Brookline Booksmith
Thursday, July 27: 7PM
279 Harvard St. Brookline MA 02446
(617) 566-6660
http://brooklinebooksmith.com/Events/MainEvent.html

PAST EVENTS:
APRIL, 2006:

 

RUFF Celebrity/Rock Star Party

Celebrities! Dogs for adoption! Unlimited vodka! And free copies of REX AND THE CITY! Who can resist?

Wednesday, April 26, 2006, 7-10pm
Crash Mansion, 199 Bowery, NYC
Dogs welcome but not required!

FOR INFORMATION, VISIT http://leashesandlovers.com/events.html

 

 

REX AND THE CITY Reading at

The Corner Bookstore
Come support one of the last surviving independent bookstores in NYC, where Lee and Wallace used to go for books and biscuits. This is also where the movie “You’ve Got Mail” was filmed.  This could be your Six Degrees of Separation with that cutie Meg Ryan! And if you’re not impressed with that, come anyway, for the free wine and cheese (from Zabar’s!), and the chance to meet Chloe and get a free kiss from her.

Thursday, April 20^th, 6:00 pm

The Corner Bookstore, 1313 Madison Ave at 93^rd

212-831-3554

 

BOOK SIGNING AND ADOPTION FAIR

at

Horses in the Sun (HITS)

(A Hunter/Jumper Horse Show Circuit in

Saugerties, New York )

Saturday, June 3^rd, 12 – 2 pm

Saturday, September 2^nd, 12 – 2 pm

In conjunction with the Ulster County SPCA

www.hitsshows.com

 

Check in for updates regarding May, June and July appearances in Boston, DC, Santa Fe, and California, Woodstock, New York, and Montauk, New York (the coolest town in the country, where there is no leash law!)