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Also, check out the 2009 calendar available at The Sula Foundation.

Photos of the dogs from The Dogs Who Found Me

I need to reorganize this blog/website! Meanwhile, if you are looking for photos of the dogs from The Dogs Who Found Me, you can find them by clicking here!

Booksignings at the New Orleans Jazz Fest and Ann Arbor Book Fest

On Sunday May 4th I'll be signing books at the New Orleans Jazz Festival from 3-4pm.

May 16-17th I'll be at the Ann Arbor Book Festival for a variety of events, including a workshop, panel discussion, reading and booksigning.

Video from the party for "Dogs I Have Met"

Last October, I announced my plans for The Sula Foundation at a party for some of the best pit bulls in New Orleans. With the support of Animal Farm Foundation, this video was created, starring the Hot 8 Brass Band and featuring interviews with some people who really love their dogs:

Amazon discount continues...

You can stock up on copies for all your friends: Amazon is discounting Dogs I Have Met and The Dogs Who Found Me at 46% off.

You can get there by clicking this link.

Roxy and PeeWee...from Dogs I Have Met

Roxy and PeeWee, originally uploaded by kfoz.

Here's a photo of Roxy, the three legged pit bull who adopted a pig. They lived together in Pinckney, Michigan, and their story is featured in my new book, Dogs I Have Met.

Now on tour...

IMG_0621, originally uploaded by kfoz.

The Brindle is Beautiful Tour has begun! For the latest updates on reviews and appearances (and the bad dreams I'm having) you can hop on over to www.ken-foster.com.

Meanwhile, here's what people are saying about Dogs I Have Met:

The New Orleans Times-Picayune:
In the book's sequel, "Dogs I Have Met and the People They Found," Foster chronicles more dog adventures, many of which came as a result of that book. He includes letters responding to his book, little reminders of the ties that bind dog lovers across time and geography. And he continues his campaign to dispense good information about worthy projects across the country...

Foster confronts head-on folks' fears about pit bulls and dog attacks, and writes of his own experience of being mauled by a beagle. Who'd have thought? But Snoopy has a powerful public relations machine, no?

What is so moving about "Dogs I Have Met" is Foster's own gentle humor, his sense of human frailty, of aging; when Foster describes his hysteria at finding his own beloved pets taking down a possum or a raccoon or a slow squirrel, you're right there with him, shrieking inwardly. And when he notices, "In Dog Years," that time is growing short, as time always does, we feel the intensity of the fleeting moment, in all its pain and pleasure.

"Dogs see us through more than they put us through," Foster writes, and he should know. This graceful meditation on the strength of our canine connections is an inspiration and a joy.

Library Journal:
Following a 2006 interview on NPR to promote his book The Dogs Who Found Me: What I Learned from Pets Who Were Left Behind, Foster received a flood of letters from people who had also rescued dogs, many of them pit bulls or mixed breeds and many with medical or psychological issues. These letters form the basis of this book and give Foster the opportunity to comment on the multifaceted aspects of the human-animal bond, particularly on how allowing a rescue dog into one's life can change it. Among the stories Foster relates is that of pit bull Trap Jack, whose adoption forced his owner to move to a dog-friendly apartment, escaping the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. He retells the story of shepherd mix Max, the hemophiliac adopted hours before euthanasia, who works as a therapy dog and touches the lives of many people similarly afflicted. With well-told, moving stories, this is a good choice for public libraries.—Florence Scarinci, Nassau Community Coll. Lib., Garden City, NY

Signed copies

Some people have been asking where they can get signed copies of the new book, Dogs I Have Met. I'm posting the latest tour dates here, so you can contact one of those stores if you like. Also, if you want one a bit sooner, you can:

Call Faulkner House Books at 504-524-2940

Call Octavia Books at 504-899-7323

You can also pre-order signed copies from Powells.com (which will be shipped after 10/15).