Ken Foster May 11 Book Talk

“The Dogs Who Found Me”

National Author comes to Pinckney

Love dogs? Well, about 8 people and 3 dogs attended the 6:30pm, Thursday, May 11 visit by author Ken Foster and found out more about the stray dogs that have come and gone in his life and helped him face some of the tough situations he’d found himself over the years—starting with his experience living in New York during the time of the 9-11 attacks of the World Trade Center Towers. This experience and others were recounted in his book, The Dogs Who Found Me.

“I found it to be both an entertaining and informative experience,” remarked Anne Render of Pinckney, who had attended the program.

Ken Foster read passages from his book and answered a few questions from attendees that evening. Mr. Foster is the editor of two anthologies, including Dog Culture. His collection of short stories, The Kind I’m Likely to Get, was a New York Times Notable Book. His work has appeared in the New York Times Book Review, The San Francisco Chronicle, McSweeney’s and The Believer. He has taught at the New School, Florida State University, and the University of Southern Mississippi. He lives in New Orleans, with at least three dogs.

###

Photo caption: (Ken Foster Reading) Author Ken Foster reads from his book The Dogs Who Found Me with Rocky, Rebecca Foster’s dog, listening in.

READER'S ADVISORY: The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

On May 19, 2006, The Da Vinci Code will be out in theaters, starring Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, and Alfred Molina. Meanwhile, if you enjoyed the original book version by Dan Brown, you might enjoy these other titles as well:

Templar Legacy by Steve Berry
Black Angel by John Connolly
The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury*
The Secret Supper by Javier Sierra*
Labyrinth by Kate Mosse*
The Last Cato by Matilde Asensi
The Amber Room by Steve Berry*
Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte
Map of Bones by James Rollins*
The Da Vinci Legacy by Lewis Perdue
In the Hand of Dante by Nick Tosches*
The Third Secret by Steve Berry*
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco*
Daughter of God by Lewis Perdue
The Romanov Prophecy by Steve Berry*
A Moorland Hanging by Michael Jecks*
The Eight by Katherine Neville*
Codex by Lev Grossman*
The Last Templar by Michael Jecks*

Click on the title to find out more about the book from Barnes & Noble’s reviews. Titles with asterisks (*) are owned by the Pinckney Public Library. You might want to check our library catalog for availability. Or, if you can’t find it at our library, place a request for these titles through MeLCat, the statewide library catalog and the library staff will give you a call to let you know when the book arrives at our library.

MYSTERY IN THE LIBRARY!!!

“The other night, when many characters were out of their books enjoying a sojourn in the night air, a crime was committed, grim and grave, right in our own library! As a result, His Majesty Henry VIII – that famous monarch from the English history books – has disappeared…” Among the suspects are: Alice from Alice in Wonderland, Huck Finn from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Cinderella, Pinocchio, Snow White from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Peter Pan, Litter Red Riding Hood, Robin Hood, Goldilocks from Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and Aladdin from The Adventures of Aladdin. Think you can solve this mystery at the library?

Come and join us on Wednesday, May 10^th @ 6:30 pm when the Pinckney Library hosts: “Who done it?” A Night of Murder and Mystery. This Library After Hours event is part of the county-wide “Livingston Reads!” program. All ages are welcome to participate. Prizes will be awarded, including one for Best Costume, so come dressed as your favorite sleuth! The grand prizes includes a Borders gift card, a “Death by Chocolate” gift basket from Pinckney’s Mainly Chocolate, and a copy of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon. Refreshments will be provided.

Please call the library at 734-878-3888 to register for this program.