Dog Wit Lit

Howl I've just been reading Alison Pace's blog and I've decided that Dog Lit can now officially be classed as a sub-genre (by me, at least).

The second collection of doggy-related writing from The Bark is out now. It's called Howl and follows on from the successful - and brilliantly titled - Dog is my Co-Pilot.

Plus, there's a plethora of 'me and my dog' type tales; look at Marley and Me, Rex and the City and What the Dog Did.

Not enough to convince you? How about all the Canine Chick Lit? Okay, that phrase is never going to catch on and Thank Goodness, but still... There's Pug Hill, The Dog Walker and, um, Sick Puppy.

Dog Wit Lit - Comments

  • Robin

    One thing my mom and both always liked about Jennifer Crusie was that so many of her books included a dog getting in good with the heroine. I&#39ll have to check out Howl. I loved Marly & Me.

  • Hi there Trashinista friends! Glad you liked the anthology Howl! I am an editor at The Bark magazine, and have been reviewing dog books for that magazine (and writing the "Rex and the City" column) for seven years. I must say that chick lit books featuring dogs have been around for several years, but that none of them have been stellar enough to warrant enough attention to start a new genre. In the past year, however, since the success of Marley and Me (and, yes, or "Rex and the City") we&#39ve noticed at the Bark that the number of dog books and chicks-with-dogs novels getting pumped out by publishers has quadrupled! So be prepared for a deluge. And, in my defense, I started my book Rex and the City several years before John Grogan wrote Marley and Me....it just took me a long, long time to finally hand a draft over to my editor. I&#39m too much a perfectionist and I spent two years revising the darn manuscript! So my advise to any dog-memoir-writer wannabees! Submit your manuscript NOW!

    Lee Harrington

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