DreamWorks Studios Bringing”A Dog’s Purpose” To The Big Screen

New York Times Bestseller “A Dog’s Purpose”
and the adoptable dogs of THE AMANDA FOUNDATION Present:

“WINE, CHEESE, AND BONES”

A Dog and People Book Party to benefit
Palisades Village Book Friends*

Village Books
Wednesday, June 8, 7:30 P.M.
1049 Swarthmore Avenue, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
310.454.4063

Los Angeles, California – June 6, 2011 – Bestselling author W. Bruce Cameron and his dog Tucker (and Tucker’s Amanda Foundation dog friends) will be signing copies of the new trade paperback of the New York Times bestseller A Dog’s Purpose at a “Wine, Cheese, and Bones” Party at Village Books (1049 Swarthmore Avenue, Pacific Palisades) on Wednesday, June 8th at 7:30pm.

Half of the book’s cover price will go to the Palisades Village Book Friends, a non-profit 50 (c)(3) organization formed to promote and support literary events in the community, and to ensure the continuation of the tradition started by Village Books of organizing author readings, signings, and other literary events.

The Amanda Foundation is a partner is this benefit to help the “Dog Friendliest Independent Bookseller in Los Angeles” to survive and thrive.   One of LA’s oldest and most respected animal charities, The Amanda Foundation has been a pioneer in spay and neuter programs.  Several of The Amanda Foundation adoptable dogs will be in attendance for guests to meet, as well as Dina Zaphiris, host of Animal Planet’s “Petfinder” with one of her dogs that has been trained to detect cancer by scent.

A Dog’s Purpose spent 19 weeks on the New York Times bestsellers list when it was published in hardcover, and it will be debuting on the New York Times list in trade paperback this Sunday, June 12th.

A Dog’s Purpose is also coming to the big screen as a major motion picture from DreamWorks Studios with W. Bruce Cameron writing the screenplay.

Everyone who reads A Dog’s Purpose is passionate about it.  It was voted “Top 5 Best Fiction of 2010” in the Goodreads Readers Choice Poll, and it was named a “Best Read 2010” in Cesar’s Way Magazine.  Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker also raved about it on her website, saying “I laughed and smiled and cried…This book is wise and sure to open the hearts of all who read it.”

Kids, dogs, and grown-ups are all invited to meet W. Bruce Cameron and Tucker and support Village Books, one of Los Angeles’s most treasured independent bookstores.

*Palisades Village Book Friends is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization formed to promote and support literary events in our community, and to ensure the continuation of the tradition started by Village Books of author readings, book signings and other literary events