Tomorrow in Fredericksburg. Stop by to love on beagles, buy a book and sip a beverage! #booksky, #labdoghammy

Saturday in Charm City! I'll be in conversation with Jay Hancock at The Ivy Bookshop, and all the cool cats will be there. And of course former lab beagles! Spread the word to your Baltimore friends! #booksky, #labdoghammy www.theivybookshop.com/event/yappy-...

Celebrating Lab Dog's award from @asjahq.bsky.social for best general nonfiction book! Thank you, ASJA judges, and congrats to the other winners. Yay!! www.asja.org/.../awards/2...

Thanks for sharing this, @crystalheathdvm.bsky.social. And thank you most of all, Hammy. �

I always enjoy talking to Michael McCarthy, especially when the topic is dogs! Thanks to Michael and Modern Luxury for this Q&A about Lab Dog. My fave Q might be the last: If Hammy could've talked, what would he have said first? Link in comments 👇 #labdoghammy, #beagles, #animalresearch

Before Condace Pressley learned about Lab Dog, she--like most people--hadn't given research on dogs much thought. I'm so grateful she took the time to sit down with me for her show on 95.5 WSB. #booksky, #labdoghammy, #beagles podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

Ever see a bedazzled book? Here's Kathy Wilder's lovely creation, and she'll bring it for show and tell (along with her beagle) Sunday @BNBuzz (Falls Church, VA). We can all be dazzled! Deets on the event in comments 👇 #booksky, #beagles, #animalresearch

Ever see a bedazzled book? Here's Kathy Wilder's lovely creation, and she'll bring it for show and tell (along with her beagle) Sunday @ Barnes & Noble (Falls Church, VA). We can all be dazzled! Deets on the event in comments 👇 #booksky, #beagles, #animalresearch

Ever see a bedazzled book? Here's Kathy Wilder's lovely creation, and she'll bring it for show and tell (along with her beagle) Sunday @ Barnes & Noble (Falls Church, VA). We can all be dazzled! Deets on the event in comments 👇 #booksky, #beagles, #animalresearch

Join me Sunday at @barnesandnoble.com (Seven Corners, VA) for one of our biggest gatherings of former lab beagles! We'll have Madeline, Riley, Watson, Ashton, Caprise, Fin, Bert, Mia, Millie, Loaf and Colby Sue, all waiting for attention. And signed copies of Lab Dog, waiting for readers! #booksky

Saturday is the Gaithersburg Book Festival, and I'm a featured author--woohoo! Join me in the Gertrude Stein Pavilion at 11:15. Stay for the day to hear dozens of other authors and attend writing workshops for grown-ups, teens and kids. All free! #booksky www.gaithersburgbookfestival.org

Hey, law students! Lab Dog is the inaugural book in the @animallegaldefense.bsky.social Student Chapters book club! If you're interested, sign up at the link below in comments 👇 and please share with fellow law students.

In the last several weeks at book events, I've signed a number of copies of Lab Dog that will be gifts to moms--which makes me happy, every time. @capitolhillbooks.bsky.social has signed copies and can mail them out in time for Mother's Day! Link in comments 👇 #booksky, #animalresearch, #beagles

Looking forward to my panel to tomorrow at @wirbo.bsky.social: From Journalist to Author! With Mike Tidwell and Vicki Valosik, moderated by the fab Cathy Alter. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/page/the-202... #booksky

On my way, Arlington, VA! See you tomorrow at the Shirlington Library, in conversation with the awesome @annelcassidy.bsky.social. Beagle line-up includes Bert, Carmel and Piper! Books for sale from @onemorepagebooks.bsky.social--great gift for all moms. #booksky, #animalresearch, #beagles

Join me--and some Terps who really care about animals--tonight for this Lab Dog conversation at the @univofmaryland.bsky.social! Address and parking deets in the comments. #animalresearch, #beagles

Thanks for a dream Lab Dog event yesterday, @richmondspca.bsky.social! And for the great coverage, Mariah Jallad and @wric.com. As an author, it's hard to beat a full house of humans and beagles. #animalresearch, #beagles www.wric.com/news/local-n...

So I'm still celebrating Beagle Day--and might not stop! Tomorrow I'll be at the Potomac Yard @barnesandnoble.com with possibly as many as a half dozen former research beagles. Come get some BLC! stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/978006...

Happy Beagle Day! Still tickets available for this event on Sunday at the @richmondspca.bsky.social, a conversation about Lab Dog with Kerri O'Brien. At least one Virginia state senator and a few former beagles bred for research will be joining us! #beagles, #animalresearch, #booksky

Tomorrow at Copperfoxbooks Fox Books. See y'all in Blue Ridge, GA with a couple beagles bred for research--Cookie + Joey! #beagles, #animalresearch www.facebook.com/events/97275...

Tonight in Athens, y'all! See you at Athentic Brewing Co., where you can buy a book (Lab Dog, from Avid Bookshop), drink a beer, raise some bucks (for the Athens Area Humane Society) and best of all, pet some beagles (bred to be used in research)! #beagles, #animalresearch, #booksky

Thrilled to return to one of my favorite towns tonight to discuss Lab Dog--Asheville! We'll have a great group tonight at @firestorm.coop, where I'll be in conversation with Plant's Jason Sellers. See you there! firestorm.coop/events/3576-... #booksky, #beagles, #animalresearch

Morning, Raleigh! Hope to see you later today at West Street Dogs. BYO dogs! #booksky, #animals, #beagles, #animalresearch

See you soon, NC + GA! Come'on out and bring a friend. :-) @acappellabooks.bsky.social @firestorm.coop

I thought of Hammy every minute working on this article. I miss that little guy. #animalresearch, #animals, #beagles www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

Bucks County, PA, come see the Easter Beagles Sunday! Stop by @barnesandnoble.com to say hi to me + some special beagles bred for research: Phoebe, Bean + Leeloo! 💙📚 #animalresearch #beagles #dogs #booksky stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/978006...

Haven't been able to join an in-person Lab Dog event yet? Hop online for one of these upcoming virtual talks, all free! Full schedule and links to register at: melaniedgkaplan.com/events.html

And here I am on a show I've listened to and learned so much from over the years. Writing can be lonely. Through The Creative Nonfiction Podcast, @brendanomeara.bsky.social has built a community. brendanomeara.com/episode-513-...

Good--yet [email protected] article about limiting pesticides in our lives. What the article doesn't mention is that when you cut down on pesticides, you also reduce the demand for lab animals. The EPA requires every pesticide to be tested on dogs for 90 days.

Here's a good primer on some of the non-animal methods being used for research and testing. Delci Winders @ Vermont Law & Graduate School is quoted: "We already have seen some progress, and I’m optimistic we will see some more." #animalresearch www.cnn.com/2026/03/20/h...

See you tonight! @boulderbookstore.bsky.social 💙📚 #beagles, #animalresearch, #animals, #booksky

Book talk tonight in Denver, ya'll. (I've always wanted to be invited to this type of salon!) Drinks and apps and conversation. Register and join us! #beagles, #booksky 💙📚 edv.churchcenter.com/registration...

Morning, Denver! I think I met 24 beagles--a dream. So much beagle fur. So thankful I wore black. : -) Tonight I'll be at University of Denver Strum College of Law for a talk with John Ramer. Registration link in comments.👇 Come'on out. Dinner will be served!

See you soon, Colorado! 💙📚 #animals, #beagles, #booksky

When @melaniedgkaplan.bsky.social adopted her beagle Hammy, all she knew was that he had spent 4 years in a research lab. Curious to know more about animal research, Kaplan embarks on a quest for answers. Join us 3/19 when Melanie will be here to celebrate "Lab Dog"! Tix: KaplanBBS.eventbrite.com

So many fun book events in Colorado next week, peeps. Come'on out! Kicking it off Sunday with a double header of beagles and books at @barnesandnoble.com Superior and Bruz Beers Midtown with @kindnessranch.bsky.social. Full schedule + deets at melaniedgkaplan.com/events.html%...

Can't wait! See you Thursday, @boulderbookstore.bsky.social! 💙📚

@nytimes.com today: "After decades of being dismissed by many conservatives as a project of the political left, the cause of animal rights is being embraced by leading figures in President Trump’s Make America Great Again movement..." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/u...

This teen was the driving force behind legislation in Wisconsin to ban cosmetic animal testing. Twelve states have already done so. She told a class of fourth graders: "I want to make sure that you guys know that nobody is too small to make a change that you believe in." #animals, #animalresearch

From the byline to the book deal. 📚 Join @melaniedgkaplan.bsky.social, Mike Tidwell, Vicki Valosik, and Cathy Alter as they share the reality of the journalist-to-author pipeline at #WWC2026! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/page/the-202...

Hey out West: Next stop, Colorado! #booksky, #animalresearch, #beagles, #dogs

I've come to rely on @whyy.org's @thepulse.whyy.org for good medical and health news, and inspiring stories from brill host Maiken Scott. So it's a real delight to be included--telling Hammy's story--in this beautiful episode about animal emotions. whyy.org/episodes/do-... #beagles, #dogs

Hey, DC! Hope to see you at my book talk/signing Sunday @ 1 @ @barnesandnoble.com (Georgetown) with the @washingtonpost.com's amazing Andrea Sachs. Bonus: beagles bred for research: Carmel, Oliver, Hazel + Mabel. Come for the beagles, stay for the talk. stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/978006...

A short preview of this evening's live book talk at The Avalon Theatre in Easton, MD, with Talbot Humane and @clf21601.bsky.social. Tickets still available! decadeseven.substack.com/p/an-evening... #booksky, #animalresearch 💙📚

Well done, @jasondearen.com + team! Great article and related documentary on @frontlinepbs.bsky.social. (Contaminated: The Carpet Industry's Toxic Legacy)

Good morning, Toronto! Bring your friends + meet Lizzie and Nimby, former research beagles. See you tonight! #animalresearch, #beagles 📚💙

Lab Dog double-header in Boston! Tonight at Newtonville Books, and tomorrow at Papercuts J.P. Former research beagles will be joining me at both events. Buy your $5 JP tickets here: papercutsjp.com/events/45296... And see you there! 💙📚 newtonvillebooks.com/event/2026-0... #animalresearch #beagles

We have a VIP (and a VIB!) at the @ksjatmit.bsky.social offices today. @melaniedgkaplan.bsky.social is speaking to Knight fellows about her book Lab Dog.

Bundling up and heading north! Thanks for helping spread the word, friends. See you there!

Woohoo, we love a sale! My neighborhood bookstore (and former employer) @capitolhillbooks.bsky.social is discounting its entire website until February 1, including signed copies of Lab Dog. Shippable across North America. Buy one for you + one for a friend. :-) tinyurl.com/LabDog-Signe...