Gallery Books signs Supervet Noel Fitzpatrick's ‘moving, funny and heartbreaking’ book on dogs

Gallery Books, a division of Simon & Schuster UK, has acquired Dogs (and Their Humans): Stories of Healing and Hope from the Supervet’s Surgery by professor Noel Fitzpatrick.

Publishing director Holly Harris acquired world rights from Amanda Harris, global managing director at YMU Literary. The “moving, funny and at times heartbreaking celebration of our relationship with man’s best friend” will be published in hardback, e-book and audio on 24 October.

Fitzpatrick is a world-renowned neuro-orthopaedic veterinary surgeon, the founder of Fitzpatrick Referrals in Surrey and is best known as "The Supervet" from the Channel 4 television series of the same name. Other books include How Animals Saved My Life and Listening to the Animals (Trapeze).

He said: “In my consulting room, with a dog lying by our feet, I have seen the very best that humanity has to offer and often in the very worst of circumstances. This book is a collection of stories from my practice that show how dogs make us the best humans we can be.”

Harris said: “Noel has a unique perspective on the role that a dog can play in a family. Through the prism of his surgery, he sees people from all walks of life with one thing in common: true love for their dog. This delightful collection of stories shows us what a pure love that is. We are thrilled to be publishing this wonderful book.”