Shakespeare's Dog is a 1983 novel by Canadian writer Leon Rooke.
[1] The novel tells the story of William Shakespeare's early career, including his aspirations to break through to popular success as a writer and his courtship and eventual marriage to Anne Hathaway, from the perspective of Hooker, Shakespeare's pet dog.
[2] The novel won the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 1983 Governor General's Awards,[3] and was a shortlisted finalist for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour.
[4] A 20th-anniversary edition of the novel was reissued in 2003 by Dundurn Press.
[5] It was later adapted for the stage by playwright Rick Chafe, premiering at the National Arts Centre in conjunction with the Manitoba Theatre Centre in 2008.