Rules To Rock By, a Rock & Roll Novel and Soundtrack for Young Adults Is Coming Out June 22nd!

And we’ve got several exciting events in NYC
for the young, and the young at heart, to celebrate!

Download the first two chapters HERE!!

Rules to Rock By, a new young-adult novel by Josh Farrar, is slated to hit bookstores June 22, 2010 courtesy of Walker Books for Young Readers. Making this musical adventure even more exciting is the acceompanying soundtrack of the same name, which is a collaboration between the author and non-profit partner, the Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls.

To celebrate it’s release, there will be several exciting events for kids & parents alike! You can join us June 23rd at Housing Works (7pm) for an evening of readings & music; Josh Farrar will be reading excerpts from the novel, and the evening will also feature musical performances by young musicians Justine Skyers and Sofie Kapur, The NowhereNauts (formerly Blame The Patient), and Saffire.

Special guests will include members of Antony & The Johnsons and Guided By Voices/Shudder To Think!

You can also join in the fun for a matinee show at 3pm on June 26th at The Living Room, featuring performances by The NowhereNauts and The Bungles, accompanied by another reading by Josh Farrar.

July 8th at 5:30pm also sees a listening party for the soundtrack at Xoom, an East Village juice bar/smoothie shop with a rock & roll attitude. Hunter Lombard and Sofie Kapur of the Rules To Rock By band will be on hand to perform unplugged and sign CDs; this could also be your opportunity to get a book signed by Josh Farrar!

A little more about Rules To Rock By…
Rules To Rock By is the fun and inspiring tale of Annabelle Cabrerra’s quest to form her own band. Annabelle once had it all—a successful kid-rock group with an adoring fan base and the potential for serious stardom. But when her parents uproot her from her in-the-middle-of-it-all Brooklyn home and move her to Rhode Island, she feels lost. Starting a new band isn’t as easy as she’d hoped, but she is determined to chase her dreams, spurred on by her musical idol, Deerhoof bassist/singer Satomi Matsuzaki.

Event Dates:
6/23 – Housing Works @ 7pm
6/26 – The Living Room @ 3pm
7/8 – Xoom @ 5:30pm

Live Band Line-Up:
Justine Skyers - vocals
Sofie Kapur (The NowhereNauts) - vocals
Hunter Lombard (The NowhereNauts) - bass
Anders Kapur (The NowhereNauts) - bass
Josh Farrar - guitar
Kevin March (Guided by Voices/Shudder to Think) - drums
Max Moston (Antony & The Johnsons, Rufus Wainwright, Baby Dee, Jessica 6) – violin

www.rulestorockby.com

For more info please contact Girlie Action
Christine Colbert - 212-989-2222, x104, Christine@girlie.com
Spencer Keasey Scanlon - 212-989-2222, x120, Spencer@girlie.com

Josh Farrar is a writer and a musician. He has written a whole mess of songs, but Rules to Rock By is his first book. Josh drew on his own experience playing in bands as a teenager, but he was equally inspired by such contemporary indie-teen bands as Care Bears on Fire, Smoosh, and Tiny Masters of Today. Josh has collaborated with the Creative Arts Program in Brooklyn to recruit talented tween and teen musicians, and he is collaborating with the Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls on this project. Josh lives in Brooklyn, NY and is currently working on a novel set within the fashion industry.