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We packed into The Dead Poet last night to celebrate the release of Justin Allen's Slaves of the Shinar. Watch the video! With exclusive interviews with Justin Allen and Peter Mayer, our gentleman publisher.

Meet Overlook Press' beloved gentleman novelist Tito Perdue, author of Fields of Asphodel, as he introduces us to his muses and writing partners from his writerly estate in Alabama. Fields from Asphodel and his novel Lee in paperback are due out this July. Here our dear Mr. Perdue gives us a sample of his summer-perfect, silky-smooth prose: you can meet him live at the Lemuria Books in Jackson, MS on Wednesday July 27th beginning at 5 PM. If you can't make it, order a signed copy.

The delightful and brillaint Katie Arnoldi, author of the novel The Wentworths stopped by our Soho offices today. Check out her website at Katie Arnoldi dot com. She's also the author of the highly acclaimed Chemical Pink. In this brief video, Ms. Arnoldi talks a little bit about the L.A. world behind The Wentworths. With a brief cameo by editor Aaron. And then the camera batteries run out. This footage will keep you on the edge of your ergonomic office chair. Enjoy! Everyone at the Overlook Press is thrilled to be working on The Wentworths! Stay tuned.

In our first installment of "Visit an Editor" we stop into Juliet's office to discuss Antonia Quirke's forthcoming Overlook summer title Choking on Marlon Brando. Published as Madame Depardieu and the Beautiful Strangers across the Pond, this scintillating memoir captures Antonia's search for love as she's drawn to the larger-than-life celluloid beefcakes of the silver screen. Can any available man measure up to Marlon Brando? Her trials and tribulations on the dating scene get compounded by the career arcs of her favorite actors. What do movies teach us about love? According to Antonia, *everything.*

PS: Juliet's office is way cleaner than mine.

Announcing our first ever Great Haiku Galley Give-Away, featuring John Crowley's legendary Book One of the Aegypt Cycle THE SOLITUDES! Write a brief, witty and polished haiku about why you are worthy to receive an early reader's edition of this beloved title. The Overlook Press is re-issuing all of the Aegypt Cycle in collectible and smart-looking paperback format. Deadline for entries is Friday 6/22! Get your 5-7-5 on! And you could be a winner. Many will enter, 5 people will win. Winning haikus shall be posted and much glory shall be had. Send to theoverlookpress at gmail dot com.

Here's a little footage from the Overlook Press booth from this weekend at the Javits. Thanks to everyone who stopped by to say hi.



Beloved publisher and gentleman Peter Mayer with beloved Overlook author and gentleman Robert Forbes. His September book BEASTLY FEASTS was the hit of the Overlook Booth.

Charles McCarry recorded this video over the weekend for a Spanish publisher who had purchased a number of his legendary Christopher Family novels, including his forthcoming Christopher's Ghosts, which is due out in May 2007. We thought fans would delight to see the master in his writing den speaking about the scope of his fiction and how he views his novels as one large narrative. Enjoy!

Justin Allen stopped into our offices today to talk about his debut novel Slaves of the Shinar, which is due out this July. Here Justin says hello and describes the unique world he's created. Enjoy!

Enjoy the first installment of Overlook TV! Look for David Shapiro's NEW AND SELECTED POEMS in March 2007!