Overlookin' at the Brooklyn Book Festival

Many thanks to all who attended the Brooklyn Book Festival yesterday - we had a FANTASTIC time meeting and talking books with everyone who came by the Overlook booth. We're always grateful to hear what you have to say about the books we publish. Our bestsellers for the day were: New York in the 70s, anything and everything by the great Walter Moers, Today I Wrote Nothing, Church Signs Across America, and Milton Glaser's Drawing is Thinking.

Five Stars for CHURCH SIGNS ACROSS AMERICA

L. Dean Murphy reviews Church Signs Across America: "Simon & Garfunkel brilliantly sang that words of prophets are written on subway walls. And on church signs, as captured in a spectacular photo journal by the creative couple Pam and Steve Paulson. Andy Warhol used everyday scenes as a medium of art, Campbell’s Soup, Marilyn Monroe. Church Signs Across America earns Five Stars for its creativity and portrayal of witty words written across America by unknowns. Church Signs Across America is more than a photog journal. It is a journey through the publishing world without a map, by two people destined to create something to inspire others, though odds were against them. It also exhibits architectural concepts of the churches that feature marquees with witticisms in this well-executed coffee-table volume. Agnostics and even atheists appreciate clever quips captured by the Paulsons. The value of art can be measured by the impact on society the work has. Vincent van Gogh never sold a painting, while he was alive. Is his art good? You decide, on some starry, starry night. As a cross-section of America’s church signs, some are thoughtful, some amusing. If scratching your head doesn’t help to understand the meaning, put away the book for a couple of days and think about it!"

Great Books for Last Minute Shoppers

Christmas is only a few days away, and The Winged Elephant has a few suggestions for last-minute shoppers: Church Signs Across America is a great gift for everyone in the family - a guaranteed chuckle on Christmas morning. For kids, we recommend Beastly Feasts, the magnificent collaboration between Robert Forbes and illustrator Ronald Searle, and the new collector's edition of Emil and the Detectives, which features a new introduction by Maurice Sendak. For avid readers looking to spend the holidays curled up with a great novel, don't overlook Susan Hill's The Pure in Heart, Penny Vincenzi's The Dilemma, or Second Sight by Charles McCarry.

CHURCH SIGNS ACROSS AMERICA

Here's photographer and co-author Steve Paulson with one of those great church signs we see all over America. An Overlook bestseller, Steve and Pam Paulson's Church Signs Across America, is filled with wit and wisdom from more than 160 churchs across the country. We can't think of better gift book this holiday season. . .

Meet the Authors of CHURCH SIGNS ACROSS AMERICA

They have traveled over 100,000 miles and been to all 50 states in search of the best church signs in the country. Pam and Steve Paulson, authors/photographers of Overlook’s bestselling CHURCH SIGNS ACROSS AMERICA, will sign books at the FAIRFIELD COMMONS MALL in Beavercreek, Ohio (outside Dayton) on Saturday, September 15. For more information: 937-429-1660.

Church Signs Across America and on SLATE

The talented Doree Shafrir offers up a slideshow at SLATE of some of the choicest church signs from Church Signs Across America. And above behold beloved Overlook church sign photographer Steve Paulson as he takes a break in Iowa City, Iowa on their latest steeplechasing excursion. And listen to Pam & Steve being interviewed!

Church Signs Across America: Back Out on The Road [Gresham, Oregon]

Look for the photographing couple behind The Overlook Press' Church Signs Across America as they steeplechase across our great land looking for more transcendent church signs for the big follow-up. Pastors note: you best *bring* it to your parish's sign this Spring. You never know when the Paulsons will be driving through...

Church Signs Across America in the New York Times Book Review this Sunday 4/8 (Easter!)

Tomorrow's Book Review today: great notice of Pam and Steve Paulsen's CHURCH SIGNS ACROSS AMERICA. {Click to enlarge}