Dear NBCC Friends,  A week from tomorrow, we’ll announce the finalists for the 2022 NBCC awards. Stay tuned for a registration link. The strike at HarperCollins continues after two months, still with no

Dates to save! The finalists for the 2022 NBCC awards will be announced during a virtual event on 1/31. The awards ceremony–live and in person!–will follow on 3/23. We couldn’t

Dear NBCC Friends, Please join us in a hearty congratulations to Ryan Ruby and Parul Sehgal, winners of the second annual Silvers-Dudley prizes for literary criticism. Ruby is an NBCC member,

As we dig our way out of the empty champagne bottles and dried-up pine needles, our trenches of galleys remain. Here’s to a new year of new books and engaging

The landscape for print media continues to be volatile, with layoffs at the Washington Post and the closing of Bookforum as the twice-shuttered Believer finds new life at its original home, McSweeney’s. Meanwhile, new online outlet The

Dear NBCC Friends, It’s still a good time of the year to get involved with the NBCC or renew your membership. The deadline for board candidate statements has been extended

Dear NBCC Friends, Welcome to year-end list season. As institutions ranging from the NYPL to the New York Times weigh in with extensive catalogs of notable titles, former NBCC president Tom

With a four-day weekend ahead of us, here’s hoping for some much-needed reading time. If you’re traveling, choose wisely as you pack, and remember that books can be a great

Dear NBCC Friends, We’re trying out a new feature on exciting forthcoming titles. We’re talking three months out or longer, books within pitching distance. Stuff we’ve picked up at events or found on our doorsteps,

Dear NBCC Friends, Spooky season might be drawing to a close, but publishers haven’t stopped adding to an ever-growing glut of gothic novels and literary horror. So, if that’s your