Rainy night, Nor-easter approaching, and at NYU Bookstore, a rapt audience, including Rob Spillman of Tin House, novelist Jennifer Gilmore, Shaun Randol of The Mantle, Ibrahim Ahmad of Akashic Books,

National Book Critics Circle Conversation, The Next Decade in Book Culture, at Book Passage, San Francisco When: November 3, 2010 7 pm Where: Book Passage, 1 Ferry Building # 42

NBCC READS: A LITERARY SHOWCASE A TALK OF THE STACKS EVENT Wednesday, November 3rd, 7:00 PM Minneapolis Central Library Pohlad Hall 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis This special edition of the

The National Book Critics Circle “Name that Author” contest at a rainy Brooklyn Book Festival featured two champs (Brigid Hughes, who won the first ever “Name that Author” contest, and

Join us for a reading by National Book Critics Circle finalists Marlon James, Jayne Anne Phillips, and Brenda Shaughnessy, sponsored by the National Book Critics Circle and the Caribbean Culture

Exciting night at St. Ann's Warehouse in DUMBO. The first PEN Quiz night, as a bookend kickoff to Brooklyn Book Festival. Wesley Stace (John Wesley Harding), the  emcee, was fast-paced,

Join the National Book Critics Circle at Lit Crawl NYC on Saturday September 11, 2010, at 8 pm. Details here. Follow up with the NBCC “Name that Author” contest at