November 27, 2017
By Jane Ciabattari
Reminder: NBCC Balakian award submissions from members are due December 17. The award for excellence in book criticism includes a $1,000 cash prize funded by former NBCC board member Gregg
November 20, 2017
By Jane Ciabattari
In November, National Book Critics Circle members will begin nominating and voting for the John Leonard award for the first book in any genre that has been published in the
November 19, 2017
By Jane Ciabattari
The NBCC awards the Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing each year to recognize outstanding work by a member of the NBCC. Since 2012, the Balakian carries with it
November 17, 2017
By Jane Ciabattari
Join us at The Book Cellar–a great Chicago bookstore which also has a wine bar–for a special NBCC event for members and booklovers. NBCC Critics Talk About Favorite Books of
November 13, 2017
By Jane Ciabattari
NBCC members are in the thick of the #NBCCLeonard awards process, nominating books and writing blog posts about their favorites. The awards, for a first book in any genre published
October 2, 2017
By Jane Ciabattari
Member reviews and interviews: Jennifer Egan, who earned the NBCC Fiction Award for her novel A Visit from the Goon Squad, has a new novel out this month. Priscilla Gilman
September 28, 2017
By Jane Ciabattari
Coming up tonight (September 28) at Book Culture in New York: A panel discussing the art and influence of Philip Roth, moderated by Harpers Magazine editor and former NBCC board
September 18, 2017
By Jane Ciabattari
Labor Day is behind us, September thrums with hurricanes and tempests, the National Book Festival and Brooklyn Book Festival drum up excitement for reading. And NBCC members are busier than
September 3, 2017
By Jane Ciabattari
At Home in the World: On Writing, Immigration, and Belonging Thursday September 14, 201707:00 pm Center for Fiction, 17 East 47th Street, New York, NY RSVP: *This event will be
February 2, 2017
By Jane Ciabattari
The National Book Critics Circle is again a literary partner with a featured event at the AWP conference next week. Come see NBCC board members, former board members, incoming board