January 21, 2018
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Contact: Beth Parker, Beth Parker PR, Beth@bethparkerpr.com, 914-629-9205 Kate Tuttle, NBCC President, kate.tuttle@gmail.com NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE ANNOUNCES FINALISTS FOR 2017 AWARDS New York, NY (January 22, 2018)—Today the
January 11, 2018
By Jane Ciabattari
Remember last year's awards ceremony, when we honored eight masterful writers? (Above, in John Midgley's photo.) It's awards season again. Time to celebrate great writers! The NBCC John Leonard committee
January 1, 2018
By Jane Ciabattari
The volunteer committee for the NBCC John Leonard award for best first book in any genre is reading and voting now for the winner. The deadline for votes is 5
December 23, 2017
By Heather Scott Partington
Tom Beer, book editor of Newsday and former NBCC President (2015-2017), met with NBCC’s Emerging Critics in our first advisory Skype session. Emerging Critics Committee Chair Elizabeth Taylor also
December 7, 2017
By Daniel Akst
Big news: the NBCC membership has spoken, and the 2017 John Leonard Prize finalists have been chosen. Here’s this year’s superb list: What It Means When a Man Falls from the
November 30, 2017
By Jane Ciabattari
National Book Critics Circle members are invited to this upcoming event on the life of Diana Trilling. Tuesday, December 19 8:00pm Biographer Natalie Robins on The Life of Diana Trilling
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 10, 2017
By Daniel Akst
The NBCC’s John Leonard Prize is awarded each year for an author’s first book. For reasons that aren’t entirely clear, in recent years most of the attention (and the nominations)