August 8, 2012
By Admin
As the publishing industry picks up the pace after the summer doldrums, the NBCC will be continuing its conversation about criticism and books this fall in three cities. Mark your
June 27, 2012
By Jane Ciabattari
The NBCC cocktail party at Zyzzyva's offices on Geary Street in San Francisco on June 15, cohosted by Zyzzyva editor Laura Cogan and managing editor (and NBCC board member) Oscar
June 6, 2012
By Mark Athitakis
Attention Chicagoans (or anybody who'll be in Chicago this weekend): The Chicago Tribune's Printers Row Lit Fest will be held June 9 and 10, and the NBCC will be taking
May 17, 2012
By Mark Athitakis
The “Central Library Plan” and the Future of the New York Public Library: A Panel Discussion Tuesday, May 22, 6:30-8:30 Theresa Lang Community Center, New School University In an effort
April 24, 2012
By Mark Athitakis
The weeklong PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature kicks off next Monday, April 30, in New York. The National Book Critics Circle will be there, cosponsoring (along with the
April 19, 2012
By Mark Athitakis
Yesterday the Los Angeles Review of Books launched its brand-new website, moving fromTumblr to a robust, comments-enabled platform. LARB editor Tom Lutz answered some questions about the site last year
April 10, 2012
By Mark Athitakis
From left: Jane Smiley, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Jane Ciabattari, Jennifer Egan, Darin Strauss, Isabel Wilkerson (Credit: Robb Cohen Photography and the Association of Writers & Writing Programs) The National Book
April 3, 2012
By Jane Ciabattari
What’s your favorite comic novel? This NBCC Reads question sparked a LOL round-robin conversation to wrap up this year’s Tennessee Williams Festival at the Monteleone Hotel in New Orleans. We
March 28, 2012
By Mark Athitakis
This year's NBCC Awards will be broadcast three times this weekend on C-SPAN's BookTV. Here are the dates (all times Eastern): Saturday, March 31, 8 a.m. Sunday, April 1, 4:30
March 8, 2012
By David Varno
NBCC Board member and poetry committee chair Rigoberto Gonzalez announced the 2011 winner for autobiography: Mira Bartók, The Memory Palace (Free Press) Finalists are: Diane Ackerman, One Hundred Names