Announcements

For 26 years the Whiting Writers’ Awards have provided a giddy moment in the literary calendar. Each year ten winners, nominated and selected without their knowing it, are invited to

The National Book Critics Circle invites its members to make submissions for the 2010 Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing. The award is given each year in honor of

This fall, eight seats will be up for grabs on the board of the National Book Critics Circle. While the board's main efforts revolve around the selection of the books

The National Book Critics Circle is soliciting nominations from members for the 2010 Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award. Named after the first president of the NBCC, the award is given

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

Is reading on the decline? Many think so. Writers, booksellers, librarians, and reviewers all have a stake in the evolving culture of reading. But no one has more to gain