Critical Notes

Addicted to reading? Join us for our NBCC Awards on March 12 in New York City, for free. Buy your tickets for the fundraising reception following the awards ceremony that

The finalists for the 2019 NBCC awards were announced this past Saturday at Bo’s in New York, along with the winners of the John Leonard Prize, the Balakian, and the

Before we get into the member news, an important note about the Leonard Prize: NBCC members who joined the reading committee for the 2019 John Leonard Prize for first book

Clea Simon picked the 10 best YA books of the year, and also wrote about the  YA trend of writing about gender and sexuality, both for the Boston Globe. Tobias

Michelle Newby Lancaster reviewed Christmas in Austin by Benjamin Markovits for Lone Star Literary Life. Erika Dreifus hosted the Dec. 15 Jewish Book Carnival, a project of the Association of Jewish

Do not forget to vote to choose our new board members. You should have received an email from Survey Monkey by now, with a ballot inside. The deadline for voting

Welcome to the latest in news and reviews from the National Book Critics Circle. Heller McAlpin reviewed biographer Deirdre Bair’s Parisian Lives for the Wall Street Journal. The Yellow House by Sarah

Tegan and Sara want you to run for the National Book Critics Circle board or submit to be considered for our excellence in reviewing prize. Now’s the time. Join the

The NBCC board for publishing year 2018, photographed at the NBCC awards on March 14, 2019.  Members, this is the time of year when you can get deeply involved in