Critical Notes

Members and friends, we’d like to remind you that applications for the NBCC Emerging Critics Fellowships are open until Friday, June 5, 2026, at midnight Pacific time! These fellowships seek

Members and friends, last month, our friends at Publishers Weekly asked our members, along with their staffers and reviewers, to nominate titles for its feature on the 15 essential works

Members and friends, we’re happy to announce that applications for the NBCC Emerging Critics Fellowships are now open! These fellowships seek to identify, nurture, and support the development of the

Members and friends, our members have been busy this past week with reviews of books by authors including Harriet Clark, Portia Elan, Ben Lerner, and Vincent Yu, and interviews with

Members and friends, we hope you’re doing well! Our members have been keeping busy with new reviews of books by authors including Robert Seethaler, Sophie Mackintosh, Andrew Krivak, Gwendoline Riley,

Members and friends, we hope you’re doing well! Our members have been busy over the past week with reviews of books by authors including Heather Ann Thompson, Alexander Graham-Dixon, Maggie

Members and friends, we hope you’re doing well! Our members have been busy this past week with reviews of books by authors including Jamaica Kincaid, Sujata Massey, andré carrington, Dorothy

Members and friends, we hope you’re doing well! Our members have been busy over the past week with reviews of books by authors including Laurie Hertzel, Ben Lerner, Yann Martel,

Friends, we hope you’re doing well! Our members have been busy this past week with reviews of books by authors including Djuna Barnes, Malén Denis, Kirsten King, and Koren Stamper,

Members and friends, we wanted to thank all of you who attended or watched the National Book Critics Circle Awards ceremony last week! We were honored to shine a spotlight