National Book Critics Circle

January, 2009

Rigoberto’s arrival

by David Varno | Jan-24-2009

Rigoberto Gonzales has just arrived and stashed his overcoat under the stairs, and he made sure we note that he is “looking great tonight.” And now, the...read »

Welcome to Housing Works bookstore in SoHo

by David Varno | Jan-24-2009

Welcome to Housing Works bookstore in SoHo, host to the 2008 Awards nominations. I’m at a table beside the winding stairs leading up to the balcony, where the...read »

A REMINDER: NBCC Poetry Panel Tonight, Awards Finalists Announcement Tomorrow

by Jane Ciabattari | Jan-23-2009

Upcoming National Book Critics Circle events in New York City. Please join us. (If you can make it, let us know at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this...read »

Lev Grossman Predicts…

by Jane Ciabattari | Jan-22-2009

Check out former NBCC board member (and former chair of the NBCC fiction awards panel) Lev Grossman’s take on whither publishing (and whither the novel):“New...read »

Finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Awards to Be Announced at Housing Works Event

by Barbara Hoffert | Jan-22-2009

January 20, 2009 For immediate release On Saturday, January 24, 2009, the National Book Critics Circle will announce the finalists for its forthcoming book...read »

Book Coverage Expanding at CJR

by Jane Ciabattari | Jan-21-2009

While book coverage shrinks, the Columbia Journalism Review is expanding. Today they launched a new feature called Page Views—additional, online-only book...read »

WaPo Update 2: “Save the Book World Petition”

by Jane Ciabattari | Jan-21-2009

Signatures are being gathered for a petition to save the Washington Post’s Book World. The text is below. If you have written for Book World—or simply...read »

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