February 28, 2013
By NBCC
Twenty-one of our thirty finalists read from their work last night at The New School. The event began with introductions from Luis Jaramillo, Associate Chair of The New School Writing
February 26, 2013
By NBCC
The reading will take place at 6:00 pm tomorrow night at the New School, 66 West 12th St in New York City. Confirmed readers include: Autobiography Reyna Grande, The Distance
January 14, 2013
By Admin
See the 2012 Finalists Ben Fountain’s wise, surprising Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (Ecco), Michael Gorra’s expansive Portrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American Masterpiece
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