Critical Notes

Members and friends, it’s almost that time! We’ll be announcing the shortlists for our NBCC Awards this Thursday, Jan. 23, at 10 a.m. Eastern on social media. If you’d like

Members and friends, save the date! We’ll be announcing the shortlists for our NBCC Awards on Thursday, Jan. 23, at 10 a.m. Eastern on social media. If you’d like to

Members and friends, we hope you’re having a great 2025 so far! Our members are ringing in the new year with reviews of books by authors including Brandon Shimoda, Adam

Members and friends, last week, we announced our first-ever longlists for the NBCC Awards! You can find links to the lists on our awards page. Stay tuned—we’ll be announcing our

Members and friends, we’re happy to announce that in honor of our 50th anniversary—and for the first time in our history—we’ll be revealing longlists for our NBCC Awards! The announcements

Friends, we hope you’re having a good December so far! Our members have been keeping busy with reviews of books by authors including Ella Baxter, Fabienne Josaphat, Lily Tuck, Damion

We hope you’re having a good fall! Our members have been keeping busy with reviews of books by authors including Alexander McCall Smith, Clare Chambers, Haruki Murakami, Joshua Mohr, and

Friends, later this week, we’ll be celebrating our 50th anniversary at an in-person event at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Dweck Center on Thursday, Nov. 21, at 7 p.m. Eastern. Join

Friends, we wanted to let you know that we’ll be celebrating our 50th anniversary at an in-person event at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Dweck Center on Thursday, Nov. 21, at

Friends, we hope you’re having a good November! Our critics have been busy with reviews of books by authors including Olga Tokarczuk, Ajibola Tolase, Charles Baxter, Edmund White, Bruna Dantas