Critical Notes

Deadlines: NBCC board elections are in full swing. Deadline for voting: January 4. Next steps for members of the #NBCCLeonard judging committee have been emailed by committee chair Gregg Barrios.

Deadlines: Today is the deadline for NBCC members to submit their self nominations for the Balakian Award for Excellence in Reviewing, which comes with $1,000. Watch for the announcement of

NBCC Deadlines The deadline for submitting your SurveyMonkey ballot for the John Leonard award for best first book is December 7. You should have received a ballot by email. Check

NBCC Deadlines The deadline for signing up for the #NBCCLeonard commitee is Tuesday, November 27 5 pm EST.   The first nine blog posts in the #NBCCLeonard series here. If you

Reminder: It’s time to volunteer for the John Leonard Award committee! Join the conversation on Twitter with the hashtag #NBCCLeonard, and visit our Facebook page to check out the list

Reminder: It’s time to volunteer for the John Leonard Award committee! Join the conversation on Twitter with the hashtag #NBCCLeonard, and visit our Facebook page to check out the list

Reminder: It’s time to volunteer for the John Leonard Award committee! Join the conversation on Twitter with the hashtag #NBCCLeonard, and visit our Facebook page to check out the list

NBCC member reviews & interviews Time to volunteer for the John Leonard Award committee and join the conversation on Twitter (#NBCCLeonard) and Facebook, where you can check out the list

  Reviews, interviews, profiles Rebekah Denn reviewed Susan Orlean's “The Library Book” for The Christian Science Monitor, and she reports that it made her feel better about the world. She

Reviews & Interviews The latest in NBCC's Craft of Criticism series is Tara Cheesman's Q and A with Ilana Masad. NBCC Emerging Critic Natania Holtzman offers this week's NBCC Reads/Translation