Topic: National Book Critics Circle

Nat'l Book Critics Circle Award surprises

Entertainment Weekly - 21 days ago
Image Credit: Ricardo Barros. . The National Book Critics Circle announced the nominees for its 2011 book awards over the weekend, and there were a...

Mantel's 'Wolf Hall' wins fiction prize in NYC

AP News - 706 days ago
Hilary Mantel's 'Wolf Hall' wins fiction prize from National Book Critics Circle in NYC Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall," winner last year of the Man Booker Prize in London, was honored Thursday night on this side of the Atlantic Ocean.Mantel ...

National Book Critics Circle prize nominees chosen

AP News - 753 days ago
Hilary Mantel, Mary Karr among nominees for National Book Critics Circle prizeMan Booker Prize winner Hilary Mantel and National Book Award finalists Jayne Anne Phillips and Bonnie Jo Campbell were among the nominees announced Saturday night for the National Book Critics Circle ...

Marilynne Robinson finalist for critics award

AP News - 1083 days ago
Obama favorite Marilynne Robinson a finalist for National Book Critics Circle awardPresidential favorite Marilynne Robinson, the late Roberto Bolano of Chile and a memoir about Africa featured last year at Starbucks were among the finalists announced Saturday for the National Book Critics ...

Was NBCC Trying to Send a Message to Washington Post Higher-Ups By Honoring 'Book World' Critic Ron Charles?

The New York Observer - 1114 days ago
The National Book Critics Circle awarded this weekend the Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing to Ron Charles, a senior editor at The Washington Posts imperiled book review section Book World. Will the fact of the honor bestowed upon Mr. Charles ...

National Book Critics Circle Awards Finalists Announced; Bolaño, Filkins Cited

The New York Observer - 1115 days ago
On Saturday night, The National Book Critics Circle announced 2008's finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Awards.Among the fiction finalists was the late Roberto Bolao's 2666. In nonfiction, The New York Times's Dexter Filkins was nominated for ...

The Reviewers Come In From the Cold

The New York Observer - 1197 days ago
A review in Publisher's Weekly tends to be a books firstsome of the titles in last weeks issue wont be on sale until the end of Septemberand for this reason, the dozens of reviews printed there each week, at about 200 ...

Authors, critics pick top books

AP News - 1540 days ago
John Updike Among Authors Participating in Critics PollJohn Updike, Anne Tyler and Walter Isaacson were among the more than 100 authors who participated in a poll initiated by the nation's book critics on the year's best releases. Novels by Philip ...