The National Book Critics Circle Awards

Every year the NBCC presents awards for the finest books and reviews published in English. Below are the 2006 winners. Also avalable: The 2007 NBCC Finalists, as well as submission guidelines, all current and past winners and finalists, >,and a detailed description...

On your knees, abruti!

French women ‘are the sexual predators now’ By Henry Samuel in Paris in Telegraph.co.uk Last Updated: 5:25pm GMT 07/03/2008 French women are becoming increasingly assertive in their sexual habits, while one-in-five younger French men “has no interest...

The Angriest Frey Fan

Thanks to everyone on the mailing list who responded so positively yesterday. The words were kind and the clicks were fruitful – you managed to push Bright Shiny Morning’s Amazon ranking from the mid 15,000s all the way to #277. Again (and again and again)...

The man who ruined the novel

Alain Robbe-Grillet turned the masses against inventive fiction. Now that he’s dead, will experimental writing make a comeback? By Stephen Marche in Salon March 6, 2008 | I should have felt grief at the news of Alain Robbe-Grillet’s death last week....