Since September 2023, the book criticism working group of the Freelance Solidarity Project (a union of digital media workers, organizing to raise labor standards across the industry) has been collecting data on freelance rates. Its findings, published earlier this month, are pretty damn bleak.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-06-20 20:53:12 UTC ]
NPR critics reveal their summer TBRs, Reese brings back the YA book club, and the sexiest book of summer isn't a rom-com. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-05-29 16:17:51 UTC ]
Way back in the mid-aughts when I first started writing about books, pitching a print publication was the only reliable way for book critics to get paid, and third-person point of view was all the vogue. Much has changed in the years since: Newspaper and magazine book sections have shuttered,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-12-19 09:55:21 UTC ]
We asked four book critics to pick their favorites books published in 2022. Here are Mark Athitakis' top 5 novels of the year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2022-12-04 14:00:08 UTC ]
The NBCC Awards are the only awards in the U.S. chosen by book critics. Here are the winners for books published in 2021. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-03-18 15:45:58 UTC ]
From a true story of character reformation to a passionate primer on opera to an engaging fictional tale about a 1916 election, here are the 10 September books the Monitor's book critics liked best. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2018-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
With Book Marks, the 'Literary Hub' vertical and newly-circulated book reviewing widget, Morgan Entrekin, Andy Hunter, and company make a push to restore the vitality of book critics. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
From Greek mythology to Southern cuisine to a final outing for a beloved detective, here are the 10 April books that most impressed the Monitor's book critics. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2018-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
“Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all,” Henry David Thoreau once wisely counseled. It is in that spirit that we offer this list. As happens every year, 2016 was full of widely praised novels, but the 15 fiction titles listed here are the ones the Monitor’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2016-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
“Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all,” Henry David Thoreau once wisely counseled. It is in that spirit that we offer this list. As happens every year, 2016 was full of widely praised books, but the 15 listed here are the nonfiction titles the Monitor’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2016-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Here are the 10 August titles given the highest marks by the Monitor's book critics. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2016-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The National Book Critics Circle recently surveyed reviewers about whether ethics guidelines are necessary for the industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]