We're delighted to learn, courtesy of the New York Times, that PEN USA has announced that it will be bestowing its Lifetime Achievement Award upon Elmore Leonard at a ceremony to be held in Beverly Hills in early December. Read more...

We're pleased to note that B&N Review contributor Maud Newton has been awarded Narrative's annual prize for work from an emerging writer. Read more...

Check out one of our favorite videos from the National Book Award-anniversary celebration: Harold Augenbraum's literary criticism at Twitter Speed! Read more...

For the dedicated Edward Gorey fanatic, check out this collection of "still photos and publicity images for Christopher Seufert's upcoming documentary project about the late illustrator Edward Gorey. Shot with him between 1996 and his death in April, 2000." Read more...

In the midst of last week's launch of our redesigned site, I missed one bit of welcome news -- Richard Holmes's The Age of Wonder was awarded the Royal Society Prize for Science Books.

To celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the National Book Awards, the National Book Foundation announced a campaign to select the Best of the National Book Awards Fiction. We're taking part with an exclusive series of video conversations about the six finalists, plus fascinating essays about each of the fiction award winners -- from 1950 to now. Read more...

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It feels like that wooden jigsaw I left unfinished in Maine in August has been haunting me. I’m seeing puzzles everywhere, even in books. First, there’s the invention of mass-produced cardboard puzzles in Betsy Carter’s novel about Jewish immigrants who escape Germany for New York during the 1930s. Drawing on her own family’s trials, tribulations, and triumphs, Carter has written an absorbing historical saga, in which the title character’s brainstorm plays a consequential role... Read more...

Welcome to the new Barnes & Noble Review. We’re glad to celebrate our second anniversary with a refreshed design and a number of added functions and features... Read more...

You're not suffering from monitor malfunction. To celebrate our second anniversary, we've given the Barnes & Noble Review a slight facelift. Read more...