Literature

The Book Review Section: An Insider's View

Tuesday, September 25
8:00 PM

Panel discussion

What makes a book review compelling? How are reviewers chosen, and to what degree are they allowed to express what they feel? Is there still a strong correlation between good reviews and book sales? And has the increasing shift away from straight book reviews—and towards author profiles and Q&As—changed the nature of the discipline?         
    A lively and frank panel discussion brings together some of New York’s most influential reviewers and editors, including Pamela Paul (editor of the New York Times Book Review) and Jonathan Segura, executive editor at Publishers Weekly. Panelists discuss the work they do, their love of books, the responsibilities they feel to their readers and, most notably, to writers.     
    The panel is led by David Masello of The National Arts Club’s Literary Committee.