Each year the National Book critics circles awards are presented to the best books published in the United States as voted on by 600 literary critics. Heres this years Award Ceremony from the new school in new york city. Its 90 minutes. Hello, everyone. Good evening and welcome. Im the director of the creative writing and we are happy to welcome back our friends. For over 15 years we have been honored to host this award in the auditorium. For the fifth year from the Creative Writing Program interviewed the finalists in a series of interviews can you hear me . Okay, the interview is posted on the blog and the website. You can check them out on book critics. Org. Organizing and posting over 30 interviews over a threeweek period is a huge job and one that couldnt have been job without kelly stewart, student interviewers and the others. Thank you to the Board Members and sylvan simon for all of their efforts and a huge thank you for the board i wonder if we can get a round of applause to t
Each year the National Book critics circles awards are presented to the best books published in the United States as voted on by 600 literary critics. Heres this years Award Ceremony from the new school in new york city. Its 90 minutes. Hello, everyone. Good evening and welcome. Im the director of the creative writing and we are happy to welcome back our friends. For over 15 years we have been honored to host this award in the auditorium. For the fifth year from the Creative Writing Program interviewed the finalists in a series of interviews can you hear me . Okay, the interview is posted on the blog and the website. You can check them out on book critics. Org. Organizing and posting over 30 interviews over a threeweek period is a huge job and one that couldnt have been job without kelly stewart, student interviewers and the others. Thank you to the Board Members and sylvan simon for all of their efforts and a huge thank you for the board i wonder if we can get a round of applause to t
The nbcc. Weve been honored to host this awards ceremony right here in this auditorium. The series of interviews that i have posted. They are posted on our blog and on the nbcc website. Thirty interviews over a threeweek time is a huge job and one that could not be done without that many editors who gave their help. Thank you to the Board Members. A few more thanks. In the huge thank you. I wonder if we can give up round of applause for the board. They make mention this also. With the enterprise. I think today they have it preaching to the choir. I think they will need that. [applause]. We can also mention that. I dont want that. Mention other things the arts and great organizations. To support them. Now its my pleasure to turn the evening over. The books editor. Its nice to see sony people here tonight. I am the president of the National Book critics circle. For the publishing year 2016. We are delighted to have you join us. With six categories fiction, nonfiction, biography, autobiog
Goodbye to 2020, year we will not miss it all and we remember all those we have lost. I wish you a peaceful and healthy new year. Now on bbc news, its hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. In times of crisis, we learn plenty about who we really are. So it is that this global coronavirus pandemic is revealing truths about humankind. How we balance self protection against the collective interest. My guest today is the dutch writer and historian rutger bregman, whose book humankind a hopeful history is making waves across the world. Do we humans underestimate our capacity for doing good . Theme music plays. Rutger bregman, in the netherlands, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me. We are all living in this time of covid i9. It is a Global Health emergency and in times of emergency, perhaps we learn more than usual about the nature of human beings. What do you think this pandemic right now is showing us about humanity . I think it is showing us that most
The european union, ending a relationship of almost half a century. The trade deal agreed by the two sides on Christmas Eve will avoid the need for import taxes or tariffs but there will be new customs rules and checks for countries to adopt. Nearly 56,000 daily cases of coronavirus have been recorded in the uk in the past 2a hours the highest on record. Several nhs hospitals in london and the south east say they are under extreme pressure due to increasing numbers of people falling seriously ill. Around the world, the new year has been welcomed with fireworks displays, despite coronavirus restrictions. But where covid 19 is the overriding concern, streets have been empty of the usual crowds with people told to stay home and watch on their televisions. Now on bbc news, its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. In times of crisis, we learn plenty about who we really are. So it is that this global coronavirus pandemic is revealing truths about humankind how we balance self pr