book seminar

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

The index

• The origin of The nbcc awards
• The jury
• Criteria for winning the prize 
• Non-financial value
• How does the (your chosen) novel deal with citizenship?
• The writer of afterparty

The origin of The National Book Critics Circle Awards

• 1974
• the fist award 
• award catagories
• changes

John Leonard Prize 

• named after the cofounder
•  best first book in any genre
• 2013
• Afterparties by Anthony Veasna

how many prizes had been added up till now?

1. 1
2. 3
3. 2
4. 4

who was John Leonard?

the jury

• different committees
  
• one person is in atleast two committees
• three meetings
• memberships
  

What do you think of the way the John Leonard Prize is being given away?

Criteria for winning the prize

• originality?
  
• characters
  
• pace
• not a lot of information

what in your opinion is the most important criteria?