Kirkus Reviews is an Americanbook review company located at 770 Broadway in New York City. Founded in 1933 by Virginia Kirkus (1893-1980), the company publishes on the 1st and 15th of every month with its reviews usually available three to four months before the book's publication. The company reviews approximately 5,000 titles per year that it deems worthy from various fields including children's books. The book review is a form of literary criticism carried out in periodicals, as school work, and now online. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, communications, music, fashion, and culture. ... See also: 1932 in literature, other events of 1933, 1934 in literature, list of years in literature. ...
The company is widely respected for its work and states that its reviews are reliable and authoritative, written by specialists selected for their knowledge and expertise in a particular field.
KirkusReviews is published 24 times annually and reviews, three to four months pre-publication, approximately 5,000 titles per year: fiction, mysteries, science fiction, translations, nonfiction and children's and YA books.
KirkusReviews is part of VNU's US Literary Group, along with Kirkus offshoots Kirkus Discoveries, Kirkus Reports and the Virginia Kirkus Literary Award, as well as the publishing-industry trade publication The Book Standard.
Kirkus read the galleys and wrote out brief, critical evaluations of their literary merit and probable popular appeal, which she distributed in a bimonthly newsletter published the first and 15th of each month.
Feeds |
Contact