Kirkus Reviews

Kirkus Reviews is an American book review company located at 770 Broadway in New York City. Founded in 1933 by Virginia Kirkus (1893-1980),

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it serves the book and literary trade sector, including libraries, publishers, literary and film agents, film and TV producers and booksellers. It is owned by the Netherlands-based media and data company VNU.

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Kirkus Reviews 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. Kirkus has long been a respected, authoritative pre-pub review source within the literary and film industries.

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Kirkus Reviews 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.

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As of August, 2005, John Kilcullen is the group's president and publisher. Jerome Kramer is the managing director and editor-in-chief of the VNU US Literary Group; Tim O'Brien is its associate publisher; Chuck Shelton is its managing editor.

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See also:

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• Library Journal
• Publishers Weekly
 
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