Lawrence- and Kansas City -area members of the National Book Critics Circle will join with a bookseller to present a panel discussion, “Recommended Winter Reading: Essentials.” The discussion will review the February NBCC Best Recommended Reading list as well as their own recommendations.

The panel will convene at 2 p.m. Feb. 10 at the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H.

Panelists are Pat Kehde, owner of the The Raven; and three NBCC members: John Mark Eberhart, book review page editor of the Kansas City Star; Denise Low, Kansas poet laureate and academic reviewer; and Kathleen Johnson, freelance reviewer.

The presentation is open to the public and will include a reception, where recommended books will be available for sale.

See the book recommendations at http://bookcriticscircle.blogspot.com.