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October 2011 Newsletter (view source)
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Well, after all the fuss about the ''dumbing down'' of the [[Man Booker Prize 2011|Booker]] in 2011, can you believe they decided to give to the man who's made a career of writing about the chattering classes? You really can't help but laugh, can you?! Anyway, we're happy. We loved [[The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes]] and if you haven't read it yet, you should put it on your list.
According to [http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/series/books-power-100 The Guardian], Amazon's Jeff Bezos is the person with most influence over our reading habits in 2011. All thanks to the Kindle, apparently. We at Bookbag love our Kindles but are we really saying we're going to stop reading stuff if it doesn't come in e-ink? Really? Bookbag doesn't know whether to cheer or weep. But the good news is that we've made it onto the list! Yes, at number 100. If you don't believe us, take a [http://http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/sep/23/1 look]*.
Also coming from The Guardian this month is the whittling down of the children's fiction prize [[Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2011|longlist]]. The shortlisted quartest comprises [[Return to Ribblestrop by Andy Mulligan|Return to Ribblestrop]], [[Twilight Robbery by Frances Hardinge|Twilight Robbery]], [[My Name Is Mina by David Almond|My Name is Mina]] and [[Moon Pie by Simon Mason|Moon Pie]]. Each would make a worthy winner, but we have a sneaky suspicion ''Moon Pie'' will take it. What do you think?