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Well, hello there, Bookbaggers. Are you enjoying some autumnal colours? Kicking through some leaves? Splashing in the odd puddle or two? If so, enjoy!
We hope you didn't miss [[http://nationalpoetryday.co.uk/ Poetry Day]]. Lots happened, not least Kate Tempest live on BBC2 at prime time on a Saturday night. She was fabulous, wasn't she? If you missed it, here is the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7fO1dZbyZc trailer] for ''Let Them Eat Chaos'', the piece she performed. The whole thing is truly wonderful.
We were really happy to see publisher Barrington Stoke get a very postive [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/oct/05/improving-books-for-dyslexics-dyslexia-awareness-week write-up] in the Guardian. Barrington Stoke specialises in producing books for children with dyslexia. They take into account practical issues such as choice of font and paper, as well as adapting writing styles. They have some fabulous authors on their roll, you know, including Meg Rosof and Anthony McGowan. We've reviewed many of their titles here at Bookbag and can't praise them highly enough.
