|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Keren David
|summary= Keren David's latest book is something of a departure - although she tells us that there are similarities. We couldn't resist asking her a few questions.
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|title=October 2011 Newsletter
|summary=Happy autumn, fellow bookworms! How goes it? Did you cope well in during the mini Indian summer at the start of the month? It came as such a shock to Jill that she almost got the vapours. Short-sleeved t-shirts? In October? ''October?!''Thankfully, her sanity was saved by some jolly good young adult fiction making its way onto bookshelves near you.
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.
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|title=Ilkley Literature Festival 2011
|summary=When we think about literature festivals it tends to be the big names which spring to mind – Hay and Edinburgh to name but two – but there's an awful lot to be said for the smaller events and Sue has been investigating the Ilkley Literature Festival.
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|title=Marcus Sedgwick Talks To Bookbag About Special Places
|summary=Marcus Sedgwick, author of [[Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick|Midwinterblood]] popped into Bookbag Towers on his blog tour and if you look carefully at this feature you'll find a link to some secret content on Marcus' [http://www.marcussedgwick.com/Marcus_Sedgwick/Home.html website] which is only available to our readers.
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|title=Helen Moss on Lashings of Ginger Ale
|summary=Helen Moss, author of [[Adventure Island: The Mystery of the Whistling Caves by Helen Moss|the Adventure Island series]] popped into Bookbag Towers and she was obviously determined to make us very hungry!
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Paul Stewart And Chris Riddell
|summary= Linda loved [[Muddle Earth Too by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell|Muddle Earth Too]] and the chance to chat to the authors was just too good to miss.
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|title=September 2011 Newsletter
|summary=Hello, hello, hello!
The [[Man Booker Prize 2011|Booker shortlist]] is out. We've reviewed them all, so if you've missed any, now's your chance to catch up. We think it's too close to call the eventual winner. What do you think?
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Alan Titchmarsh
|summary=Alan Titchmarsh writes his novels in between making television series. We managed to catch him for a chat on the day that his [[The Haunting by Alan Titchmarsh|latest book]] was published.
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|title=Man Booker Prize 2011
|summary=Thirteen books on the longlist with the shortlist announced on 6 September and the winner declared on 18 October. Who's your money on?
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|title= The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Hayley Long
|summary=Here at Bookbag we're really enjoying [[:Category:Hayley Long|Hayley Long's]] Lottie Biggs books, so we couldn't pass up the chance to ask her a few questions.
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