|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Jackie Marchant
|summary=This is a very special day for Robert James, because it's his first ever double interview! He approached Jackie Marchant, who helped put Dougal Trump's 'scribblings' together to form the wonderful [[I'm Dougal Trump... and it's not my fault! by Dougal Trump|I'm Dougal Trump... And It's Not My Fault]] in the hope of getting an interview with her. Not only did she accept, she also introduced him to the boy who some people are calling 'a modern day William Brown' and he was kind enough to also answer some questions. I hope you enjoy their answers as much as he did!
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Chris Worthington
|summary=We were completely taken by the idea behind [[Setting The Record Straight by Chris Worthington|Setting The Record Straight]] of paying a complete stranger to take revenge on someone who has hurt you and we had quite a few questions to ask author Chris Worthington when he popped in to see us.
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|title=Emma Barnes Talks To Bookbag About Everyday Magic in Children's Books
|summary=When Emma Barnes started writing children's books, she wanted to write about real, breathing, contemporary children from everyday families and neighbourhoods having adventures of the kind that might befall anyone.
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|title=Man Booker Prize 2012
|summary=The long list was announced on 25 July and we'll know who has made the shortlist on 11 September. The winner will be announced on 16 October.
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|title=Rosie Thomas Talks To Bookbag About Whether She Writes And Travels - Or Travels And Writes
|summary=Rosie Thomas popped in to chat to us about have travel lends perspective to her writing. We were fascinated.
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|title=August 2012 Newsletter
|summary=Hi, hello, how are you? Coming down from Olympomania (sic)? It's been marvellous, hasn't it? Even the most dedicated non-sporty geeks amongst us - ahem, Jill - have been beside ourselves with excitement.
Sport over though, we have some fantastic news for you this month! HarperCollins has acquired a fantasy debut by an 18-year-old classical musician, Stefan Bachmann. His book, The Peculiar, will be released in October. You might think that name is familiar - and you'd be right. Stefan is on Bookbag's panel of reviewers and we are so pleased to see he is enjoying such success. He is very talented, but he's also friendly, generous, enthusiastic and generally wonderful to know. You can keep up with Stefan by reading his blog. And watch this space for more about The Peculiar. We're keeping everything crossed for its success!
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Renae Lucas-Hall
|summary=We felt that we were in the heart of Japan when we read [[Tokyo Hearts - A Japanese Love Story by Renae Lucas-Hall|Tokyo Hearts - A Japanese Love Story]] and it was a real pleasure to chat to Renae Lucas-Hall when she called in to see us.
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|title=July 2012 Newsletter
|summary=Hi, hello, how are you? Andy Murray didn't win Wimbledon. Boo! It keeps raining. Boo!
There's news from The Reading Agency about this year's summer initiative for children. Every year, thousands of families all over the country are involved in the UK's biggest reading event for children in libraries, the Summer Reading Challenge, coordinated by The Reading Agency. In 2012, the Challenge is called Story Lab. The aim of the challenge is to get children to read six books from their library during the summer holidays. Just head to your local library at the beginning of the summer holidays. You can find out more [http://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/ here].
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Susie Day
|summary=One of our favourite novels for tweens and younger teens so far this year is the absolutely outstanding [[Pea's Book of Best Friends by Susie Day]] – a definite modern classic! We were thrilled to interview Susie.
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Simon Packham
|summary=We thought that Simon Packham's [[Silenced by Simon Packham|latest novel]] tackled a difficult subject with warmth and a surprising amount of humour, so we had quitea few questions for him when he came into Bookbag Towers.
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Oldman Brook
|summary=We thought that [[The Wizard of Crescent Moon Mountain by Oldman Brook]] was a real roller-coaster ride. As soon as we'd picked ourselves up we asked Oldman to pop in and chat to us.
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