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|category=interviewslists|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To K J LawrenceTop Ten Self-Published Books 2023|summary=Sue was delighted when she read [[The Cossack by K J Lawrence|The Cossack]] as it restored her faith in We've seen some really good self-published books this year: they're up there with the thriller genrebest of traditional publishing. When the authorHere's our top ten, K J Lawrencein alphabetical order, popped into Bookbag Towers to chat to us, Sue had quite a few questions ready!by author.
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Stuart BurrellJeffrey Dunn|summary=Sue found Start Burrell's book Jill enjoyed [[Twelve Times To The Max: One Man's Journey to, and Recollections of, Setting Twelve Verified World Records Radio Free Olympia by Stuart BurrellJeffrey Dunn|Twelve Times To The Max: One Man's Journey toRadio Free Olympia]], a story blending prose and Recollections poetry with themes ofecology, Setting Twelve Verified World Records]] an inspiringfolklore, feel-good readlove and loss. She wanted to know more when Stuart popped into Bookbag Towers to chat to usdidn't think it was the easiest read, but a rewarding one.
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|category=newsletterscomments|title=September 2017 NewsletterHow To Write a Fantasy Novel: The Full Guide|summary=Oh man, BookbaggersFantasy has always been our way out of the real world's limitations. Summer It's a space where magic is over. Did you real, mythical creatures roam, and heroes go on holiday? If so, we hope you had a lovely time epic quests. This genre is loved by people of all ages and got to read a book or twobackgrounds. If you didn't, we bet you managed It allows us to get some reading time in anywayexplore new worlds and face unimaginable challenges, didn't you? Which summer book did you enjoy the most?all without leaving our homes.
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|category=interviewscomments|title=The InterviewHow Can Reading Improve Your Vocabulary: Bookbag Talks To Wes StuartBest Practices|summary=Luke enjoyed Reading is one of the combination of compellingly-written science fiction which blends themes of innocence most effective ways to improve your vocabulary. Not only does it expose you to new words and growth with some well depicted moments of horror their meanings, but it also allows you to see them used in [[My Name context, which is Sam by Wes Stuart|My Name is Sam]] essential for understanding and he had quite using them correctly. With the rise of language learning apps, such as Promova, many people have turned to technology to improve their vocabulary. However, reading remains a few questions tried-and-true method that has been used for author Wes Stuart when he popped into Bookbag Towers to chat to uscenturies.
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|category=interviewscomments|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To B C R Fegan3 Things You Didn't Know About Ghostwriters|summary=Sue giggled like a child when she read [[Henry How much do you know about ghostwriters? These professionals lurk in the shadows of the publishing industry (both self- and traditional publishing), with most members of the public having only ever heard of them because of the Pierce Brosnan film. Given the Hidden Treasure by B C R Fegan and Lenny Wen]]: awkwardness a lot of people feel toward ghostwriters, it's no surprise that there are a good story with some valuable lessons. It was a real pleasure to chat number of misconceptions about what they do, so I'm hoping to writer B C R Fegan when he popped into Bookbag Towersclarify three important things in this post.
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Annie IngramConrad Delacroix|summary=Very few people believe that dogs can talk so it was something of a relief when Sue met author Annie Ingram. She has lengthy conversations with her cocker spaniel Kammie and has shared them with us in her really enjoyed [[Conversations with Kammie The Lensky Connection by Annie IngramConrad Delacroix|bookThe Lensky Connection]], a thriller set primarily in Russia. There was She had quite a lot to talk about few questions for author Conrad Delacroix when she he popped into Bookbag Towers to chat to us.
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|category=interviewslists|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Stephan SantiagoTop Ten Self-Published Books 2022|summary=Ani was quietly moved by [[Returning Home by Stephan Santiago|Returning Home]] We're constantly amazed at the quality of the self-published books which come our way and there were a several points she wanted to discuss with author Stephan Santiago when he popped we've seen some real gems in to Bookbag Towers to chat to us2022. Here they are, in alphabetical order, by author:
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|category=newsletterscomments|title=August 2017 Newsletter3 Things You Should Know About Literary Agents|summary= Happy August, Bookbaggers! HereIf you's hoping you get the opportunity re all set to make the most of summer's good weather by taking some publish your novel, it might be time to read in the sun[https://blog.reedsy. Not that we spend much time sympathising with politicians here at Bookbag Towers but oh, poor old Andrea Leadsom! Her slip of the tongue com/how-to-find-a-literary- at least we hope it was agent/ get yourself a slip of literary agent]. Since you're essentially picking the tongue - in referring person responsible for presenting and marketing your book to Jane Austen as one of our greatest the world, this is no easy task. When you''living'' authors has resulted in ve sent your [httphttps://wwwblog.independentreedsy.co.ukcom/arts-entertainmentguide/books/news/andreahow-leadsomto-janewrite-austena-waterstonesquery-throw-shade-a7851571.html much merrimentletter/ query letters]. ''Anyone know who Jane Austen's agent is? We'd love to book her and started getting responses, these tips will help you choose the right person for an event,'' said Waterstone's. Teeheeyou.
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|category=interviewscomments|title=The InterviewLolita Book Review: Bookbag Talks To Tessa BuckleyMost Important Things to Know|summary=Jill's really taken by author Tessa Buckley's mystery and family drama seriesLolita, Eye Spy Investigations and enjoyed [[Eye Spy II by Tessa Buckley|Eye Spy II]]. There were quite a few questions for Tessa when she popped into Bookbag Towers highly controversial book, is not subject to chat bans in American schools. Here are the most important things you need to usknow about it.
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|category=newsletterscomments|title=July 2017 NewsletterStylish Restaging of The Crucible is All Show and No Substance, According to Reviews|summary= Hello Bookbaggers! How the devil are you? Well, we hope. The best bit of book news recently comes right after one of the worst news stories for the country generally. Philip Pullman [http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-06-27/philip-pullman-set-to-name-character-in-new-book-after-grenfell-tower-victim-following-charity-campaign Crucible is set to name] one of the characters in his upcoming novel after a victim of the Grenfell Tower fire. Teacher James Clements pledged £1,500 in memory of his former pupil Nur Huda El-Wahabi, who died in the fire, tragedy that’s been debated and hundreds of others added more cash to his bid in the Authors discussed for Grenfell fundraising auctionmany years. The whole auction raised £150k. And we don't mind telling you that we shed Its current running in theaters has received a few tears over it allrather intriguing review. We hope the authorities get their stuff together and show a similar generosity of spirit. We're not holding our breath on the showing so far, sadlyKeep reading to find out more.
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|category=interviewscomments|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Saqib NoorHow Bar Modeling Makes Word Problems Easy in Singapore Math|summary=Sue laughed and cried when she read [[Surgery on the Shoulders of Giants: Letters from Singapore Mathematics is a doctor abroad by Saqib Noor|Surgery on the Shoulders unique way of Giants: Letters from a doctor abroad]], touched presenting this science. Parents and teachers will be able to understand and humbled by a man who has provided medical aid in some of explain to children the most needy parts of the world. She had quite a few questions when author Saqib Noor popped into Bookbag Towers to see ussimplest mathematical processes using images.
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|category=interviewscomments|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Johnny RingwoodFinding More Time For Reading|summary=Peter enjoyed If there is one thing that a lot of people could benefit from having more of in their lives, it's [[Cargoes & CapersA Bookbagger's View: The life and times of What it's like to be a London Docklands man by Johnny Ringwoodreviewer|Cargoes & Capersliterature]] with its memories of life in the East End and stories how the author, Johnny Ringwood, turned his life around. He had rather a lot Plenty of questions when Johnny popped into Bookbag Towers to chat to us.}}{{newfeature|category=newsletters|title=June 2017 Newsletter|summary= Hello you lovely Bookbaggers. It's been a sad and angry month since have gone through this experience of suddenly finding that we last spoke, what with terror attacks and general elections. We hope all is well with all of you and you are all coping not reading as much as best you canwe used to. But we There are going to try to distract you from it all just for a minute or two by pointing you in the direction lot of some great books to read. When all else fails, books can comfort, right? So let's have some positivitypossible reasons for this, if only on the subject of books and reading. So hereit's some exciting news! We have something that you might be able to approach in a title, a character and an [http://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/may/26/before-his-dark-materials-how-lyras-story-began-exclusive-extract extract] for the first volume in Philip Pullman's new trilogy, out in October. ''La Belle Sauvage'' is the canoe owned by Malcolm Polstead. His daemon is Asta. And number of ways if you can read an interview about it with Philip Pullman [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rE45VHtSzw here]. As want to make sure that you can imagine, we at Bookbag Towers are beyond excitedgetting back into reading again. Roll on October! And while we're on But one of the topic most important parts of young readersthis is probably that you are able to find enough time for reading, here's some more good news. [http://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-news/record-number-teenagers-say-they-enjoy-reading Record numbers] of children say they enjoy reading. A survey by the Literacy Trust has found and that more can be harder than half of children and young people say that they read for pleasureyou might initially think. Isn't that great?
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Isabella DavidsonGerry Brown and Randall S Peterson about Disaster in the Boardroom: Six Dysfunctions Everyone Should Understand|summary=Sue was grabbed by absolutely riveted to [[The Beta MumDisaster in the Boardroom: Adventures in Alpha Land Six Dysfunctions Everyone Should Understand by Isabella Davidson|The Beta Mum: Adventures in Alpha LandGerry Brown and Randall S Peterson]] as soon as she started reading. She decided to tackle author Isabella Davidson about what it means to It's brilliantly readable but rather frightening: people's lives and livelihoods could be an alpha or a beta mummy when she popped into Bookbag Towers to chat in the hands of company boards which are dysfunctional. Sue wanted to usknow more.
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|category=interviewslists|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Lizzy MumfreyTop Ten Self-Published Books 2021|summary=Sue We thought that 2020 was stunned a strange year but 2021 has been equally so. Once again we've been amazed by [[Fall Out by Lizzy Mumfrey]] and simply the quality of self-published books which have come our way. Last year's top ten consisted of eleven books (maths never was our strong point...) but this year we're going to have to make it a baker's dozen as we really couldn't put the book downsplit them apart. She had a whole list of questions for the Here they are, in alphabetical order, by author when she popped into Bookbag Towers...
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|category=interviewscomments|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Hugo DriscollHow to Write a Standout Book Review in a Saturated Market|summary=Sue thought that [[Seven Days with You by Hugo Driscoll|Seven Days With You]] was Book reviews are a quick but suprisingly deep read which looks sensitively at young love and terminal illness and crucial tool for the reading community — it’s via these that it's more uplifting than you might expect from that description! There was a lot to chat about when author Hugo Driscoll popped into Bookbag Towers.}}{{newfeature|category=newsletters|title=May 2017 Newsletter|summary= Hiopinions are exchanged, ideas discussed, hello and how recommendations found. But though the devil are yougrowth of book review sites is promising for readers, fellow Bookbaggers?a saturated market also means that it’s getting increasingly difficult to make your mark as a book reviewer.
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Michael Pronko About ''Gerry Brown, Andrew Kakabadse and Filipe Morais about The Last Train''Independent Director in Society|summary=Sue was very impressed by an enthusiastic reader of [[The Last Train (Detective Hiroshi) Independent Director in Society: Our current crisis of governance and what to do by Michael PronkoGerry Brown, Andrew Kakabadse and Filipe Morais|The Last TrainIndependent Director in Society: Our current crisis of governance and what to do]], a thriller set in Tokyo. and she had quite a few questions for author [[:Category:Michael Pronko|Michael Pronko]] several points she wanted to discuss with the authors when he they popped into Bookbag Towers.
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|category=interviewscomments|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To David WindleComic Books Where the Bad Guys Won|summary=After reading [[Spudboy Comic books and Chip by David Windle]] Jill wants movies, in general, have been given the portrayal of good; always winning and saving the day. however, thanks to the creativity of writers, we have a potato superherofew writers of comics who have managed to alter this unsaid rule, 'evil wins at the end of the day'. While it may not be a great thought to bear in mind, it is still something a bit fascinating to dwell on. There was And, we believe that it is a lot breath of fresh air to talk about when discover that we have something different from the cliché where the hero always emerges as the author popped into Bookbag Towersvictor.
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To B C R FeganGerry Brown About Making a Difference: Leadership, Change and Giving Back the Independent Director Way|summary=Jill thought Gerry Brown is so keen to see people geting involved that there's a free digital [[The Grumpface by B C R Fegan and Daniela Frongiahttps://www.degruyter.com/view/title/580618 download]] was sweet, funny and vividly illustrated. She had quite a few questions for author Bryce Fegan when he popped into Bookbag Towersof this £42 book.
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|category=newsletterslists|title=April 2017 NewsletterTop Ten Self-Published Books 2020|summary= Hello Bookbaggers! How are you? Well, we hope. First up In this month, our great friend SF Said reminded us strangest of an important campaign years we've been delighted by the other day, and self-published books we want to remind you in turn.#coverkidsbooks draws attention to the lack of representative coverage of children's books in newspapers and other media. You can ve read about it here.As this blogpost points out, according to The Bookseller, sales of children's books overtook adult fiction for the first time in 2014, and they now account for over 30% of the UK publishing market. And yet children's re all books which compare well with traditionally-published books currently get just 3% of all book review space, despite accounting for that 30% of in the market. That is an entire order of magnitude of under-representationsame genres. We really couldn't agree more and we at Bookbag give equal priority to adult and childrennarrow the choice down any further - so this year's top ten consists of eleven books. But we know that we and here they are preaching to the converted and we wish that newspapers would make more effort to get on board, in alphabetical order by author. There is more to children's fiction than Harry Potter, guys. A lot more.
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Spadge Whittaker About Confessions of Modern WomenOlga Kokshagina and Allen Alexander|summary=Jill thought Sue was so impressed by [[The Radical Innovation Playbook: A Practical Guide for Harnessing New, Novel or Game-Changing Breakthroughs by Olga Kokshagina and Allen Alexander]] that ''Confessions she wished that she had a good business idea of Modern Women'' was both fun and funny to read and occasionally bawdy to boother own so that she could use the book. There Perhaps that was a lot to chat what she was talking about when Spadge Olga and Allen popped into Bookbag Towers to chat to us.
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Tormod V BurkeyAndrew Hampshire|summary=Sean was impressed when he read Technology can seem frightening to people who don't have the background. In [[Ethics for a Full World or, Creating Value Through Technology: Discover the Tech that Can Animal-Lovers Save the World? Transform Your Business by Tormod V BurkeyAndrew Hampshire|Ethics for a Full World or, Creating Value Through Technology: Discover the Tech that Can Animal-Lovers Save the World?Transform Your Business]]Andrew Hampshire discusses the tech that can add quantifiable value to your business and how to get the most out of it. There was He and Sue had a lot to chat about when author Tormod V Burkey popped in to he dropped into Bookbag Towers.
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|category=interviewscomments|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Marilyn BennettStand Up to Bullying With a Pulitzer Prize Winner|summary=Sue's only problem with [[Granny with Benefits by Marilyn Bennett]] was In every generation, there are kids who become bullies. They bully their siblings, neighbor kids, and their classmates. They seem to believe that she would have loved other kids look up to spend more time with the charactersthem and respect them. When That is self-delusion, as most adults are aware, but kids don't have the author popped into Bookbag Towers there was quite a lot experience to chat aboutproperly judge what is respect and what is merely fear.
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|title=Keren David Talks To Bookbag About Alternative FactsFrom Sci Fi to Reality: How Dreams Turn Into Innovations|summary=Keren David Talks To Bookbag About #alternativefacts|summary=It wasn't until someone on Twitter tagged her book [[The Liar's Handbook by Keren David|The Liar's Handbook]] with #alternativefacts that Karen David realised quite how well the title gap between sci-fi and themes hit the zeitgeistreality is not so big anymore.}}{{newfeature|category=newsletters|title=February 2017 Newsletter|summary= Hi, hello and how are you all? We don't want You don’t have to dwell too much on convulsive world events - not because they don't concern us but because everyone is doing it and probably doing it much better than we could. But how could we ''not'' point out go that George Orwell's ''newspeak'' classic ''1984'' is, as we write, far back in [http://wwwtime to see huge developments in technology.theguardian.com/books/2017/jan/24/george-orwell-1984-sales-surge-kellyanne-conway-alternative-facts Amazon's bestseller list]. Alternative facts are not facts. And thank For example, the smartphone has been around for over 10 years now, but if youdon’t have one in today’s society, George Orwell, for warning usyou’d either be seen as crazy or just out of touch.
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|title=Linda Newbery Talks To Bookbag About The Power Of Protest5 Great AI books to read in 2020|summary=Linda Newbery Talks To Bookbag About The Power Of Protest|summary=We were very impressed by Linda Newbery's [[Until We Win by Linda Newbery|Until We Win]] a dramatized example Artificial intelligence (AI) has expanded into one of Suffragist ideasthe most important technologies in human history. She's been chatting to us about It comes with so many benefits, from improving the power efficiency of protestsimple, basic tasks to helping to solve advanced problems by quickly analyzing large data sets.
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|title=Top Ten Self-Published A Baker's Dozen of Books 2016to Keep the Kids Occupied When They Can't Go Out|summary= ItAre you running out of inspiration for what to do with the kids when they can't go out? We've come up with a baker's never an easy job picking our top ten self published dozen of books of any year, but 2016 was particularly difficult as we've seen to give you some exceptional booksbrilliant ideas.
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|category=interviewslists|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Charles D BlanchardTop Ten Self-Published Books 2019|summary=Luke thought that [[KingdomWe's End by Charles D Blanchard]] was an adventurous take on a political thriller. It features rats but offers ve seen some facinating insights into cracking self-published books this year and they're all books which compare well with traditionally-published books in the world of us humanssame genres. Luke had quite a few questions for We really couldn't narrow the choice down any further - so this year's top ten consists of eleven books and here they are, in alphabetical order by author when he popped in to Bookbag Towers to chat to us...
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|category=newsletterscomments|title=January 2017 NewsletterDesiree Villena Talks To Bookbag About 5 Key Tips for Writing a Critical-Yet-Fair Book Review|summary= HelloWriting a book review isn't difficult, helloyou know, hello! And but there are a very happy New Year to few things you all. May 2017 bring joy and prosperity need to every one of you. The world may well be heading to hell keep us in a handcart but we hope it finds a new direction this year and, even if it doesn't, all our readers find at least the small pleasures that make life worth living come their way. Have you seen the film of [[A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness|A Monster Calls]]? It's lovely! As lovely as the book - and we rarely say that hereaboutsmind. The cast is super and the film balances its emotional and fantastical elements beautifully. If you haven't seen it yet, then you really should Desiree Villena gives us five tips.
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|category=listsinterviews|title=Top Ten Non-Fiction Books of 2016The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Melanie Martin|summary= If fiction|summary=In [[War and Love: A family's not your bag then wetestament of anguish, endurance and devotion in occupied Amsterdam by Melanie Martin|War and Love: A family've chosen some special non-fiction books for yous testament of anguish, endurance and devotion in occupied Amsterdam]] Melanie Martin reconstructs what happened to her family in occupied Amsterdam in WWII. As always theyIt're in alphabetical order by s a highly compelling if occasionally shocking read. Days after she finished the book Sue could not stop thinking about what she had read and was delighted when the authoragreed to chat with her.
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|category=listscomments|title=Top Ten Teens Books of 2016Framing the Brexit narrative: immigration, myths and public perception|summary= There have been some cracking books for teens Loobna Joomun looks at how Brexit is likely to affect the publishing industry - and young adults this year. These are our favourites in alphabetical order by authorthe wider country.
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|category=listscomments|title=Top Ten Books for Confident Readers 20168 ways to motivate yourself to write, right NOW by Jessica Jarlvi|summary= WeEver felt that you've quite hit a range of books in our confident readers category - it stretches from the time that children are nicely reading on their own right through to the point where they're looking at books for teens. we think we've got something for everyone is this selection which is in alphabetical order by authorbrick wall with your writing? Jessica Jarlvi has eight tips yo get you writing again.
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|category=listscomments|title=Top Ten Children's Picture Books 2016Greg Hickey Talks To Bookbag About The Old Guard of Dystopian Fiction|summary= WeWhere do you go when you move beyond classics like ''1984''ve found some wondefful picture books this year and they#re all going to appeal to adults ''andBrave New World'' children. Here they are in alphabetical order by author.?
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|title=Top Ten Children's NonSelf-Fiction Published Books of 20162018|summary= We really struggled to pick just Choosing the top ten of the wonderful children's nonself-fiction published books which we read in 2018 was difficult as we've seen this year, but here they re constantly surprised at just how good some self-published books are, . Here's our final top ten in alphabetical order by author...
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|category=listscomments|title=Top Ten General Fiction Books of 2016James Donald Talks To Bookbag About The Death Of Norman Breyfogle|summary= We look for cracking good reads from our General Fiction favourites and here they are One of the finest storytellers you've never heard of, who died in alphabetical order by authorSeptember 2018 at the age of 58.
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|category=newslettersinterviews|title=November 2016 NewsletterThe Interview: Bookbag Talks To Melissa Leet|summary= Everything has gone a little bit crazy in dear old Blightly of late, hasn't Sue was impressed when she read [[Landslide by Melissa Leet|Landslide]] by Melissa Leet and was surprised to find that it? Brexit has sent us all into was a spin and there is debut novel. She had quite a great deal of anger about. Our hope, in this November newsletter, is to bring you - whichever side of the Brexit divide you find yourself on - some of the joy and happiness found in reading few questions for pleasure. Reading is the best escape of all. We'll never change our minds about that here at Melissa when she popped into Bookbag Towers.
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|category=listscomments|title=Top Ten Crime Novels 2016Faiz Kermani talks to Bookbag about how a blue frog is helping Malawi's vulnerable children to live safe, healthy and happy lives|summary= For the most part we've avoided the big names in our favourites this year: it's good Every child has a right to see some new names coming through! These are our favourites in alphabetical order by author.medical care
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|category=listscomments|title=Top Ten Historical Fiction Books of 2016Abi Silver Talks To The Bookbag About A Few Of Her Favourite Things|summary= A few years ago historical fiction was ''We could definitely make a niche genreflying car – but that's not the hard part. The hard part is, but now ithow do you make a flying car that's mainstream super safe and wequiet?''ve seen some cracking books this year. These are our favourites in alphabetical order by author.: Elon Musk
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|category=listsinterviews|title=Top Ten Women's Fiction Books of 2016The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Daniel Peltz|summary= There should be something for everyoneSue wasn't expecting to enjoy a novel about a ''s tastes here: theybuilding're all great fun and we've presented them alphabetically , but was surprised by just how compelling she found [[The Indomitable Chiesa di Santa Maria by Daniel Peltz|The Indomitable Chiesa di Santa Maria]]. There was a lot to chat about when authorDaniel Peltz popped into Bookbag Towers.
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|title=Top Ten Autobiographies and Biographies 2016Self-Published Books 2017|summary= We've seen Choosing the top ten self-published books we read in 2017 was one of the toughest jobs we did all year and involved a lot great deal of biographies and autobiographies in 2016 and it hasndiscussion. Here't been easy to select just s our final top ten as our favourites, but here's what we finally settled on in alphabetical order by author...
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Leigh BardugoChit Dubey|summary=Olivia thought that Sue was quietly impressed when she read [[Crooked Kingdom 21 Doors to Happiness: Life Through Travel Experiences and Meditation by Leigh Bardugo|Crooked KingdomChit Dubey]] as it chimed with her personal view of life. She was all that she could want from a book and more, so she had quite a few questions delighted when Leigh Bardugo Chit Dubey popped in to into Bookbag Towers to chat to us.
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|category=listscomments|title=Top Ten Literary Fiction Books of 2016Melita Thomas Talks To Bookbag About The King's Pearl: Henry VIII and his Daughter Mary|summary= It's been Melita Thomas tell us that Mary was a rich year for literary fiction and we had great fun debating which were our favourites - but here they are in alphabetical order by author.true Renaissance Princess
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|category=listsinterviews|title=Top Ten Science Fiction The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Elizabeth Fox and Fantasy Novels 2016Martin le Comte|summary= WePeter thought that [[The Ten Golden Rules of Leadership by Elizabeth Fox and Martin le Comte|The Ten Golden Rules of Leadership]] was the best book on leadership he've got some old favourites d ever read and some new names in this yearhe couldn's selection of our favourites. Here t resist asking authors Elizabeth Fox and Martin le Comte quite a few questions when they are - in alphabetical order by authorcame to Bookbag Towers to chat to us.
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Steven BurgauerGabe Riggs|summary=Ani Luke thought that [[The Road To War: Duty & Drill, Courage & Capture Punk Love Foucault by Steven BurgauerGabe Riggs]] was personalan intense, inspiring & insightfulemotional and visceral read that illuminates and educates with a strong voice and clear, capable prose. She had quite There was a few points lot to discuss talk about when Steven Burgauer Gabe popped into Bookbag Towers to chat to us.
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Numba PinkertonSandra Aragona|summary=For years Sue has bought mostly black clothes, because they seemed ''safe'loved Sandra Aragona's lightly-fictionalised [[Sorting the Priorities: Numba Pinkerton has shown her how to have a wardrobe which works Ambassadress and which she loves. When Numba, author of [[The No Black Project Beagle Survive Diplomacy by Numba PinkertonSandra Aragona|The No Black Projectautobiography]] popped into Bookbag Towers, Sue had lots of questions life as a diplomatic spouse. There was a lot that she wanted to askabout when Sandra popped into Bookbag Towers.
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|category=listsinterviews|title=The Richard and Judy Book Club Autumn 2016Interview: Bookbag Talks To K J Lawrence|summary= Seven great reads for Sue was delighted when she read [[The Cossack by K J Lawrence|The Cossack]] as it restored her faith in the autumn - and we've read them allthriller genre. When the author, K J Lawrence, popped into Bookbag Towers to chat to us, Sue had quite a few questions ready!
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Richard Smith about The Darzoids' StoneStuart Burrell|summary=Jill loved Sue found Start Burrell's book [[Twelve Times To The DarziodsMax: One Man' Stone s Journey to, and Recollections of, Setting Twelve Verified World Records by Richard SmithStuart Burrell|Twelve Times To The DarziodsMax: One Man' Stones Journey to, and Recollections of, Setting Twelve Verified World Records]] an inspiring, feel- a fast-paced teen adventure - and had quite a few questions for author Richard Smith good read. She wanted to know more when he Stuart popped into Bookbag Towers to chat to us.
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Gloria D Gonsalves About Lamellia: The Kingdom of MushroomsWes Stuart|summary=Jill Luke enjoyed the combination of compellingly-written science fiction which blends themes of innocence and growth with some well depicted moments of horror in [[Lamellia: The Kingdom of Mushrooms My Name is Sam by Gloria D GonsalvesWes Stuart|My Name is Sam]] and said that she'd be glad to read it to any child. She and the he had quite a few questions for author had lots to chat about Wes Stuart when Gloria he popped into Bookbag Towersto chat to us.
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|category=newslettersinterviews|title=October 2016 NewsletterThe Interview: Bookbag Talks To B C R Fegan|summary= Well, hello there, Bookbaggers. Are you enjoying some autumnal colours? Kicking through some leaves? Splashing in Sue giggled like a child when she read [[Henry and the odd puddle or two? If so, enjoy! We hope you didnHidden Treasure by B C R Fegan and Lenny Wen]]: it't miss [Poetry Day]. Lots happened, not least Kate Tempest live on BBC2 at prime time on s a Saturday nightgood story with some valuable lessons. She It was fabulous, wasn't she? If you missed it, here is the trailer for Let Them Eat Chaos, the piece she performed. The whole thing is truly wonderfula real pleasure to chat to writer B C R Fegan when he popped into Bookbag Towers.
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Anthony BidulkaAnnie Ingram|summary=Luke Very few people believe that dogs can talk so it was impressed something of a relief when he read Sue met author, Annie Ingram. She has lengthy conversations with her cocker spaniel Kammie and has shared them with us in her [[Set Free Conversations with Kammie by Anthony BidulkaAnnie Ingram|book]] not least because he liked the characters he felt he could invest in. He had quite There was a few questions lot to talk about when the author she popped into Bookbag Towersto chat to us.
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|category=commentsinterviews|title=Natasha Farrant The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Bookbag About First Discovering Jane AustenStephan Santiago|summary=We ''loved'' Ani was quietly moved by [[Lydia: The Wild Girl of Pride and Prejudice Returning Home by Natasha FarrantStephan Santiago|Lydia: The Wild Girl of Pride and PrejudiceReturning Home]] and it was fascinating there were several points she wanted to discuss with author Stephan Santiago when he popped into Bookbag Towers to listen chat to author Natasha Farrant tell us about how she first came to dicover Jane Austen.
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