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|category=commentslists|title=Paula Weston Talks To Bookbag About Her Dream Dinner PartyTop Ten Self-Published Books 2023|summary=We were very impressed by [[Shadows by Paula Weston]], a book that promises thrilling plots, chemistry between 've seen some really good self-published books this year: they're up there with the sassy lead characters and action and deliversbest of traditional publishing. When she mentioned her dinner party we ''had'' to know who Here's been invitedour top ten, in alphabetical order, by author.
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Laura LamJeffrey Dunn|summary=Robert thought that Laura Lam's Jill enjoyed [[Pantomime Radio Free Olympia by Laura LamJeffrey Dunn|PantomimeRadio Free Olympia]] was nearly as impossible to review as it was to put down , a story blending prose and poetry with themes of ecology, folklore, love and that this enthralling fantasy was a stunning debutloss. We She didn''had'' to have t think it was the easiest read, but a chat with Laurarewarding one.
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|category=interviewscomments|title=How To Write a Fantasy Novel: The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Arthur PlotnikFull Guide|summary=Robert thought that [[Better Than Great by Arthur Plotnik]] was truly better than great and Fantasy has always been our way out of the real world's limitations. It's a fifty-caratspace where magic is real, finger-licking-fabulous book which flies in the face mythical creatures roam, and heroes go on epic quests. This genre is loved by people of mediocrityall ages and backgrounds. We ''had'' It allows us to chat to the authorexplore new worlds and face unimaginable challenges, all without leaving our homes.}}
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|title=Annabel Pitcher Talks To Bookbag About Her New Year ResolutionsHow Can Reading Improve Your Vocabulary: Best Practices|summary=We fell Reading is one of the most effective ways to improve your vocabulary. Not only does it expose you to new words and their meanings, but it also allows you to see them used in context, which is essential for Annabel Pitcher when we read [[My Sister Lives on understanding and using them correctly. With the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher|My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece]] rise of language learning apps, such as Promova, many people have turned to technology to improve their vocabulary. However, reading remains a tried-and we knew -true method that she was one of our favourite authors when we finished [[Ketchup Clouds by Annabel Pitcher|Ketchup Clouds]]. She popped into Bookbag Towers to tell us about her New Year resolutionshas been used for centuries.
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|category=interviewscomments|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Natasha Farrant3 Things You Didn't Know About Ghostwriters|summary=We loved [[The Things We Did for Love by Natasha Farrant]] 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 awkwardness a lot of people feel toward ghostwriters, it's no surprise that there are a number of misconceptions about what they do, so there was lots I'm hoping to chat about when the author popped into Bookbag Towersclarify three important things in this post.
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Eve AinsworthConrad Delacroix|summary=Jill's cheeks ''ached'' when she read Sue really enjoyed [[The Blog of Maisy Malone Lensky Connection by Eve AinsworthConrad Delacroix|The Blog of Maisy MaloneLensky Connection]], so we were really looking forward to a chat with her thriller set primarily in Russia. She had quite a few questions for author Conrad Delacroix when she he popped into Bookbag Towers.
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|category=interviewslists|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To R Julian CoxTop Ten Self-Published Books 2022|summary=Sue was impressed when she read R Julian Cox’s eco-thriller [[Shadow on We're constantly amazed at the Sun by R Julian Cox|SHADOW ON THE SUN]], an elegant conflation quality of fact the self-published books which come our way and fiction which kept her on the edge of her seatwe've seen some real gems in 2022. She and Julian had quite a few things to chat about when he popped into Bookbag Towers.Here they are, in alphabetical order, by author:
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|category=interviewscomments|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Damian O'Brien3 Things You Should Know About Literary Agents|summary=Words have long fascinated Zoë and after reading [[If Houses Why Not Mouses? by Damian Oyou'Brienre all set to publish your novel, it might be time to [https://blog.reedsy.com/how-to-find-a-literary-agent/ get yourself a literary agent]] she had quite a few questions . Since you're essentially picking the person responsible for presenting and marketing your book to ask the author when he called in world, this is no easy task. When you've sent your [https://blog.reedsy.com/guide/how-to Bookbag Towers-write-a-query-letter/ query letters] and started getting responses, these tips will help you choose the right person for you.
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|category=interviewscomments|title=The InterviewLolita Book Review: Bookbag Talks To Guy BoothMost Important Things to Know|summary=Sue realised that [[The Arthur Moreau Story by Guy Booth|The Arthur Moreau Story]] by Guy Booth could be read on two levels - and that both were terrifyingLolita, a highly controversial book, is not subject to bans in American schools. When Guy popped in Here are the most important things you need to Bookbag Towers there were questions to which we needed answers! know about it.
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|title=Nefertaru's Story by Deborah White|summary=This is the story Stylish Restaging of Nefertaru, a dancer and priestess at the temple of Sekhmet in Ancient Egyptian times. She appears briefly in both [[Wickedness by Deborah White|Wickedness]] and [[Deceit by Deborah White|Deceit]] but The Crucible is at the heart of the plot of both novels. Sekhmet was the divine consort of the god Ptah, who in later Ancient Egyptian history became merged with the god Thoth.}} {{newfeature|category=lists|title=Richard and Judy Book Club Spring 2013|summary=Richard All Show and Judy have chosen some very good books for us - now we just want spring to hurry up and arrive!}} {{newfeature|category=interviews|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Rosanne Licata|summary=Jill thought that [[Blood Bonds: The Caravan by Rosanne Licata]] was enchantingNo Substance, romantic and a multi-faceted story. There was plenty According to chat about when Roseanne popped into Bookbag Towers.}} {{newfeature|category=interviews|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Andy BriggsReviews|summary=We're really pleased to present an interview with Andy Briggs, author of the excellent [[Rise of the Heroes (Hero.Com) by Andy Briggs|Hero.com]] and [[Council of Evil (Villain.Net) by Andy Briggs|Villain.net]] series and of the superb [[Tarzan: The Greystoke Legacy by Andy Briggs|Tarzan reboot]] (we can't wait for book 3 in February!) amongst his many other talents!}} {{newfeature|category=interviews|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To A R Yoba|summary=[[They Call Me... Montey Greene by A R Yoba|They Call Me... Montey Greene]] Crucible is a exciting crime crossing Italy tragedy that’s been debated and France and ending up back in the USA. We managed to catch Abdul as he popped into Bookbag Towers - and we had a few questions discussed for him.}} {{newfeature|category=interviews|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Patrick Kingsley|summary=We loved [[How To Be Danish: From Lego to Lund. A Short Introduction to the State of Denmark by Patrick Kingsley]] and when he popped into Bookbag Towers there were quite a few questions we wanted answering!}} {{newfeature|category=interviews|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To HM Castor|summary=We loved HM Castor's [[VIII by HM Castor|VIII]] - the story of Henry VIII and we were fascinated by what she had to tell us when she popped into Bookbag Towersmany years. }} {{newfeature|category=interviews|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To A K Hill|summary=We were quietly impressed by [[A Mediocre Man by A K Hill|A Mediocre Man]] and particularly by the way that it touched on so much which is wrong with our world without ever being depressing. When author A K Hill popped Its current running in to Bookbag Towers we had quite theaters has received a few questions for him.}} {{newfeature|category=newsletters|title=November 2012 Newsletter|summary=Hi, hello and welcome! The dreaded Christmas shopping season is rapidly approachingrather intriguing review. In fact, by the time this newsletter goes out, you'll probably be stuck in already. So we'll say what we say to you every year: don't forget Keep reading to buy at least one person at least one book! If you're stuck for ideas, you could always look at our [http://www.thebookbag.co.uk/reviews/index.php?title=Category:Lists lists] section. You'll find many of our favourites, all organised in a way that makes it easy to find a good book for any recipient, no matter their age or interests. We hope you find great gifts for everyone on your list - literary or not - and that you receive some great gifts yourself. And we also hope that the entire shopping experience doesn't make you lose the will to liveout more.
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|title=Savita Kalhan Talks To Bookbag About The Long Weekend – The Unused QuoteHow Bar Modeling Makes Word Problems Easy in Singapore Math|summary=We were impressed by [[The Long Weekend by Savita Kalhan|The Long Weekend]] Singapore Mathematics is a unique way of presenting this science. Parents and teachers will be able to understand and Savita had an interesting story for us when she popped into Bookbag Towersexplain to children the simplest mathematical processes using images.
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|title=Louisa Reid Talks To Bookbag About All Kinds Of NastyFinding More Time For Reading|summary=We thought If there is one thing that a lot of people could benefit from having more of in their lives, it's [[Black Heart Blue by Louisa ReidA Bookbagger's View:What it's like to be a reviewer|Black Heart Blueliterature]] was incredibly powerful . Plenty of us have gone through this experience of suddenly finding that we are not reading as much as we used to. There are a lot of possible reasons for this, and more than it's something that you might be able to approach in a little bit frighteningnumber of ways if you want to make sure that you are getting back into reading again. Louisa Reid popped into Bookbag Tower But one of the most important parts of this is probably that you are able to tell us about ''All Things Nasty''find enough time for reading, and that can be harder than you might initially think.
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Cath CrowleyGerry Brown and Randall S Peterson about Disaster in the Boardroom: Six Dysfunctions Everyone Should Understand|summary=This has been an incredible year for YA contemporary books, and James would be hard-pressed Sue was absolutely riveted to choose his favourite. A strong contender, though, would be the long-awaited UK release of Cath Crowley's [[Graffiti Moon Disaster in the Boardroom: Six Dysfunctions Everyone Should Understand by Cath Crowley|Graffiti MoonGerry Brown and Randall S Peterson]], an enchanting story of one incredible night. It's lyrical, romantic, brilliantly readable but rather frightening: people's lives and full livelihoods could be in the hands of wonderful characterscompany boards which are dysfunctional. He was absolutely thrilled Sue wanted to be able to talk to Cath Crowley about it!know more.
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|category=interviewslists|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Danaan ElderhillTop Ten Self-Published Books 2021|summary=Danaan Elderhill brought We thought that 2020 was a little magic into strange year but 2021 has been equally so. Once again we've been amazed by the quality of self-published books which have come our lives with her book [[The Magic Book way. Last year's top ten consisted of Cookery 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 split them apart. Here they are, in alphabetical order, by Danaan Elderhill|The Magic Book of Cookery]]author.. We had quite a few questions for her when she popped into Bookbag Towers.
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|title=Luisa Plaja Talks To Bookbag About Contemporary Series for Young AdultsHow to Write a Standout Book Review in a Saturated Market|summary=When I read this great post about series at [http://www.yacontemporary.com/2012/09/where-Book reviews are a crucial tool for the reading community — it’s via these that opinions are-ya-contemporary-series.html YA Contemporary]exchanged, my first thought wasideas discussed, ''and recommendations found. But I have shelves full though the growth of YA contemporary series! Surely there are lots of memorable ones still being published?''}}book review sites is promising for readers, 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 Stephanie BurgisGerry Brown, Andrew Kakabadse and Filipe Morais about The Independent Director in Society|summary=We've been thrilled Sue was an enthusiastic reader of [[The Independent Director in Society: Our current crisis of governance and what to do by Stephanie Burgis' ''Magick'' series Gerry Brown, Andrew Kakabadse and Filipe Morais|The Independent Director in Society: Our current crisis of governance and what to do]] and delighted that she was able had several points she wanted to find discuss with the time to pop authors when they popped into Bookbag Towers to have a chat with us.
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|title=Keren David Talks To Bookbag About Choosing Archie Stone As The Narrator Of Another LifeComic Books Where the Bad Guys Won|summary=It's Comic books and movies, in general, have been given the portrayal of good; always fascinating winning and saving the day. however, thanks to the creativity of writers, we have a few writers of comics who have managed to find out what makes an author write alter this unsaid rule, 'evil wins at the end of the day'. While it may not be a book great thought to bear in mind, it is still something a particular waybit fascinating to dwell on. We've loved Keren David's series about Ty Lewis since And, we believe that it is a breath of fresh air to discover that we first read [[When I Was Joe by Keren David|When I Was Joe]] so have something different from the opportunity to chat to her about cliché where the [[Another Life by Keren David|third book]] in hero always emerges as the series was not one we were prepared to missvictor.
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|category=newslettersinterviews|title=September 2012 NewsletterThe Interview: Bookbag Talks To Gerry Brown About Making a Difference: Leadership, Change and Giving Back the Independent Director Way|summary=Hello, hi, how are you? Suffering from Olympic and Paralympic withdrawal? We are. What was your favourite moment? We had Gerry Brown is so many, we simply couldnkeen to see people geting involved that there't pick just one. And even for bookworms like the team at Bookbag Towers, s a summer of sport was a welcome complement to readingfree digital [https://www. But we are back to normal service nowdegruyter. And to that end, we've been perusing the Booker the shortilist. You can find all it [[Man Booker Prize 2012|herecom/view/title/580618 download]], together with all the titles on the longlist. It's too close to call a winner, but you're sure to find something you want to readof this £42 book. Take a look!
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|category=interviewslists|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To David CroydonTop Ten Self-Published Books 2020|summary=Back in the eighties David Croydon was one In this strangest of years we've been delighted by the founders of a sales promotion agency self-published books we've read and they'The Unprincipled' tells re all books which compare well with traditionally-published books in the story of the twelve years from the agency's founding through to its salesame genres. We've thought long and hard about finding just one word to describe the book but we really cancouldn't do better than 'scurrilousnarrow the choice down any further - so this year's top ten consists of eleven books and here they are, in alphabetical order by author.. You're best not suggesting that we can have more than one word! When David popped into Bookbag to chat to us we had quite a few questions which we felt needed an answer.
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Jackie MarchantOlga Kokshagina and Allen Alexander|summary=This is a very special day Sue was so impressed by [[The Radical Innovation Playbook: A Practical Guide for Robert JamesHarnessing New, 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... Novel or Game-Changing Breakthroughs by Olga Kokshagina and it's not my fault! by Dougal Trump|I'm Dougal Trump... And It's Not My FaultAllen Alexander]] in the hope that she wished that she had a good business idea of getting an interview with herown so that she could use the book. Not only did Perhaps that was what she accept, she also introduced him was talking about when Olga and Allen popped into Bookbag Towers to the boy who some people are calling 'a modern day William Brown' and he was kind enough chat to also answer some questionsus. I hope you enjoy their answers as much as he did!
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Chris WorthingtonAndrew Hampshire|summary=We were completely taken by Technology can seem frightening to people who don't have the idea behind background. In [[Setting The Record Straight Creating Value Through Technology: Discover the Tech that Can Transform Your Business by Chris WorthingtonAndrew Hampshire|Setting The Record StraightCreating Value Through Technology: Discover the Tech that Can Transform Your Business]] Andrew Hampshire discusses the tech that can add quantifiable value to your business and how to get the most out of paying a complete stranger to take revenge on someone who has hurt you it. He and we Sue had quite a few questions lot to ask author Chris Worthington chat about when he popped in to see usdropped into Bookbag Towers.
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|title=Emma Barnes Talks To Bookbag About Everyday Magic in Children's BooksStand Up to Bullying With a Pulitzer Prize Winner|summary=When Emma Barnes started writing children's booksIn every generation, there are kids who become bullies. They bully their siblings, neighbor kids, she wanted and their classmates. They seem to believe that other kids look up to write about realthem and respect them. That is self-delusion, breathingas most adults are aware, contemporary children from everyday families but kids don't have the experience to properly judge what is respect and neighbourhoods having adventures of the kind that might befall anyonewhat is merely fear.
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|category=listscomments|title=Man Booker Prize 2012From Sci Fi to Reality: How Dreams Turn Into Innovations|summary=The long list was announced on 25 July gap between sci-fi and we'll know who reality is not so big anymore. You don’t have to go that far back in time to see huge developments in technology. For example, the smartphone has made the shortlist on 11 September. The winner will been around for over 10 years now, but if you don’t have one in today’s society, you’d either be announced on 16 Octoberseen as crazy or just out of touch.
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|title=Rosie Thomas Talks To Bookbag About Whether She Writes And Travels - Or Travels And Writes5 Great AI books to read in 2020|summary=Rosie Thomas popped Artificial intelligence (AI) has expanded into one of the most important technologies in human history. It comes with so many benefits, from improving the efficiency of simple, basic tasks to chat helping to us about have travel lends perspective to her writing. We were fascinatedsolve advanced problems by quickly analyzing large data sets.
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|category=newsletterslists|title=August 2012 NewsletterA Baker's Dozen of Books to Keep the Kids Occupied When They Can't Go Out|summary=Hi, hello, how are Are you? Coming down from Olympomania (sic)? It's been marvellous, hasnrunning out of inspiration for what to do with the kids when they can't itgo out? Even the most dedicated non-sporty geeks amongst us - ahem, Jill - have been beside ourselves We've come up 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 Bookbagbaker's panel dozen of reviewers and we are so pleased books to see he is enjoying such successgive you some brilliant ideas. 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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|category=newsletterscomments|title=July 2012 NewsletterDesiree Villena Talks To Bookbag About 5 Key Tips for Writing a Critical-Yet-Fair Book Review|summary=HiWriting a book review isn't difficult, helloyou know, how but there are a few things you? Andy Murray didn't win Wimbledonneed to keep us in mind. 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]Desiree Villena gives us five tips.
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Susie DayMelanie Martin|summary=One of our favourite novels for tweens and younger teens so far this year is the absolutely outstanding |summary=In [[PeaWar and Love: A family's Book testament of Best Friends anguish, endurance and devotion in occupied Amsterdam by Susie DayMelanie Martin|War and Love: A family's testament of anguish, endurance and devotion in occupied Amsterdam]] – Melanie Martin reconstructs what happened to her family in occupied Amsterdam in WWII. It's a definite modern classic! We were thrilled 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 author agreed to interview Susiechat with her.
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|title=Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2012Top Ten Self-Published Books 2018|summary=With eight great Choosing the top ten self-published books on the longlist we read in 2018 was difficult as we're looking forward to finding the winner constantly surprised at just how good some self-published books are. Here's our final top ten in Novemberalphabetical order by author...
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Jenny SmithMelissa Leet|summary=When we Sue was impressed when she read [[My Big Fat Teen Crisis Landslide by Jenny SmithMelissa Leet|Landslide]] we loved Jenny's breezy writing styleby Melissa Leet and was surprised to find that it was a debut novel. It was She had quite a real pleasure to chat to her few questions for Melissa when she popped in to into Bookbag Towers.
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|title=Victoria Eveleigh Talks To Faiz Kermani talks to Bookbag About Why Pony Books Arenabout how a blue frog is helping Malawi't Just For Girlss vulnerable children to live safe, healthy and happy lives|summary=Victoria Eveleigh's [[A Stallion Called Midnight by Victoria Eveleigh|story]] about a friendship between a young girl and Every child has a wild stallion kept Sue reading well into the night. We were fascinated when Victoria popped in right to tell us why pony books are not just for girls.medical care
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|category=newsletterscomments|title=June 2012 NewsletterAbi Silver Talks To The Bookbag About A Few Of Her Favourite Things|summary=Wow. First we get ''We could definitely make a mini heatwave then the skies open and hundreds of people are flooded out of their homes. Where else flying car – but Blighty, eh? On the upside, though, wethat're loving the Sky Arts TV channels at the moment and in particular their coverage of s not the Hay Festivalhard part. For those of us unable to get our diaries in sufficient order to book accommodation The hard part is, how do you make a year in advance, itflying car that's been great. We almost, but not quite, felt as though we were there. super safe and quiet?'': Elon Musk
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Cathy FarrDaniel Peltz|summary=We loved [[Moon Chase Sue wasn't expecting to enjoy a novel about a ''building'', but was surprised by Cathy Farr|Moon Chase]] and just how compelling she found [[Moon Crossing The Indomitable Chiesa di Santa Maria by Cathy FarrDaniel Peltz|Moon CrossingThe Indomitable Chiesa di Santa Maria]] and . There was a lot to chat about when author Cathy Farr Daniel Peltz popped into Bookbag Towers we asked her all about fellhounds, Thesk, and how she feels about being a writer.
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|category=interviewslists|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To David VannTop Ten Self-Published Books 2017|summary=It's nearly three years since Choosing the top ten self-published books we first discovered read in 2017 was one of the work toughest jobs we did all year and involved a great deal of David Vann and we're impressed by his [[Dirt by David Vann|latest book]]discussion. The opportunity to ask the author a few questions was not one to be missed.}} {{newfeature|category=comments|title=H A Goodman Asks Who Would You Be In An Alternate Reality?|summary=WeHere've really enjoyed s our trips around Hal Goodman's afterlife universe, with its dark comedy and glossy plot. He wanted us to think about who we would be final top ten in an alternate reality when he popped in to see usalphabetical order by author.}} {{newfeature|category=interviews|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Stephanie Guerra|summary=We reviewed, and really enjoyed, Stephanie Guerra's [[Torn by Stephanie Guerra|Torn]] earlier this year. She was kind enough to do this interview for us.
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Allan HendryChit Dubey|summary=We enjoyed Sue was quietly impressed when she read [[End Game 21 Doors to Happiness: Life Through Travel Experiences and Meditation by Allan HendryChit Dubey]], a fast-paced and action-packed eco-thriller to make you think exactly where we're going - and who is likely to do something about as itchimed with her personal view of life. We had quite a few questions for the author She was delighted when he Chit Dubey popped in into Bookbag Towers to chat to see us.
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|title=Melissa Wareham Melita Thomas Talks To Bookbag About How She Became An Accidental AuthorThe King's Pearl: Henry VIII and his Daughter Mary|summary=Here at Bookbag Towers we love dogs and people who love dogs, so we knew we'd love Melissa Wareham ''even'' if she wasn't such a good writer. When she popped in to see Melita Thomas tell us we wanted to know how the girl from the Dogs' Home became that Mary was a best-selling author.true Renaissance Princess
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Kathryn JamesElizabeth Fox and Martin le Comte|summary=Kathryn James caught our attention last year with her wonderful portrayal of Nell Beecham, the 13-year-old heroine of her first novel, Peter thought that [[Mist The Ten Golden Rules of Leadership by Kathryn JamesElizabeth Fox and Martin le Comte|MistThe Ten Golden Rules of Leadership]]. Wewas the best book on leadership he're far from being the only ones who are impressed - in fact, just two days ago she won the Dorset New Horizons Award - congratulations, Kathryn! While wed ever read and he couldn're eagerly awaiting book 2, Frost, we managed t resist asking authors Elizabeth Fox and Martin le Comte quite a few questions when they came to persuade her Bookbag Towers to take a little time out from writing chat to answer some questionsus.
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Ellen RichardsonGabe Riggs|summary=We Luke thought that [[The Flip-flop Club: Charmed Summer Punk Love Foucault by Ellen Richardson|Charmed SummerGabe Riggs]] was the 'charming' start to what looked like an exciting new seriesintense, emotional and visceral read that illuminates and educates with a strong voice and clear, capable prose. We couldn't resist having There was a lot to talk about when Gabe popped into Bookbag Towers to chat to the authorus.
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Francis BennettSandra Aragona|summary=We Sue loved Sandra Aragona's lightly-fictionalised [[The Crabber Stories Sorting the Priorities: Ambassadress and Beagle Survive Diplomacy by Francis BennettSandra Aragona|The Crabber Storiesautobiography]]- of life as a diplomatic spouse. There was a book of coming-of-age short stories set on Long Island in the nineteen-fifties - and we had plenty lot that she wanted to talk ask about when Francis Bennett Sandra popped in to see usinto Bookbag Towers.
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Karen McCombieK J Lawrence|summary=Here at Bookbag we've always been big fans of Karen McCombie and we particularly enjoyed Sue was delighted when she read [[Life According to... Alice B. Lovely The Cossack by Karen McCombieK J Lawrence|Life According to... Alice B. LovelyThe Cossack]] so as it was a real pleasure restored her faith in the thriller genre. When the author, K J Lawrence, popped into Bookbag Towers to chat to ask her us, Sue had quite a few questions.ready!
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Daniela SacerdotiStuart Burrell|summary=We liked Sue found Start Burrell's book [[Dreams (Sarah Midnight Trilogy) Twelve Times To The Max: One Man's Journey to, and Recollections of, Setting Twelve Verified World Records by Daniela SacerdotiStuart Burrell|Twelve Times To The Max: One Man's Journey to, and Recollections of, Setting Twelve Verified World Records]]an inspiring, the start feel-good read. She wanted to know more when Stuart popped into Bookbag Towers to a new teen paranormal series and had a few questions we wanted chat to ask the authorus.
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Anne AllenWes Stuart|summary=We really Luke enjoyed the combination of compellingly-written science fiction which blends themes of innocence and growth with some well depicted moments of horror in [[Dangerous Waters: Mystery, Loss and Love on the Island of Guernsey My Name is Sam by Anne AllenWes Stuart|Dangerous Waters: Mystery, Loss and Love on the Island of GuernseyMy Name is Sam]] so we and he had plenty we wanted to talk about quite a few questions for author Wes Stuart when author Anne Allen he popped in into Bookbag Towers to chat to see us at Bookbag Towers.
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Tony ParsonsB C R Fegan|summary=We enjoyed Tony Parson's latest novel Sue giggled like a child when she read [[Catching Henry and the Sun Hidden Treasure by Tony Parsons|Catching the SunB C R Fegan and Lenny Wen]] and we really wanted : it's a good story with some valuable lessons. It was a real pleasure to know more about the background chat to the book writer B C R Fegan when Tony he popped into Bookbag Towers.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007327811</amazonuk>
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Louisa ReidAnnie Ingram|summary=We were very impressed by Louisa Reid's debut novel 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 [[Black Heart Blue Conversations with Kammie by Louisa ReidAnnie Ingram|Black Heart Bluebook]] and we had lots of questions we wanted . There was a lot to talk about when she popped into Bookbag Towers to chat to ask herus.
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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Elizabeth WeinStephan Santiago|summary=We loved Ani was quietly moved by [[Code Name Verity Returning Home by Elizabeth WeinStephan Santiago|Code Name VerityReturning Home]] and there were several points she wanted to discuss with author Stephan Santiago when author Elizabeth Wein he popped into Bookbag Towers we had some searching questions to ask herchat to us.
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