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Hello, hi, how are you? Suffering from Olympic and Paralympic withdrawal? We are. What was your favourite moment? We had so many, we simply couldn't pick just one. And even for bookworms like the team at Bookbag Towers, a summer of sport was a welcome complement to reading. But we are back to normal service now. And to that end, we've been perusing the Booker the shortilist. You can find all it [[Man Booker Prize 2012|here]], 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 read. Take a look!
And guess what? According to market research by [wwhttp://www.thebookseller.com/news/bowker-majority-ya-readers-over-18.html Bowker], 55% of people who read YA fiction are over 18. Jill could have told you that. She's a venerable 47 and she's never stopped reading books intended for teenagers. Do you read YA fiction? How old are YOU?!
'''Golden Hour'''
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 [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Chris Worthington|popped in]] to see us.
Bookbag reviewer Robert James had a special day this month - 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. We hope you enjoy [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Jackie Marchant and Dougal Trumptheir |their answers]] as much as he did!
Back in the eighties David Croydon was one of the founders of a sales promotion agency and 'The Unprincipled' tells the story of the twelve years from the agency's founding through to its sale. We've thought long and hard about finding just one word to describe the book but we really can't do better than 'scurrilous'. You're best not suggesting that we can have more than one word! When David [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To David Croydon|popped into]] Bookbag to chat to us we had quite a few questions which we felt needed an answer.
'''''All at Bookbag Towers'''''
See what we were doing [[September 2011 Newsletter|last year]]
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