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Suzi's Book Bag Year in Review and the Baggie Awards of 2023
The annual Baggies are Suzi's Book Bag awards for favourite books, writers, conversations and special literary moments from the year.
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2023 Baggie Awards
The first annual Baggie Awards, presented for the books Suzi loved and the interviewees she enjoyed most over the year.
5 winner entriesSource: Book Bag episode captions and descriptions
Winners
2023 winners and citations
Children's Author Baggie
Philip Womack
Ghostlord / Wildlord
Recognised for children's writing and for coming onto the Book Bag.
From the 2023 captions: Philip Womack gets the prize for children's author on the Book Bag.
Poetry Baggie
Tristram Fane Saunders
Before We Go Any Further
The inaugural Book Bag poetry prize winner.
From the 2023 captions: Suzi awards the inaugural Book Bag poetry prize to Tristram Fane Saunders.
Fiction Baggie
Amanda Craig
The Three Graces
Suzi chose Amanda Craig's novel as fiction winner, with Dan Jones as runner-up.
From the 2023 captions: Suzi decides to plump for Amanda Craig, The Three Graces.
Fiction Runner-up
Dan Jones
Wolves of Winter
Runner-up for novel of the year.
From the 2023 captions: Dan Jones with Wolves of Winter is runner-up for novel of the year.
Non-fiction Baggie and Overall Book of 2023
Chris Laoutaris
Shakespeare's Book
Suzi chose the book as non-fiction winner and her book of 2023.
From the 2023 captions: Suzi makes Shakespeare's Book her book of 2023.
Episode
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Suzis Book Bag Year in Review and the Baggie Awards of 2023
Suzi's thoughts on the guests we had in 2023. The first annual Baggie Awards is presented for the books she's loved and the interviewees she enjoyed most over the past year.
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