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The Baggie Awards 2024
The annual Baggies are Suzi's Book Bag awards for favourite books, writers, conversations and special literary moments from the year.
The Baggie Awards archive
2024 Baggie Awards
The Baggie Awards return with fiction, poetry, children's, non-fiction, overall and special-category honours.
6 winner entriesSource: Book Bag episode captions and descriptions
Winners
2024 winners and citations
Poetry Baggie
Martin Rowson
The *untsiad
Recognised for dark, satirical, rhyming poetry and a late arrival in the field.
From the 2024 captions: Suzi says Well Done Martin after the winning poetry Baggie discussion.
Children's Baggie
Liz Hyder
The Twelve
The children's category winner, with Suzi noting the book and writer warmly.
From the 2024 captions: the winner is The Twelve by Liz Hyder.
Non-fiction Baggie
Kathryn Hughes
Catland
Recognised for an unusual, original history of cats, artists and cultural life.
From the 2024 captions: Catland is the non-fiction Baggie winner 2024.
Fiction Baggie
Keiran Goddard
I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning
Chosen as the fiction Baggie winner for the year.
From the 2024 captions: Keiran Goddard is the fiction Baggie winner.
Cathy Feay Special Baggie
Ariane Bankes
The Quality of Love
A special award named for Kathy/Cathy Feay, given to Ariane Bankes.
From the 2024 captions: Ariane Bankes wins the Kathy Feay special Baggie.
Overall Baggie of the Year
Kathryn Hughes
Catland
Catland took both the non-fiction Baggie and the overall Baggie of the Year.
From the 2024 captions: Catland wins both non-fiction Baggie of the Year and overall Baggie of the Year.
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