BOOKBITS

Author Interviews

2008

AUTHOR

TITLE

SUBJECT

CATEGORY

Tom Hoppe

A Journey of Leadership

Leadership Bosnia heroism trust teamwork

Non-Fiction

Katherine Neville

The Fire

Chess murder mystery thriller detective The Eight

Fiction

Bernie Lucht

Ideas for a New Century

Ideas radio concepts politics philosophy CBC

Non-Fiction

Ron Suskind

The Way of the World

Politics 9/11 Iraq spies ideas ideology responsibility truth

Non-Fiction

David Ebershoff

The 19th Wife

Mormons polygamy lost-boys murder mystery

Fiction

Shaun Tan

Tales from Outer Suburbia

Illustrator quirky stories Australia

Fiction

Peter Robinson

The Colour of Darkness

Murder mystery Banks spies

Mystery

Joan Barfoot

Exit Lines

Aging seniors control life death family friends

Fiction

Mark Richardson

Zen and Now

Travel philosophy books life

Non-Fiction

Dan Falk

In Search of Time

Science physics anthropology history psychology

Non-fiction

Gwynne Dyer

Climate Wars

Environment politics war drought famine climate

Non-fiction

Mary Henley Rubio

Lucy Maud Montgomery: A Gift of Wings

Anne of Green Gables PEI writer Canada literature

Biography

Jane Johnson

The Tenth Gift

Pirates romance love abduction Morocco

Fiction

Dorris Heffron

City Wolves

Dogs wolves domestication Yukon Goldrush Dawson

Fiction

Damon Galgut

The Impostor

South Africa identity desert crime betrayal friendship

Fiction

Philip Norman

John Lennon: The Life

John Lennon Beatles McCartney biography art

Non-Fiction

Bonnie Stern

Friday Night Dinners

Cookbook cuisine cooking desserts dinner Shabbat

Cookbook

Randall Hansen

Fire and Fury

War bombing German Harris Bomber Command Churchill firestorm Dresden Hamburg Bookbits author non-fiction history

Non-Fiction

Anne Enright

Yesterday's Weather

Short stories love sex death marriage children Ireland Mann-Booker

Fiction

Victoria Glendinning

Love's Civil War

Elizabeth Bowen Charles Ritchie romance love death biography

Non-Fiction

Rebecca Eckler

Rotten Apple

Teenagers girls romance school family love relationships

Fiction

David F. Pelly

The Old Way North

Travel adventure arctic Dene canoe Oberholtzer-McGee

Non-Fiction

Sonia Ricotti

The Law of Attraction Plain and Simple

Self-help happiness mind body spirit

Non-Fiction

Mary Lou Finlay

The As It Happens Files

Radio 40th anniversary CBC

Non-Fiction

Kenneth Whyte

The Uncrowned King

Biography Hearst Cuba War Newspapers Pulitzer

Non-Fiction

Dr. Joe Schwarcz

Brain Fuel

Science Trivia Medicine Chemistry

Non-Fiction

Fred Stenson

The Great Karoo

Canada History South Africa Boer War

Fiction

Kenneth J. Harvey

Blackstrap Hawco

Newfoundland history

Fiction

David Bergen

The Retreat

Kenora racism Native Canadians 1970's commune

Fiction

Woodson Merrell

The Source

Self-help diet spiritual meditation health fitness

Non-Fiction

David Wroblewski

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

Dogs breeding love relationships Oprah

Fiction

Irvine Welsh

Crime

Trainspotting pedophilia Florida Edinburgh Scotland detective

Fiction

Nino Ricci

The Origin of Species

Darwin Montreal love family men women growing-up

Fiction

Nadeem Aslam

The Wasted Vigil

Afghanistan Buddha Soviets Taliban

Fiction

Richard Russo

The Bridge of Sighs

Americana life small-town art happiness life death

Fiction

Joy Fielding

Charley's Web

Columnist mystery serial killer murder children family

Fiction

Abigail Carter

The Alchemy of Loss

9/11 widowhood life children remembering past

Non-Fiction

Mohammed Hanif

A Case of Exploding Mangoes

Pakistan Zia assassination disaster satire

Fiction

Padma Viswanathan

The Toss of a Lemon

India family history fate grandmother

Fiction

Parag Khanna

The Second World

Geo-politics history politics China trade power

Non-Fiction

Neil Shubin

Your Inner Fish

Paleontology fossils Ellesmere evolution transition

Non-Fiction

Amy Sutherland

What Shamu Taught Me About Life, Love and Marriage

Behavior relationships love respect control

Non-Fiction

Patrick Lane

Red Dog Red Dog

1950's Western Canada violence drugs family

Fiction

Declan Hill

The Fix: Soccer and Organized Crime

Gambling Asia crime Soccer Football World Cup

Non-Fiction

Gail Bowen

The Brutal Heart

Mystery politics Saskatchewan Joanne Kilbourn

Mystery

Musharraf Ali Farooqi

The Story of a Widow

India remarriage humour life family

Fiction

Amanda Boyden

Babylon Rolling

New Orleans death life love

Fiction

Richard Preston

Panic in Level Four

Science Ebola Pi rain forest

Non-Fiction

Alan Drew

Gardens of Water

Turkey earthquake 1999 Marmara Kurds love teenagers culture

Fiction

André Alexis

Asylum

Ottawa prison Mulroney morality public works

Fiction

Jeffrey Alford & Naomi Duguid

Beyond the Great Wall

Cookbook travel cuisine anthropology

Non-Fiction

Adam Leith Gollner

The Fruit Hunters

Fruit international sex food gourmet travel

Non-Fiction

Alan Twigg

Full Time

Soccer life aging Spain

Non-Fiction

Andrew Davidson

The Gargoyle

Burns love sculpture death

Fiction

Nicolas Dickner

Nikolski

Love loss obsession compass Montreal

Fiction

Steven Galloway

The Cellist of Sarajevo

War death music Sarajevo siege

Fiction

Dwight Hamilton

Terror Threat


terrorism defense politics Canada

Non-Fiction

Kevin Patterson

Outside the Wire

Afghanistan soldiers

Non-Fiction

Steve Berry

The Venetian Betrayal

Thriller Venice Malone

Fiction

Rachel Sontag

House Rules: A Memoir

Family dysfunction mental illness father

Non-Fiction

Daphne Bramham

The Secret Lives of Saints: Child Brides and Lost Boys in a Polygamous Mormon Sect

Family dysfunction religion Mormon Fundamentalism Bountiful polygamy

Non-Fiction

Lawrence Goldstone

Anatomy of Deception

Forensics mystery history

Mystery

Dan Gardner

Risk

Politics consciousness fear logic mind

Non-Fiction

Mel Hurtig

The Truth About Canada

Politics Canada foreign Mulroney Free Trade NAFTA

Non-Fiction

Dan Heath

Made to Stick

concepts ideas information stickiness Fed-Ex Bookbits non-fiction author interview Heath

Non-Fiction

Meg Rosoff

What I Was

Youth England Finn

Fiction

Kristen den Hartog and Tracy Kasaboski

The Occupied Garden

Holland Netherlands World War II family biography

Non-Fiction

Sadie Jones

The Outcast

England 1950's romance family violence

Fiction

William Deverell

Kill All the Judges

mystery Beauchamp Deverell British Columbia Vancouver murder detective

Mystery

Wibke Bruhns

My Father's Country

Hitler assassination attempt history July 1944 biography

Non-fiction

Catherine O'Flynn

What Was Lost

Shopping mall surburban hell

Fiction

Marie Phillips

Gods Behaving Badly

Greek Gods mythology humour

Fiction

Nick Heil

Dark Summit

Climbing Mt. Everest death mountaineering

Non-Fiction

Susan Pinker

The Sexual Paradox

Sex women men gender intelligence jobs equity

Non-Fiction

Agnes Walsh

Going Around with Bachelors

Poetry Newfoundland Placenia Bay

Poetry

Lorri Neilsen Glenn

Combustion

Poetry Halifax laureate

Poetry

Howard Shrier

Buffalo Jump

Toronto prescription drugs

Mystery

Steve Toltz

A Fraction of the Whole

Literary Australian bizarre

Fiction

Christopher Shulgan

The Soviet Ambassador

USSR politics Trudeau

Non-Fiction

Anne Simpson

Falling

Death love family Niagara Falls

Fiction

Gabor Mate

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

Drugs addiction family Vancouver

Non-Fiction

Andrew O'Hagan

Be Near Me

Scotland love priest sex

Fiction