BOOKBITS

Author Interviews

2010

AUTHOR

TITLE

SUBJECT

CATEGORY

Kevin Dutton

Split Second Persuasion

Influence psychology brain reactions conartist psychopath

Non-fiction

Todd Denault

The Greatest Game

Hockey Canada Russia 1975 Summit Series

Non-fiction

Robert J. Wiersema

Bedtime Story

Books reading magic fathers sons fantasy stories

Fiction

Romeo Dallaire

They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children

War children soldiers warcrimes humanity NGO

Non-fiction

Alice Kuipers

The Worst Thing She Ever Did

Death loss teenagers girls mothers guilt pain recovery

Fiction

Myla Goldberg

The False Friend

Friendship death girls bullying

Fiction

Charles Foran

Mordecai

Mordecai Richler life times novelist commentator

Biography

Ian Tyson

The Long Trail

West music family horses fame fortune loss

Memoir

Roy MacGregor

Northern Light

Tom Thomson art painting murder Algonquin Group of Seven

Non-fiction

Doug Saunders

Arrival City

Urbanization cities riots transition immigration

Non-fiction

Ruth Rakoff

When My World Was Very Small

Cancer life biography family medical

Memoir

David Rakoff

Half Empty

Cancer life memoir Disney pork family

Non-fiction

John Vaillant

The Tiger

Ecology Russia Siberian Tiger hunt killer

Non-fiction

Giles Blunt

Crime Machine

Murder norther Ontario John Cardinal

Fiction-Mystery

Camilla Gibb

The Beauty of Humanity Movement

Vietnam Pho soup love loss returning war

Fiction

Alissa York

Fauna

Animals people family pain loss love

Fiction

Carl Hiassen

Star Island

Celebrity fame paparazzi crime business music

Fiction

Alison Weir

Captive Queen

France Aquitaine Middle Ages war family love lust

Fiction

Alex Feinman

Duplicate

Identity betrayal theft

Science-fiction

Judy Fong Bates

The Year of Finding Memory

China family parents secrets love loss

Memoir

Jaspreet Singh

Chef

Pakistan India Kashmir conflict food love

Fiction

G. Willow Wilson

The Butterfly Mosque

Islam America religion family love Egypt

Memoir

Patricia Morrisroe

Wide Awake

Sleep deprivation apnea insomnia science

Non-Fiction

Holly LeCraw

The Swimming Pool

Sex love relationships family trust betrayal

Fiction

Deon Meyer

Thirteen Hours

South Africa murder tourism music faith politics

Fiction-Mystery

Justin Cronin

The Passage

Plague zombies vampires family thriller horror

Fiction

Robert McCrum

Globish

English languages world communications

Non-Fiction

Steven Heighton

Every Lost Country

Tibet mountaineering responsibility family truth

Fiction

Jane Smiley

Private Life

Missouri marriage relationships madness

Fiction

Peter Carey

Parrot & Olivier in America

America France history democracy travel

Fiction

Scott Sigler

Ancestor

DNA genetics monsters

Fiction

Hampton Sides

Hellhound on His Trail

Martin Luther King assassination Memphis Ray

Non-Fiction

Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall

Ghosted

Toronto suicide writer drugs

Fiction

Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish

I Shall Not Hate

Peace Gaza Palestine Israel death

Non-Fiction

James Fitzgerald

What Disturbs Our Blood

Family suicide mental illness Toronto medicine

Non-Fiction

Joanne Harris

Blueeyedboy

Synesthesia murder blog England mother

Fiction-Mystery

Danielle Trussoni

Angelology

Angels Good Evil Rockefeller Lyre Orpheus Romania

Fiction

Alan Bradley

The Week That Strings the Hangman's Bag

Murder England chemistry puppets TV

Fiction-Mystery

Matthew Hooton

Deloume Road

British Columbia childhood innocence loss family

Fiction

Dan Heath

Switch

Change business life emotions intellect conflict

Non-Fiction

Eleanor Catton

The Rehearsal

Love relationships school gossip drama fear

Fiction

John Boyne

The House of Special Purpose

Russia history love death betrayal Czar

Fiction

Helen Simonson

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

Humour comedy class racism England

Fiction

Anosh Irani

Dahanu Road

India family secrets love sex fiction immigrant

Fiction

Robert J. Sawyer

Watch

WWW science-fiction Waterloo internet

Fiction

Henning Mankell

The Man From Beijing

Murder Sweden China history mystery detective

Fiction-Mystery

Joan Thomas

Curiousity

England paleontology museums fossils feminism

Fiction

Nicholas Ruddock

The Parabolist

Toronto medicine students Mexican poet death

Fiction

Carole Enahoro

Doing Dangerously Well

Nigeria water multi-nationals NGO politics satire

Fiction

Michael McKinley

The Penalty Killing

Hockey murder mystery death detective

Fiction-Mystery

Henry Petroski

The Essential Engineer

Science engineering invention innovation

Non-Fiction

John Doyle

The World is a Ball

Soccer football FIFA World Cup

Non-Fiction

Drew Hayden Taylor

Motorcycles & Sweetgrass

Nanabush trickster comedy humour rez

Fiction

Jo Nesbo

The Snowman

Murder mystery serial-killer Norway

Fiction-Mystery

John Banville

The Infinities

Death life family Gods Pan physics Hermes Zeus

Fiction

Michelle Wan

Kill for an Orchid

Orchids murder drugs sleep France Dordogne

Fiction

David Laing Dawson

Don't Look Down

Mental health murder crime hospital forgiveness

Fiction

Beth Powning

The Sea Captain's Wife

Sailing square-rigger 19th century New Brunswick

Fiction

Rabindranath Maharaj

The Amazing Absorbing Boy

Immigration Toronto Regent Park Trinidad comic books

Fiction

Rob Carrick

Rob Carrick's Guide to What's Good, Bad and Downright Awful in Canadian Investments Today

Financial investing portfolio stocks bonds GIC retirement advisers

Non-Fiction

Richard Wiseman

59 Seconds

Self-help, science, psychology,

Non-Fiction

Ann Vanderhoof

The Spice Necklace

Travel, cooking, recipes, Caribbean, sailing, escape

Non-Fiction

Steve Pitt

My Life and Other Lies

Humour, life, family, dogs, cops

Non-Fiction