Bill Arnott’s Beat: The Joy of Poetry, Travel and Art
Bill Arnott prepares to observe National Poetry Month, 2023.
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Bill Arnott’s Showcase, a Visit With Bestseller Eve Lazarus
Bill Arnott interviews Eve Lazarus, author of the book, Cold Case BC.
On Time and Water by Andri Snær Magnason
On Time and Water is both deeply personal and globally minded: a travel story, a world history, a desperate plea to live in harmony with future generations—and is unlike anything that has yet been published on the current climate emergency.
Bill Arnott’s Beat: Disguised as Prose
Bill Arnott shares a passage from his instant bestseller, A Season on Vancouver Island.
Chasing Rivers by Tamar Glouberman
The thrilling story of a female whitewater guide working on some of the most challenging and remote rafting rivers in North America, from Northern British Columbia to the Grand Canyon and beyond.
A Time of Light and Shadow by Ella Harvey
An inspiring travel adventure memoir that explores a young woman’s quest to live life on the front lines, chasing adventure, and confronting the harsh realities of crisis work in Asia and Africa.
Bill Arnott’s Beat: The Bookshelf Café News Interview
Bill Arnott was recently asked to take part in a visit and interview for The Bookshelf Café News, a multimedia publication for writers and bibliophiles. The conversation’s captured in Q&A format.
Have Guitar, Will Travel by Bill Culp
Have Guitar, Will Travel is a story of joy, love, nostalgia, passion, heartbreak and despair—the makings of great Canadian music—and ultimately delivers redemption and hope.
A Matter of Inclusion by Chad Norman
Appealing to the Good is Us, Chad Norman writes poignantly and lyrically about the human journey, punctuated by border crossings, walls and barb-wire fences, racism, and intolerance based on one’s physical looks, religion, gender, language, and geographic dis/location.
The Art of Misadventure: The Outtakes and Mistakes Of An Adventurous Photographer by Dave Brosha
Join Canadian photographer, explorer, Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, father, and writer Dave Brosha as he lays out a touching recollection of a life off the beaten track with a dash of adventure, a dash of determination, a dash of humour, a dash of self-deprecation, and two dashes of ridiculous.
Excerpt: First You Have to Learn to Live Alone, by Jeanne Ainslie
The following is an excerpt from the forthcoming nonfiction book by Jeanne Ainslie, First You Have to Learn to Live Alone: A Compassionate Guide to Living Alone and Aging.
Return to Solitude: More Desolation Sound Adventures with the Cougar Lady, Russell the Hermit, the Spaghetti Bandit and Others by Grant Lawrence
It’s been over a decade since renowned broadcaster and indie rock musician Grant Lawrence launched his writing career with the award-winning Adventures in Solitude, yet some things never change―including the winding Sunshine Coast Highway, close calls at the BC Ferries ticket office and carsick children. But this time, Lawrence returns as a husband and father, not as the vomiting and nerdy kid dragged along by his athletic and unflappable parents.
Field Notes on Listening by Kit Dobson
Field Notes on Listening is a response to our lack of connection to the land we call home, the difficult history of how many of us came to be here and what we could discover if we listened deeply to the world around us.
Bill Arnott’s Showcase Interview: Scientist-Poet Adrienne Drobnies
Adrienne Drobnies is a Vancouver poet and scientist. Her poems have appeared in literary journals in Canada, the US and UK (including The Antigonish Review, Event, Riddle Fence, The Toronto Quarterly, Sows Ear’s Review, and Popshot).
Around England with a Dog by Lesley Choyce
The story of two seasoned and intrepid Canadian travellers, Lesley and Linda Choyce, who embark on a new adventure with their West Highland terrier, Kelty.