Bill Arnott’s “Gone Viking” with Canadian Geographic
An armchair excursion this time on Bill Arnott’s Beat, with thanks to Canadian Geographic for requesting this story, a Canadian adventure touching transnational coasts.
Vancouver author, poet, songwriter Bill Arnott is the national bestselling author of Gone Viking: A Travel Saga (WIBA Book Awards Finalist and ABF International Book Awards Finalist). His work is published in literary journals and anthologies in Canada, the US, UK, Europe, Asia and Australia and his column Bill Arnott’s Beat is a feature at New Reader Magazine, Canadian Authors Association, The Miramichi Reader, Federation of BC Writers, and League of Canadian Poets. Bill’s been awarded for prose, poetry, songwriting and performed at hundreds of events internationally. He’s a Director on numerous Boards, Writer-in-Residence, creator of Bill’s Artist Showcase, and for his eight year Gone Viking trek has been awarded a Fellowship at London’s Royal Geographical Society. @billarnott_aps | https://billarnottaps.wordpress.com/
An armchair excursion this time on Bill Arnott’s Beat, with thanks to Canadian Geographic for requesting this story, a Canadian adventure touching transnational coasts.
It was a Canadian adventure, touching transnational coasts. And like most worthwhile encounters, people were the common connection. But my domestic excursion began overseas. In Norway. Where I trekked while I researched my Gone Viking travel memoirs, specifically, Gone Viking III: The Holy Grail (RMBooks, 2023). I was seaside in Oslo, touring exhibits, concluding the …
Welcome back, as I share anecdotes from Stereo Stories, the lit-journal I work with in Melbourne. Their tagline: A Song. A Place. A Time. Part of TMR’s global reach, and a welcome comingle of artistry. I encourage you to listen to the song as you read the associated story, to fully indulge the immersive mixed-media. …
Following two decades of travel I was back in Canada, to conclude the Gone Viking travelogues with my latest memoir, Gone Viking III: The Holy Grail (RMBooks 2023).
Welcome back to Bill Arnott’s Beat. Unless this is your first visit, in which case, welcome!
Bill Arnott prepares to observe National Poetry Month, 2023.
Bill Arnott shares a passage from his instant bestseller, A Season on Vancouver Island.
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.
We were set up with Netflix, the evening shaping up fine, then the lights softly surged, and with an almost audible “pop” we were cast into dark. A power outage.
It was the cusp of NPM. Spring was in full bloom, literally. National Poetry Month coincided with Vancouver’s Cherry Blossom Festival and the city’s trees were putting on a show.
Independent bookstores are a story of perseverance and connection, Bill Arnott says.
Bill Arnott reflects back on his “private” audience with the Dalai Lama.
Let me start by thanking The Miramichi Reader and editor-in-chief James M. Fisher for being a great supporter and friend to Bill Arnott’s Beat. Much of the success of the column-series and subsequent book, Bill Arnott’s Beat: Road Stories & Writers’ Tips, can be attributed to TMR. I was privileged to be interviewed recently for …
To my delight I was contacted by the Royal Geographical Society in London, informing me I’d been granted a Fellowship in their venerable group of professionals.
Originally presented on September 13th, 2020, This two-hour webinar features Bill Arnott giving a recorded workshop he gave for the Federation of BC and Yukon Writers for both self-published and traditionally published authors. Workshop attendees paid $45, but accessing the recorded session is only $12. This supports the Federation as well as the presenter. Throughout …