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Bill Arnott’s “Gone Viking” with Canadian Geographic

August 28, 2023

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.

Categories Bill Arnott's Beat, Maritime History, Memoirs, Travel Tags bill arnott, Bill Arnott's Beat

Travel: Figurative and Literal

July 17, 2023July 13, 2023

Bill’s story Metaphoric was picked up for publication by Sojournal, an Australian magazine out of Sydney and he shares it here with his Northern Hemisphere readers

Categories Bill Arnott's Travel Beat, Memoirs, Travel Tags bill arnott, Bill Arnott's Travel Beat, Gone Viking, Travel

A Story from Gone Viking III: The Holy Grail by Bill Arnott

July 10, 2023

It was a Canadian adventure, touching transnational coasts. And like most worthwhile encounters, people were …

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Categories Bill Arnott's Beat, Travel Tags bill arnott, Bill Arnott's Beat, Gone Viking III, Travel

Bill Arnott’s Beat: A “Gone Viking” Excursion

June 26, 2023June 26, 2023

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).

Categories Bill Arnott's Beat, Memoirs, Travel Tags bill arnott, Bill Arnott's Beat, Gone Viking III, travel writing, travelogue

Chasing Africa: Fear Won’t Find Me Here – A Memoir by Lisa Duncan

March 27, 2023

Chasing Africa delicately explores the loss of identity, the gift of health and adventure, and the courage to put oneself first despite guilt, fear, and the pull of family.

Categories Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Travel Tags adventure travel, Africa, travel memoir, travelogue

A Season on Vancouver Island by Bill Arnott

December 25, 2022October 31, 2022

A beautiful collection of images and short travel essays highlighting the fun, eclectic, and unique nature of Vancouver Island and the attraction it has for travellers and tourists from across Canada and around the world.

Categories Non-Fiction, Travel Tags bill arnott, Travel, Vancouver Island

A Gelato A Day: True Stories of Family Travel, Edited by Claudia Laroye

September 3, 2022

A Gelato A Day is a collection of travel tales that highlights the good, the bad and the not-really-that-ugly of the family travel experience.

Categories First Book, Memoirs, Travel Tags adventure travel, family, Travel essays, travelogue

Around England with a Dog by Lesley Choyce

August 12, 2022August 2, 2022

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.

Categories Non-Fiction, Travel Tags dogs, England, pets, travel memoir

Excerpt: A Season on Vancouver Island by Bill Arnott

July 11, 2022

An excerpt from the forthcoming book from Bill Arnott, the award-winning author of the “Gone Viking” travel adventure books.

Categories Excerpt, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Travel Tags bill arnott, British Columbia, Memoirs, Photography, Travel, Vancouver Island

An Excerpt from the Award-Winning “Gone Viking II: Beyond Boundaries” by Bill Arnott

May 23, 2022May 21, 2022

An Excerpt from the Award-Winning “Gone Viking II: Beyond Boundaries” by Bill Arnott.

Categories Excerpt, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Travel Tags bill arnott, excerpt, travel writing

Secrets of the Sprakkar by Eliza Reid

March 14, 2022

The Canadian first lady of Iceland pens a book about why this tiny nation is leading the charge in gender equality, in the vein of The Moment of Lift.

Categories Culture, First Book, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Ontario, Social Issues, Social Studies, Travel Tags gender equality, Iceland, non-fiction, sprakkar, women's studies

French Dive: Living More with Less in the South of France by Eric Freeze

February 28, 2022

In the fall of 2014, educators Eric and Rixa Freeze moved with their young family to Old Nice, a medieval town-within-a-city on the famed Côte d’Azur. They’d bought a 700-square-foot dive, an apartment in need of renovation just a couple blocks from the Mediterranean.

Categories Bill Arnott's Travel Beat, Travel Tags creative nonfiction, France

The Sun is a Compass by Caroline Van Hemert

October 17, 2021

In Comox, I stopped at Blue Heron Books, where I picked up Caroline Van Hemert’s The Sun is a Compass, her personal account of travelling, along with her husband, for five months by rowboat, kayak, raft, foot, ski, and sled from Washington State to Alaska, crossing Canada’s Yukon and Northwest Territories in the process.

Categories Bill Arnott's Travel Beat, Travel Tags adventure travel, Memoirs, non-fiction, outdoors

The List of Last Chances by Christina Myers

August 19, 2021

The List of Last Chances follows a pair of reluctant travel companions across the country, into an unexpected friendship, new adventures, and the rare gift of second chances.

Categories Bill Arnott's Travel Beat, Travel Tags fiction, Travel

Park Bagger by Marlis Butcher

March 31, 2021

An inspiring collection of thrilling personal adventures and stunning photographs sharing the incredible diversity and profound beauty of Canada’s national parks.

Categories Environment, First Book, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Photography, Travel Tags adventure, adventure travel, outdoors, Provincial Parks, Staycations
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