Bill Arnott’s Beat: Disguised as Prose
Bill Arnott shares a passage from his instant bestseller, A Season on Vancouver Island.
Bill Arnott shares a passage from his instant bestseller, A Season on Vancouver Island.
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.
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.
An excerpt from the forthcoming book from Bill Arnott, the award-winning author of the “Gone Viking” travel adventure books.
An Excerpt from the Award-Winning “Gone Viking II: Beyond Boundaries” by Bill Arnott.
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.
Bill Arnott’s Travel Beat: Talking Writing and Viking with the UK’s Alex Pearl.
Bill encounters the #1 international best-seller, Fresh Water for Flowers, an intimately told story about a woman who defiantly believes in happiness, despite it all.
An interview conducted by the Ekphrastic Review’s Lorette C, Luzajic with Bill Arnott, author of the award-winning Gone Viking series.
Just days after Raynor Winn learned that Moth, her husband of thirty-two years, was terminally ill, they lost their home and livelihood. With nothing left and little time, they impulsively decided to walk the 630-mile South West Coast Path, from Somerset to Dorset, via Devon and Cornwall. Living wild and free, at the mercy of sea and sky; they discovered a new, liberating existence – but what would they find at the journey’s end?
Blending memoir and nature writing at its best, Svensson’s journey to understand the eel becomes an exploration of the human condition that delves into overarching issues about our roots and destiny, both as humans and as animals, and, ultimately, how to handle the biggest question of all: death. The result is a gripping and slippery narrative that will surprise and enchant.
A Q&A visit Bill Arnott was privileged to have with Jeremy Bassetti of Travel Writing World, a touchstone for every reader, writer, and wanderer.
Welcome to Bill Arnott’s Travel Beat, a new feature at The Miramichi Reader. This series includes stories from the road and book reviews – new titles in addition to select publications from the past – books I feel warrant a closer look.
An interview with Bill Arnott, award-winning author of Gone Viking: A Travel Saga and Gone Viking: Beyond Boundaries.