From spruce trees standing like wizards and the language of ravens to tongue-in-cheek wisdom - one milkshake is never enough - Arnott weaves an evocative dream of memory and place.
Cheryl Alexander, award winning author of Takaya: Lone Wolf From spruce trees standing like wizards and the language of ravens to tongue-in-cheek wisdom - one milkshake is never enough - Arnott weaves an evocative dream of memory and place. Indigenous histories and places are woven intricately throughout, creating a sense of timelessness. Review Quotes Arnott weaves an eloquent and delightful tapestry of sights, sounds and scents arising from the Island earth. Featuring original colour artwork throughout, A Season on Vancouver Island is a unique gift for anyone who has ever spent time on Vancouver Island. From great food to wonderful wine, stunning natural habitats and memorable encounters with wildlife, Bill paints a charming picture of life on Canadas West Coast. Hitting all of the high points and chatting with locals along the way, Bill discovers why Vancouver Island has be one of western North Americas top tourist destinations. Join intrepid travel writer Bill Arnott as he escapes the confines of life in Vancouver for an epic and quirky road trip around Vancouver Island and to some of the surrounding smaller islands. Room 555 (Orca 2019) $9.Book Synopsis 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. In Epic Fail, a boy and two girls from a multiracial Vancouver suburb face a life-changing incident of rape and bullying, magnified by social media.īenched (Orca, 2011) 978-1-55469-408-2 $9.95
This book was nominated for a Pacific Northwest Book Award.įor ages 10-14, Cristy Watson's On Cue (Orca 2016) is a young readers' novel about an aspiring teen actor in high school who helps to successfully launch a proposal to have drama taught as an extracurricular activity after school, only to to be stymied by her family's need for her to look after her special needs (autism) brother Toby after school instead. Her second novel in the Orca Currents series is Living Rough (Orca 2011) about a boy who tries to hide the fact that he is living in a tent on city land while going to school. The young-adult novel challenges Cody to choose between gang acceptance, and doing the right thing. A teacher based in White Rock, Cristy Watson got the idea for Benched (Orca, 2011) when she noticed that a park bench had gone missing in her local park.
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