The writer Bill Arnott discusses his new book A Perfect Day for a Walk By the Water: Exploring Vancouver’s Shores (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2025), with Joseph Planta.
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A Perfect Day for a Walk By the Water: Exploring Vancouver’s Shores by Bill Arnott (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2025).
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Text of the introduction by Joseph Planta:
I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca. When one lives in Vancouver, it’s easy to take living on the west coast for granted, especially the proximity to the water. Bill Arnott, who joins me again, has just published a new book, A Perfect Day for a Walk by the Water: Exploring Vancouver’s Shores. The book, like some of Bill’s previous books, make for a nice, needed meditation on why the coastline around Vancouver is not just easily accessible but endlessly fascinating and worth getting out to see and walk amongst. The book looks at how history has shaped Vancouver’s shores, like the ways the waterways have been used by commerce and trade. Bill’s gift is his ability to illustrate with words how bucolic it all is, and why one should get out to walk near or even go underwater. The interesting people, cultures, as well as history and various narratives, in Bill’s hands, bring the book to life. Bill Arnott is the bestselling author of A Perfect Day for a Walk, A Season in the Okanagan Valley, and the Gone Viking travelogues. He is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. The website for more is at www.billarnottaps.wordpress.com. This new book is published by Arsenal Pulp Press. We spoke just over two weeks ago. Please welcome back to the Planta: On the Line program, Bill Arnott; Mr. Arnott, good morning.
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