A Festive Season on Vancouver Island

An illustrated Christmas journey across Vancouver Island, combining travel writing with winter landscapes, local traditions and West Coast community life. In A Festive Season on Vancouver Island, Bill Arnott moves through communities including Victoria, Nanaimo and Chemainus during the holiday season, observing celebrations, people and places that give Christmas on the Island its particular character. Coastal scenery, forests, wildlife and regional history remain part of the journey, but the season changes how familiar landscapes and communities are seen. Original illustrations accompany the essays, creating a regional portrait shaped by both travel and memory. The book connects festive traditions with the natural and cultural character of Vancouver Island and the Salish Sea. Designed for seasonal reading and gifting, it suits Vancouver Island and British Columbia displays, regional-interest collections and readers looking for a distinctly West Coast Christmas book.

Bill Arnott is the bestselling author of A Festive Season on Vancouver Island, A Season in the Okanagan, A Season on Vancouver Island, Gone Viking: A Travel Saga, Gone Viking II: Beyond Boundaries, and Gone Viking III: The Holy Grail. He's been recognized by the Whistler Independent Book Awards, ABF International Book Awards, and Firebird Book Awards. He won The Miramichi Reader's "The Very Best!" Book Award for nonfiction and has been granted a Fellowship at London's Royal Geographical Society for his expeditions. When not trekking the globe with a small pack, weatherproof journal, and laughably outdated camera phone, or showing off cooking skills as a culinary school dropout, Bill can be found on Canada's west coast, making music and friends @billarnott_aps.