When I'm on Guam, I enjoy spending time visiting old friends,  signing books, and being interviewed by the Pacific Island Times. Here I am at the Guam Museum gift shop with Liz Murphy, my sales rep. The museum is brand new and beautiful--a stunning tribute to the history and culture of the people of Guam.

Signed Copies of These Award-Winning Novels now available at The Book Bin    

"How a Girl was the First Navigator" Douglas Arvidson's short story, based on an ancient Pacific legend, has been published by the Festival of the Pacific Arts Publications When I was living on a sailboat on Guam studying traditional star-path navigation under the late Manny Sikau, a master navigator from Polowat Atoll, we discussed the fact that only men were allowed to become navigators. Manny then made brief mention of a Polowatese legend regarding women and navigation, saying only that acc...

Douglas Arvidson is Visiting Author to the Guam Public Schools sponsored by The Guam Chapter of the International Reading (Literacy) Association

  Summer beckons the writer with memories of long, hot days and short, sultry nights, of youthful romance, travel, and adventure. Over the generations, a lot of great literature resulted from young men and women being released from their daily routines of work or school and left to their own devices, devices usually centered around coming of age by engaging in forbidden sex, alcohol, and short, hot relationships. A lot of lousy literature too. Bookshelves in second-hand book stores are g...

Sonoria and Dag-gar are Time Drifters whose eternal love holds together the very fabric of the Universe. When Sonoria rebels against her ancient lover, it rips apart Space-Time and releases the Time Vagabond and his dark passions.