Brunt has written, edited, and published several paddling books and documentary videos. He has had a 35-year career in media as a writer, editor, and publisher of a variety of periodicals ranging from a national scuba diving magazine to an international Zen Buddhist journal. Brunt is also a musician, composer and an award-winning playwright and has recently taken up teaching writing classes with his wife, writer-teacher Lois Peterson.

Brunt operates Metta Publications, an independent book publishing company in Surrey, British Columbia where he is currently at work on a screenplay and several new guidebooks.