[1] Arnott's early writing appeared in literary publications Island Magazine, Kill Your Darlings and The Lifted Brow.
[2] Flames, Arnott's first novel, was released by Text Publishing in Australia in 2018.
Following the release of Flames, Arnott was named a Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist, a title awarded to select Australian authors under the age of 35 at the time their work was published.
[4] Flames has been included as a text in Australian VCE (Victorian) school curriculum.
[6] Critics noted the novel continued Arnott's style of "risk-taking" and "daring" literary fiction, with a positive reception to its environmental messages.