Bookworm, no. 11
Fiction by Shelley Thompson. Taddle Creek sundries. A cover photographer Q&A. The Cundill History Prize short list. Inside the October issue.
Nuclear Family
Roar
Shelley Thompson
Nimbus
272 pages, softcover
With her debut novel, Roar, the actor-director Shelley Thompson adapts her ACTRA award-winning film, Dawn, Her Dad and the Tractor, from 2021. In this hopeful drama, a fragmented family contends with their disagreements and struggles to see each other as they really are. It’s an incisive take …
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