Shelley Thompson Book Launch: ROAR
219 Main Street
Actor and writer Shelley Thompson will be visiting the Astor this Sunday to launch her new novel, Roar. Inspired by the original screenplay for the award-winning feature film “Dawn, Her Dad & the Tractor”, about a young trans woman who returns to her family farm in the wake of her mother’s death. A work of fierce allyship, of enduring love and of gentle hope, Roar follows a family through grief and estrangement as they become catalysts for change in their rural community. Told from multiple points of view, with confidence and tenderness, Roar is profoundly authentic, drawing on her own experience as the mother of a trans child and fierce activist for the trans community.
Shelley will be doing a reading from this, her debut novel, and signing copies of the book in the Gorham Room at 2pm. She will be joined in conversation with special guest, author Marcia Harding. There is no charge for this event.
In the theatre at 4pm, we will be screening Shelley’s 2021 film “Dawn, Her Dad & the Tractor”, which inspired the novel. We are thrilled to be able to offer the first 25 tickets at no charge! After that, tickets to the movie are $10 each.
We are immensely grateful for the financial support of the Diversity and Inclusion Action Team of the Region of Queens Municipality who have made this book reading and film screening possible.
