Book details

  • Genre:fiction
  • Sub-genre:Short Stories
  • Language:English
  • Duration2 Hours 54 Minutes
  • Audiobook ISBN:9781067353704

Winter Sky

Stories for the Season

By Shelley Thompson

Narrated by Shelley Thompson

Overview

A beautifully written collection of short stories set in wintertime, exploring the complexities of the holiday season, from the Evergreen Award-winning author of ROAR.
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Description

Oh, Christmas. We remember what we had. Who we've lost. How we ache. We remember disasters and triumphs and the deepest, sweetest friends, telling the hardest truths. From celebrated filmmaker, actor, and novelist Shelley Thompson comes a collection of stories, both cherished and fresh as new-fallen snow. A blend of historical and contemporary, written in breathtaking prose, the stories in Winter Sky reflect the season's contrasts: the light and the dark, the complexity and the comfort. In "The Compass," a chance encounter on a bus during a winter storm leads to the unravelling of a family mystery decades old. In "The Goat?s Christmas Carol," an unexpected trio of carollers visits the home of a sick child on Christmas Eve, bringing not gold, frankincense, and myrrh but gifts of song, community, and a future. In "Winter Sky," the constellations provide company, and inspiration, for a young prairie boy on his early-morning walks to school. In "The Thing of It Is," a couple's never-ending home renovation binds them to a carpenter whose wisdom lies in recognizing what the heart needs to build comfort and joy. Just like the season itself, these stories bring heartache and delight, and the wonder of gazing up at a winter's sky.
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About The Author

Shelley Thompson is based in Wolfville, Mi'kma'ki. Thompson has been a writer all her life: her first attempt at publication was rewarded with a letter from the editor of Chatelaine when she was ten, having submitted her poem CLOUDS. The very kind editor of the magazine took the time to write a long letter to the 10-year-old genius, encouraging her to keep writing! And so she did. Her first novel ROAR was published in 2023 by Nimbus/Vagrant and drew strongly on Thompson's experience as the parent of a young trans man in rural Nova Scotia. ROAR was nominated for The Margaret & John Savage First Book Award, and for the Forest of Reading's Evergreen Award. Her latest book, WINTER SKY, is a collection of short stories, reflecting the season's contrasts: the light and the dark, the complexity, and the comfort. A chance encounter on a bus during a winter storm leads to the unravelling of a family mystery decades old. An unexpected trio of carollers visits the home of a sick child on Christmas Eve, bringing an unexpected gift. The constellations provide company for a prairie boy on his frigid early-morning walks to school. A couple's never-ending home renovation binds them to a carpenter understands exactly what the heart needs, to build comfort and joy. Stories that reflect our own love and confusion about this season. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, The Canadian Film Centre, The Writers' Lab NYC, The Women in the Directors Chair and the Whistler Producers Lab. Her company, Rusty Tractor Productions, focuses on marginalised voices - and in particular the stories of rural women. Thompson is married to writer/director/actor Ed Thomason and is parent to singer/songwriter T. Thomason. Shelley is a committed advocate for the LGBTQ+2SP community.
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