roger w. thompson
There’s a light about wild places that draws us in, a light which
seemed, that evening, to hover above the water between the willows
in some uncreated way. I cast to the wonder.
-from The Wisdom of Rivers
My newest book hits bookshelves September 1st!
The Wisdom Of Rivers Book Trailer
filmed by author’s son
Book Launch Party!
Tuesday, September 8 at Iron & Resin
324 E. Main Street in Downtown Ventura, California
Details from Iron & Resin:
Roger Thompson wrote a book about rivers. We’re throwing him a party.
The Wisdom of Rivers — a story about family, friendship, and the fly-fishing life.
Written by a local. Published for the rest of us.
Join us at the flagship for a proper Ventura evening:
5:00–6:30 — Reception, book signing, live bluegrass. Dinner and drinks available at The Yard Bar & Grill, right in our backyard.
6:30 — Author talk and reading.
7:00–8:00 — More signing. More bluegrass. Stick around.
Free and open to the public. Bring the family. Bring an appetite.
What others are saying…
“In The Wisdom of Rivers, Roger W. Thompson gives us a series of lyrical stories of a lifetime of friendship, family, and fly fishing, where the things that matter rise to the surface and all that is superfluous is allowed to drift downstream and out of view.”
—Steve Ramirez, author of the Casting Series quadrilogy and
A Season in Patagonia, and Fly Fisherman magazine columnist
“Each of his 25 well-crafted essays offers an appealing balance of insights regarding love, courtship, fatherhood, and friendship with accounts, sometimes self-deprecatingly humorous, of fishing for trout, bass, and assorted saltwater fish, including a suspenseful, nearly Hunter Thompson-esque encounter with sharks.”
—Booklist review