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Book Odyssey Sci-Fi Author Night at the Storyteller's Cottage

Four sci-fi authors will speak at the Storyteller's Cottage on May 9.

Four talented sci-fi authors will speak at the Storyteller's Cottage on May 9
Four talented sci-fi authors will speak at the Storyteller's Cottage on May 9 (Storyteller's Cottage)

On Thursday, May 9 at 7:00 pm, four talented science fiction authors will speak at the “Book Odyssey Sci-Fi Night” at the Storyteller’s Cottage. For just a $5 cover charge, fans of science fiction can meet and discuss recent books with Elizabeth Chatworth, Gabi Coatsworth, Roman Godzich and Alison McBain. Signed copies of each author’s books will be available after the presentation, and a light reception will follow the readings.


Elizabeth Chatsworth, author of The Brass Queen and Ten Minutes Past Teatime, is a native of Sheffield England who writes about rogues, rebels, and renegades across time and space. She is also a voice actor and an alumni of the improv comedy troupe, the Upright Citzens Brigade.


Gabi Coatsworth an award-winning British-born writer and blogger who has spent half her life living in the United States. Her short story, Misconception, is featured in When to Now, (2018) an anthology of time travel stories, and her short fiction, essays and poetry are included in the anthology, Tangerine Tango: Women Writers Share Slices of Life (2012), E-chook's literary memoir app, and many literary journals, both in print and online. She also writes a blog for writers - The WriteConnexion - and a personal blog of her short essays.

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Roman Godzich, author of the sci-fi thriller No Higher Ground, is also an online marketing expert, web designer, and world traveler. He often teaches workshops on how to plot your novel at the Darien Library.


Alison McBain is the author of nearly a hundred short publications. Her debut fantasy novel The Rose Queen is a YA retelling of Beauty and the Beast. She was also the lead editor of When to Now: A Time Travel Anthology and was recently nominated for the prestigious Pushcart Prize, the Patricia McFarland Memorial Award, the quarterly award at Bewildering Stories, and received honorable mention for the Roswell Award.

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Tickets for the Book Odyssey Sci-Fi Night are $5 each and can be reserved at
https://www.storytellerscottag...

The Storyteller's Cottage is located at 750 Hopmeadow Street in Simsbury. Parking for The Storyteller's Cottage is free, and is available on the street in front of the building, and in the Fiddler's Green parking lot on Wilcox Street (behind the house). For more information, please call 860-877-6099 or visit www.StorytellersCottage.com

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