A Night with Theodora Goss

On Thursday, June 27 at 5:30pm, we will host New England author, Theodora Goss for a lively discussion of her Athena Club series, focusing on book two, European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman, and its literary and historical influences.

The evening will begin with a reading from the book which follows the daughters of mad scientists from classic literature as they travel across Europe on a quest to save a fellow monstrous girl. There will then be viewing of some of the memorable locations that are mentioned during the adventures of the characters captured in photographs by the author herself.

Dr. Goss will also discuss the theme of female monsters and the original literary tales that inspired the likes of Mary Jekyll, Beatrice Rappaccini, Catherin Moreau, and Justine Frankenstein. For those yearning to learn more there will be a Q&A session followed by a book sale and signing. This free, public program will take place in Callahan Hall. Light refreshments will be served.

Theodora Goss is the World Fantasy and Locus Award-winning author of the short story and poetry collections In the Forest of Forgetting (2006), Songs for Ophelia (2014), and Snow White Learns Witchcraft (2019), as well as novella The Thorn and the Blossom (2012), debut novel The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter (2017), and sequel European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (2018). The final novel in the series, The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl, will be published in October 2019. She has been a finalist for the Nebula, Crawford, Seiun, and Mythopoeic Awards, as well as on the Tiptree Award Honor List. Her work has been translated into twelve languages. She teaches literature and writing at Boston University and in the Stonecoast MFA Program. Visit her at theodoragoss.com.

For further details, please contact the Adult Services Desk at the Lewiston Public Library: 207-513-3135 or lplreference@gmail.com.