This event will feature readings by:
Thad Dobey
Jenifer Laslo
Juliet Latham
Rachel McGowan
Erin McCusker Todovorac
Hosted by Brooke Palma. An open mic will follow.
Barnaby’s West Chester
15 S. High Street
West Chester PA 19382
Jenifer Laslo
Jenifer Laslo has been writing fantasy and science fiction since middle school where her passion for a strong, feminine perspective formed. That lens has evolved over 30 years to include poetic and creative non-fiction forms. In her spare time, Jenifer is a Director of Customer Education for a West Coast based software company. She lives in Southeastern PA with her two children and a few very pampered rescue pets.
Rachel McGowan
Rachel McGowan has written poetry since she was in middle school, and pursued this passion formally as an English major at Saint Joseph's University. She often finds inspiration for her writing through her experiences as a teacher, runner, and world traveler. As an educator, Rachel encourages middle and high school students to discover their own creative voices as well.
Thaddeus Dobey
Thad Dobey is a graduate of South Carolina and Central Michigan University. He's the loving father of 3 children. He has many different interests including writing. His primary writing interest is mythological YA.
Juliet Latham
Juliet Latham holds a masters degree in creative writing and taught writing and literature for 10 years at Temple University before shifting to a career in corporate learning and development. Her work has been published in a variety of places and can be found most recently in Rattle, Nine Muses Poetry, The Journal, The Ekphrastic Review, Boxcar Poetry Review, and Unsheathed: 24 Contemporary Poets Take Up the Knife, an Anthology. She lives in Downingtown, along with a couple of messy dogs, a disgruntled cat, a tween daughter, an adult son and a very patient husband.
Erin Todorovac
Erin Todorovac teaches English to high school students and is a mom of two tweens and a menagerie of pets. She is a lifelong reader and writer, lover of traveling and nature, and is overly agreeable to the point of being called “the yeah girl” by her college roommate. Erin studied journalism at the University of Arizona in Tucson and earned a master’s degree in literature from West Chester University.