Date:
Wednesday, June 26, 2024 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Venue:
Contact:
Electric Mermaid: Live Reads from Char's Landing, Port Alberni, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
Emcee: Derek Hanebury Moderator: Karl Korven ZOOM Producer: Charlene Patterson
Spoken Word Open Mic at Char's Landing, last Wednesday of each month
ZOOM Hybrid event. Char's physical doors open 5:30pm Pacific Time
JUNE 26th FEATURING KAREN HOFMANN
Karen Hofmann grew up in the Okanagan Valley and taught English and creative writing at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia for nearly three decades, and now lives in Victoria. Her first collection of poetry, Water Strider, was published by Frontenac House in 2008 and shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay prize. Her first novel, After Alice, was published by NeWest Press in 2014, and a second novel, What is Going to Happen Next, in 2017, followed by sequels A Brief View from the Coastal Suite, in 2021, and Where We Live in 2024. A short fiction collection, Echolocation, was released by NeWest in 2019. Karen’s fiction explores the lives, relationships, and work of contemporary British Columbians.
JUNE 26th READERS LIST
READER 01 Bill Engleson 5 min via zoom (Denman Island B.C)
READER 02 Jennifer Wenn 5 min via zoom ( London Ont )
FEATURE1 Karen Hofmann 20min +Q&A In person (Victoria B.C)
READER 03 Vicki Drybrough 5 min in person in Person ( Port Abeberni B.C )
READER 04 Kathleen Vance 5min via Zoom ( Gibsons B.C)
RAINCHECK N.A,V Victory 10 min Electric Mermaid spotlight in Person ( Port Alberni B.C)
READER 06 Atma Frans 5 min Via zoom ( Gibsons B.C )
READER 07 Joe Lunchbucket 5min In person ( Port Alberni B.C.)
READER 08 Victoria Roscoe-Roumanis 5 min in person (Port Alberni B.C)
READER 09 David Kipling 5 min Via zoom ( Gibsons B.C)
READER 10 Leslie Omohundro-Bronczkowski
READER 11 Robbie Van
READER 00 Derek Hanebury
JUNE 26th FEATURING KAREN HOFMANN
20 minutes + Q&A, In person (Victoria B.C)
PAST FEATURES:
2024
May 29th Atma Frans' https://alberni.ca/events/37376
April 24th Kathleen Vance & David Kippling https://alberni.ca/events/37375
March 27th Janice Nielsen https://alberni.ca/events/37374
February 28th Perry Bulwer + Judith Reeves https://alberni.ca/events/37373
January 31st Karen Poirier https://alberni.ca/events/37360
2020-2023 https://alberni.ca/events/37432
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Char’s Landing 19+ (accompanied kids welcome until 10pm)
4815 Argyle @5th Port Alberni, Vancouver Island, CANADA V9Y 1V9
Tel: 778-421-2427 www.charslanding.com
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