Date:
Wednesday, August 28, 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
AUGUST 28th FEATURING JOHN BARTON
John Barton is a poet, essayist, and editor. His twelve books of poetry include Hymn, For the
Boy with the Eyes of the Virgin: Selected Poems, Polari, and Lost Family: A Memoir, which was
nominated for the 2021 Derek Walcott Prize. Sonnets from Lost Family have been set to music
and performed as Coda for the Victims at VerseFest in Ottawa, with the support of Qu’Art, in
nominated for the 2021 Derek Walcott Prize. Sonnets from Lost Family have been set to music
and performed as Coda for the Victims at VerseFest in Ottawa, with the support of Qu’Art, in
March 2023, and as Chosen Family by the Chronos Vocal Ensemble in Edmonton to settings
composed by Stuart Beatch in January 2024. John’s other books include Seminal: The Anthology
of Canada’s Gay-Male Poets, The Malahat Review at Fifty, We Are Not Avatars: Essays,
composed by Stuart Beatch in January 2024. John’s other books include Seminal: The Anthology
of Canada’s Gay-Male Poets, The Malahat Review at Fifty, We Are Not Avatars: Essays,
Memoirs, Manifestos, and The Essential Douglas LePan, which won a 2020 eLit Award. His
tenth poetry chapbook, Stopwatch, was published by Emergency Flash Mob Press in the spring
of 2024. Born in Edmonton and raised in Calgary, he lives in Victoria, where he was the city’s
poet laureate from 2019 to 2022.
tenth poetry chapbook, Stopwatch, was published by Emergency Flash Mob Press in the spring
of 2024. Born in Edmonton and raised in Calgary, he lives in Victoria, where he was the city’s
poet laureate from 2019 to 2022.
[Please note, “eLit” is not a typo (this is a US award); nor is “Beatch” (pronounced “Beach”)]
Lost Family: https://www.
Stopwatch: emergencyflashmobpress@gmail.
Also, people can contact me through my website (www.john-barton.ca) if they wish to buy either of these books, as well as any other of my titles directly from me.
AUGUST 28th READERS LIST
READER 01 Jennifer Wenn 5min via zoom (London Ont)
READER 02 Vicki Drybrough 5min in person ( Port Alberni B.C)
FEATURE 01 John Barton 20min +Q &AVia zoom (Victoria, B.C)
READER 03 Dan Biggs 5 min ( in Person Port Alberni B.C)
READER 04 Peter Paul Van camp 5 min via zoom ( Denman Island BC)
READER 05 N.A.V. VIctory 10 min Electric Mermaid spotlight in Person ( Port Alberni B.C)
READER 06 David Kippling min Via Zoom ( Gibsons BC)
READER 07
READER 08 Kathleen Vance 5 min Via zoom ( Gibsons BC)
READER 09 Robert Gunn 5 Min in person ( Port Alberni.B.C)
READER 00 Derek Hanebury
AUGUST 28th FEATURING JOHN BARTON
Aug 28th John barton 20min +Q &AVia zoom (Victoria, B.C)
Aug 28th N.A,V Victory 10 min Electric Mermaid spotlight in Person ( Port Alberni B.C)
PAST FEATURES:
2024
August 28th John Barton https://alberni.ca/events/37379
July 31st Barbara Black https://alberni.ca/events/37383
June 26th Karen Hofmann https://alberni.ca/events/37377
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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