Electric Mermaid: Featuring Judy LeBlanc @Char's

Date:

Wednesday, April 30, 2025 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Venue:

Char's Landing

4815 Argyle Street, Port Alberni

Contact:

[email protected]

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

APRIL 30TH 2025 FEATURING JUDY LEBLANC

Judy LeBlanc is a writer from Fanny Bay, BC. Several of her stories and essays have been published in Canadian literary journals; a collection of her short stories, The Promise of Water, was published by Oolichan Books in 2017, and her novel, The Broken Heart of Winter, was published by Caitlin Press in 2023. She’s won the Sheldon Currie Fiction prize and the Islands Fiction contest, and she’s been a runner-up for fiction contests with Room, PRISM international and the CBC. In February of 2024, Permission to Land was published by Caitlin Press. She was born and raised on the west coast, has European/Acadian ancestry on her father’s side, and European/WSANEC ancestry on her mother’s side. She was a founder of the Fat Oyster Reading Series in Fanny Bay and taught creative writing at North Island College for several years.

two most recent books on the Caitlin Press site: https://caitlinpress.com/Contributors/L/LeBlanc-Judy

and a link to reviews: https://thebcreview.ca/?s=Judy+LeBlanc

Electric Mermaid: Live Reads from Char's Landing and via ZOOM !

Spoken Word Open Mic, last Wednesday of each month, Char's physical doors open 5:30pm Pacific Time

We also welcome you to join us via ZOOM and click this automatic ZOOM link below:

https://zoom.us/j/93236999892?pwd=N2FLZkxGMUhyTk5ySGVOenhuZFcxdz09

see https://charslanding.com/ OR https://alberni.ca/events/17693 for more ZOOM options.

We encourage our guests to ZOOM in early and keep video on to enjoy the virtual social gathering.

Please engage the CHAT window for comments to the artists or to ask Karl to be added to the open mic list.

PayWhatYouCan cover in lieu of rental to help Char's Landing support the live arts gratefully accepted with our thanks.

Online bank transfers to http://[email protected] please include the event date and your email address

PayPal to https://www.paypal.me/CharsLanding please include the event date and your email address