Electric Mermaid Live Reads Featuring: Rachel Rose

Wednesday September 23rd 2026

doors 5:30pm open mic 6-8pm

Rachel Rose was made in BC but Born in Niagara Falls Ontario. Her soul found its way home to Vancouver Island in 2008 where Rachel has honed her Art and writings skills as well as raised her children here in the Alberni Valley. Rachel's first solo writing published project Heartstrings of the Maiden is written by A young lady from Niagara Falls Canada discovering love and disappointment as she is coming of age and setting out into the world. Boy crazy and artistic Rachel shares some of the line art done in the early years of her professional career as a tattoo artist. Some inspired my music albums, video games, and traditional flash art. This is the first of 3 Poetry and Art books to be released in the near future.

Link for the book Heartstrings of the Maiden on Books.by/MusesTemple

What to Expect: Whether you join the Electric Mermaid in person at Char’s Landing or via Zoom, expect to enjoy an eclectic array of open mic readers sharing brief (5 minute max) samples from their literary, and sometimes musical, works, along with a longer reading from one or more featured reader(s) sharing published, or soon to be published, work. Come engage with a dynamic and inspiring literary event that welcomes and encourages writers at all levels of development.
The Electric Mermaid is a hybrid literary event that began over 20 years ago under the banner of Words on Fire. First organized by North Island College creative writing students Fran Thiessen, Vicki Drybrough, and Libbie Morin, monthly meetings took place in Smitty’s Restaurant on 3rd Avenue in Port Alberni with reader’s voices competing with the clatter of dishes emanating from the kitchen. After a brief stint in another café, Words on Fire graduated to Char’s Landing where it persisted for a few years before its resurrection into its current iteration as Electric Mermaid, named in honour of Luma, a mermaid sculpture that illuminates the hall at Char’s. Covid pushed the event onto Zoom, and it continues to thrive as a hybrid event enjoyed by audiences live at Char’s and across Canada and beyond on Zoom.

Electric Mermaid: Live Reads from Char's Landing, Port Alberni, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada and via ZOOM !

Spoken Word Open Mic, last Wednesday of each month, Char's physical doors open 5:30pm Pacific Time, Live Reads 6-8pm

Emcee: Derek Hanebury Moderator: Karl Korven ZOOM Producer: Charlene Patterson

We also welcome you to join us via ZOOM and click this automatic ZOOM link below:https://zoom.us/j/93236999892?pwd=N2FLZkxGMUhyTk5ySGVOenhuZFcxdz09

PRE-REGISTER and sign up for a 5-minute spot at the open mic by emailing ElectricMermaidReads@gmail.com

PayWhatYouCan cover in lieu of rental to help Char's Landing support the live arts gratefully accepted with our thanks.OR eTransfer to electricmermaidreads@gmail.com please include the event date and your email address

Contact the host of Electric Mermaid Live Reads Featuring: Rachel Rose @Char's