Electric Mermaid: Perry Bulwer @Char's

Date:

Wednesday, February 28, 2024 - 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 Host & ZOOM Producer: Charlene Patterson

Spoken Word Open Mic at Char's Landing, last Wednesday of each month

Char's physical doors open 5:30pm Pacific Time

JANUARY 2024 VIU ALUM OF THE MONTH: PERRY BULWER

Coming to Vancouver Island University (then Malaspina College) in the early 1990s was a turning point in Perry Bulwer’s life.

He had dropped out of high school in 1972 to join a fundamentalist Christian cult when he was just 16 years old. When he got out 20 years later, he described himself as “intellectually starving.” The Liberal Studies program helped him overcome his religious indoctrination and take the next steps in his career. After graduating, he went on to become a social activist and lawyer.

Now retired, Bulwer has turned to writing and published his memoir, Misguided: My Jesus Freak Life In A Doomsday Cult, in September 2023. He also continues to advocate for other cult survivors.

You can buy Perry Bulwer books at Mobius Books or any Book store. or You can order directly from my publisher too, but there is a shipping cost added to the price; here's their website: https://www.newstarbooks.com/book.php?book_id=1554202065 or You can also order it on Amazon.ca

Here’s more about his transformative journey from life in a cult, to lawyer, to published author.

https://news.viu.ca/alum-month-perry-bulwer?fbclid=IwAR1myKzmulSqL5f4ekgopV6pv_SlcmZXcYjS9G96MTU22d4EP9dKNWA4AvM

FEBRUARY 28TH CURATED READER LIST

READER 01 Robert Gun 5min in Person (Port Alberni Bc )

READER 02 Mark Wonneck 6min Via Zoom ( Qulicum BC)

READER F1 Perry Bulwer 20min +Q&A in person (Port Alberni BC)

READER 03 Jenn Wenn 5 min Via Zoom ( London ON )

READER 04

READER 06 Petter Van camp 5 min Via Zoom ( Denmen Island BC)

READER 07 Judith Reeves 10 min in person ( Port Alberni B.C)

READER 08 David Kippling 5min Via Zoom (Gibsons BC )

READER 09 Dean Lamont 5 min in peson ( Port Alberni BC)