EVENTS

Readings, panels, lectures, INTERVIEWS

2022​

• The FOLD Festival, The Truth Behind Climate Fiction with fiction writers Sydney Hegele, Premee Mohamed, and Mary-Lou Zeitoun, Moderator, May 4, 2022
• Launch of Bird Arsonist (New Star Press, 2022) by Gary Barwin & Tom Prime, Guest Reader, February 5, 2022

2021

• BC Federation of Writers, Wise Words, Guest Speaker, Climate Writing Workshop, November 24, 2021
• University of Victoria, Creative Futures: Dean's Speaker Series, Sustainability and the Arts with Conrad Alexandrowicz, Shane Book, Panelist, November 2, 2021, View here.
• H of a Night for an H o fa Year, Meet the Presses, Interview with Gary Barwin, October 28, 2021
• York University, Glendon College, Digital Media & Publishing, Guest Speaker, October 26, 2021, 1:00pm -3:00pm
• Word on the Street Vancouver, Climate Anthologies Panel, September 24, 2021, 
• Simon Fraser University, Lunch Poems at SFU with Kathryn Mockler & Michael V. Smith, September 15, 2021 at 12:00pm-1:00pm (PST)/ 3:00pm - 4:00pm (EST), Virtual Reading
• University of Victoria, WRIT 120: Writing for the Arts, Guest Lecturer, March 18, 2021
  University of Victoria, WRIT 501: Memory and Creativity, Guest Speaker, February 8, 2021
• University of Victoria, WRIT 100, Guest Lecturer, January 28, 2021
• Word on the Street Toronto: The City Imagines: Writers & the Climate Crisis, Kathryn Mockler moderates a discussion about the climate emergency with Watch Your Head contributors Carleigh Baker, Simone Dalton, Christine Leclerc, and Carrianne Leung. January 21, 2021, 7pm (EST)

2020​​

• Writers Read: Concordia University, Guest Speaker, A discussion about Watch Your Head, November 13, 2020
• West Coast Launch for Watch Your Head: Writers and Artists Respond to the Climate Crisis,  November 5, 2020
• CBC, On the Island with Gregor Cragie, Interview about Watch Your Head, November 4, 2020 
• City of Victoria Poet Laureate John Barton Celebrates New Works - To celebrate Victoria’s rich community of local writers, John Barton invited four authors – John Gould, Kathryn Mockler, Kyeren Regehr and Daniel G Scott – to read from their new works. City of Victoria, October 29, 2020
• Launch for Watch Your Head: Writers and Artists Respond to the Climate Crisis, Coach House Books, Hosted by Knife | Fork | Book, KFB SalONline, October 7, 2020
• Launch for Me, Then You, Then Me, Then, in collaboration with Gary Barwin, Knife | Fork | Book, September 28, 2020
• Goose Lane Editions, Launch for Blaze Island by Catherine Bush, Hosted by Another Story Bookstore, Interview, August 31, 2020
• Humber College, Creative Book Publishing, Guest Speaker, June 16, 2020
• From Pen to Published: Writing and Wellness Workshop, The Soap Box Press and Coach House Books, Toronto, Ontario, June 14, 2020
• King's College, Experimental Writing Workshop, Guest Speaker, King's College, London, Ontario, February 26, 2020
• Ryerson University, Guest Speaker, Writing and Editing, February 27, 2020
• University of Guelph, Creative Writing Program, MFA, Guest Speaker, Writing Dangerous Climates, February 27, 2020

2019

• Launch for Gary Barwin's New & Selected For it is a Pleasure  and a Surprise to Breathe with Margaret Christakos, Stuart Ross, and Dani Spinosa, Knife | Fork | Book, December 10, 2019 at 7:00pm
• Female Eye Film Festival, Script Reading, Thursday November 7, 2019 at 2:00pm, Free and open to the public
• Writers' Read, Concordia University, Kathryn Mockler & Erin Robinsong, A Reading and a Workshop on Poetry and Climate Change Activism, October 25, 2019, 4-6pm.
• Earthly Anecdotes, presented by the Toronto Arts Council and the League of Canadian Poets, with  Ayesha Chatterjee, George Elliott, Clarke, Catherine Graham, and Kirby, Knife | Fork | Book, Toronto, ON, April 5, 2019, 7pm
• Lynn Crosbie Liar 10th Anniversary Bash, Knife | Fork | Book, Toronto, ON, April 6, 2019
• Common Readings, Reading with Julie Bruck, Mary Germaine, and Kathryn Mockler, April 29, 2019

2018​

• Lit Mag Love with Rachel Thompson, Guest Speaker, November 29, 2018
• The Puritan Black Friday, Monarch Tavern, Toronto, ON, November 23, 2018
• King's College, Experimental Writing Workshop, Guest Speaker, King's College, London, Ontario, October 24, 2019
• Word on the Street, Panel: Short Fiction Today, Presented by the Humber School for Writers, September 23, 2018
• John Abbott College, Quebec, Guest Speaker, Skype, April 24, 2018
• Kevin Chong's Ontario Launch of The Plague, Featuring Naben Ruthnum, Michael W. LaPointe and Kevin Chong, Hosted by Marc Glassman, Pages UnBound, May 25, 2018
• Minola Review Launch, The Dock on Queen, May 10, 2018, 7:00pm
• Flash Fiction Workshop, Toronto, ON, April 2018
• knife | fork | book, Lemon Hound 3.0.3, April 28, 2018, 3:00pm

2016

• The Road is the Journey, Poetry Month Reading with Catherine Graham, Ayesha Chatterjee, and Ian Burgham, Toronto, ON, April 14, 2016

2015

• Ben McNally Books, Toronto, ON, July 16, 2015, 6-8pm
• Art Bar, Toronto, ON, Tuesday July, 7, 2015
• Lit Live, Hamilton, ON, June 7, 2015
• Vermont Studio Center Readings, June 2, 2015
• Edmonton Poetry Festival, April 19-26, 2015
• The Purpose Pitch: Ottawa Spring Launch - Ottawa, ON, April 13, 2015
• The Purpose Pitch: Montreal Spring Launch - Montreal, PQ, April 12, 2015
• The Purpose Pitch: London, Spring Launch- London, ON, April 8, 2015
• The Purpose Pitch: Toronto, Spring Launch - Toronto, ON, March 23, 2015
• Skanky Possum Reading Series, Toronto, ON, February 21, 2015

2014

• Coven - Hosted by Alex Tigchelaar and Damian Rogers - Hen House, Toronto, ON, May 1, 2014
• National Poetry Month Showcase: Toronto Edition, Hosted by The Literary Press Group and The League of Canadian Poets, Ben McNally Books, April 23, 2014 
• VERSeFest 14, Plan 99 Reading Series, Ottawa, ON, March 29, 2014
• University of British Columbia, Creative Writing Program, Guest Lecturer, Vancouver, BC, February 25, 2014

2013

• Poetry London, London, ON, November 20, 2013
• Western University, Guest Speaker: Film Structure: Your Argument: Rhetorical Strategy in a Visual Age, London, ON, Oct. 8, 2013
• Tightrope Spring Launch Thing, Toronto, ON, June 26, 2013
• Toronto Launch for The Saddest Place on Earth at Q-Space, Toronto, ON, June 2, 2013
• Woodstock Public Library, Adrienne Barrett's book launch, Woodstock, ON, May 30, 2013
• Blue Metropolis - Montreal Launch for The Saddest Place on Earth, DC Books, Montreal, PQ, April 25, 2013

2012

• London Open Mic Poetry Night: Feature Reader, London, ON, November 7, 2012
• Art Bar, Toronto, ON, October 30, 2012
• Word on the Street, Toronto, Vibrant Voices of Ontario, Toronto, ON, September 23, 2012
• Amazing New Stuff with David Egan, Shari Kasman, Chris Graham, Toronto, ON, The Common, September 20, 2012
• Descant 157 Launch, Magpie Taproom, Toronto, ON, June 27, 2012
• The Cobourg Poetry Workshop's 3rd Thursday Reading Series, Cobourg, ON, May 17, 2012
• A PL Farewell... Celebrating National Poetry Month and London's First Poet Laureate, Penn Kemp. London,   ON, April 26, 2012
• Valentine's Eve Reading, Tightrope Books, The Painted Lady, Toronto, ON, February 13, 2012
• Draft Reading Series, The Only Cafe, Toronto, ON, February 12, 2012

2008-2011

• Onion Man launches with David Whitton (The Reverse Cowgirl) and Christine Walde, Forest City Gallery, London, ON, Dec. 2, 2011
• Program in Writing's Student and Faculty Reading at the UWO Grad Club, London, ON, Nov. 30, 2011, Hosted by Claudia Manley, 2011
• Tightrope Launch: Onion Man (Kathryn Mockler), Toronto, ON, Nov. 17, 2011
• Arsenal Pulp, Joyland, and Broken Pencil present Kevin Chong at Type Books, Toronto, ON, November 3, 2011
• Tightrope Books Launch for Heather Wood's Roll With It, Toronto, ON, June 9, 2011
• Writers' Union of Canada, OnWords Conference, Panel: Next Generation Genres: Writing at the Edge, May 27, 2011
• Tightrope Books Launch for Jim Johnstone’s Sunday, the locusts, Toronto, ON, March 24, 2011
• Art Bar Poetry Series, Toronto, ON, December 7, 2010
• Livewords, Misunderstandings Magazine Launch, Issue #9, Toronto, ON, June 16, 2008