KATHRYN MOCKLER
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EVENTS

Readings, panels, lectures, INTERVIEWS


2022
  • This Magazine, We Need to Talk about This: Climate Justice, Virtual Series, Moderator,  June 17, 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
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I'm grateful to both the Canada Council and the Ontario Arts Council for supporting my writing and publishing projects.
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    • Teaching
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  • Film & Video
    • Screenings
    • This Isn't a Conversation Series
    • What's It Like Out?
    • The Old Ways
  • Watch Your Head
  • Send My Love to Anyone