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The Writer's Journey with Laura Davis PodcastSend My Love to AnyoneEpisode Title:"Laura Davis: From Premature Birth to Author - A Journey of Survival, Creativity, and Finding Awe"Episode Description:In this deeply moving interview from Kathryn Mockler's "I've Been Meaning to Ask You" series, bestselling author Laura Davis shares her profound journey that began with a dramatic premature birth weighing just 2 pounds, 12 ounces, separated from her identical twin sister.This conversation reveals how early trauma shaped a life dedicated to creativity, spiritual growth, and helping others find their voices through writing retreats in Bali and beyond.Key Topics...2025-07-0510 min
New Books in PoetryKathryn Mockler, "Anecdotes" (Book*hug Press, 2023)In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Kathryn Mocker about her wildy acclaimed award-winning collection of hyrbrid fiction/prose poetry/autofiction, Anecdotes (Book*hug Press, 2023).
With dreamlike stories and dark humour, Anecdotes is a hybrid collection in four parts examining the pressing realities of sexual violence, abuse, and environmental collapse.
Absurdist flash fictions in “The Boy is Dead” depict characters such as a park that hates hippies, squirrels, and unhappy parents; a woman lamenting a stolen laptop the day the world ends; and birds slamming into glass buildings.
“We’re Not Here to Talk...2025-06-2434 min
New Books in LiteratureKathryn Mockler, "Anecdotes" (Book*hug Press, 2023)In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Kathryn Mocker about her wildy acclaimed award-winning collection of hyrbrid fiction/prose poetry/autofiction, Anecdotes (Book*hug Press, 2023).
With dreamlike stories and dark humour, Anecdotes is a hybrid collection in four parts examining the pressing realities of sexual violence, abuse, and environmental collapse.
Absurdist flash fictions in “The Boy is Dead” depict characters such as a park that hates hippies, squirrels, and unhappy parents; a woman lamenting a stolen laptop the day the world ends; and birds slamming into glass buildings.
“We’re Not Here to Talk...2025-06-2434 min
New Books NetworkKathryn Mockler, "Anecdotes" (Book*hug Press, 2023)In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Kathryn Mocker about her wildy acclaimed award-winning collection of hyrbrid fiction/prose poetry/autofiction, Anecdotes (Book*hug Press, 2023).
With dreamlike stories and dark humour, Anecdotes is a hybrid collection in four parts examining the pressing realities of sexual violence, abuse, and environmental collapse.
Absurdist flash fictions in “The Boy is Dead” depict characters such as a park that hates hippies, squirrels, and unhappy parents; a woman lamenting a stolen laptop the day the world ends; and birds slamming into glass buildings.
“We’re Not Here to Talk...2025-06-2434 min
Women WritingEpisode 20: Coffee Break with Kathryn MocklerWelcome to the Women Writing podcast. In this episode, I’m chatting with author, screenwriter, and teacher Kathryn Mockler.Kathryn Mockler is a writer, screenwriter, experimental filmmaker, editor, and publisher and the author of the story collection Anecdotes (Book*hug Press, 2023), which won the 2024 Victoria Butler Book Prize and was a finalist for the 2024 Trillium Book Award, 2023 Danuta Gleed Literary Award, 2024 Fred Kerner Award, and 2024 VMI Besty Warland Between Genres Award. She co-edited the print anthology Watch Your Head: Writers and Artists Respond to the Climate Crisis (Coach House Books, 2020). Her films have screened at TIFF, EMFA, th...2025-04-241h 23
This is Vancouver IslandLet’s celebrate some of the island’s many authorsThe island is full of authors of all kinds: poets, novelists, children’s and non-fiction writers, and more. Many of them were honoured with literary awards this fall - including Kathryn Mockler, Raina Delisle, Ian Kennedy, Jordan Scott, and the late Darrell J McLeod. On this episode, we ask a librarian to share some of her favourite local authors.2024-10-2216 min
Short Story TodayEpisode 107 - Kathryn Mockler: Four Stories from ANECDOTESThere's a lot on Canadian author Kathryn Mockler's mind when it comes to what sorts of things the future might hold. In her hybrid collection Anecdotes (Book*hug Press), she channels her anxiety about the planet into bold, original, and surprisingly humorous works that take aim at the indifference surrounding us in these perilous times. We read four stories from the section of the book titled My Dream House. https://www.kathrynmockler.com/Support the show2024-08-2854 min
Tim Blackett & FriendsEpisode 6: Kathryn MocklerKathryn Mockler joins us to talk about her 2023 Debut story collection. We talk about the writing life, where inspiration comes from, and her desire to blur genres, from fiction to poetry to film to overheard conversations.
2024-07-0456 minTim Blackett & FriendsEpisode 6: Kathryn Mockler - AnecdotesI got to chat with Kathryn about her debut collection of stories, Anecdotes. We talked about genre and they ways she likes to blend fiction with reality and poetry and video, and also: how she doesn't give a damn about genre.
Join us as we talk about reading, writing, and the artist's process.
2024-05-1604 min
ReframeablesReframing Rage with Kathryn MocklerOn this episode of Reframeables, we are reframing rage with author Kathryn Mockler. She spoke with us about the despair of writing and editing climate justice work, and how she’s moved forward from rage and exchanged hurt for the earth for human connection. She calls it ‘post-hope,’ though instead of ‘hope,’ her preferred word is ‘possibility’ — a possibility for shared concerns in community, be it in her writing or in her teaching.Kathryn Mockler is a writer, screenwriter, experimental filmmaker, editor, and publisher and the author of the story collection Anecdotes (Book*hug Press, 2023). She co-edited the print anthol...2024-02-2149 min
Nonfiction PodcastEp. 11: Memory: Kathryn MocklerUVic screenwriting prof & multi-genre author Kathryn Mockler discusses memory in film, poetry, and fiction; art & the climate crisis; dreams and memory; and literary legacies in the time of global warming.Check out the website for the Watch Your Head anthology of climate crisis literature and art.2021-03-0827 min