The Writers’ Guild of Alberta is excited to offer two ticketed webinars this fall with celebrated author Kathryn Mockler. Participants who purchase tickets will have access to both webinars.
Registration
Writers’ Guild Members: $25.00
Writers’ Guild of Alberta Student Members: $15.00
Non-Members: $35.00 *
* Membership can be purchased anytime and is valid for one year.
Webinar One – In a Flash: Writing Very Short Narratives
Saturday, October 18th, 2025
10:30 AM MT (Online)
Join Kathryn Mockler, author of Anecdotes for a workshop exploring the art of concise storytelling in a variety of styles, forms, and genres such as one-liners, fragments, monologues, micro horror, hermit crab forms, and flash memoir. We’ll read and discuss a selection of stories and try out some flash techniques in guided writing prompts. Suitable for all levels.
Webinar Two – My Adventures in Book Publicity
Saturday, November 15th, 2025
10:30 AM MT (Online)
Kathryn Mockler shares her publishing journey—both the thrills and heartaches of launching a book into the world. She offers strategies and tips to help participants create a self-promotion and book publicity plan that they can live with.
About the Author
Kathryn Mockler is 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) and runs the literary newsletter Send My Love to Anyone. She is currently working on a flash memoir called One of These Days We’ll Both Be Fine.