Gatherings | Issue 13

Recommended readings, viewings, events, calls from Send My Love to Anyone

Kathryn Mockler

Feb 10, 2022

Hello friends,

This month I interviewed Naben Ruthnum about his new book A Hero of Our Time and wrote something about my new found hobby: puzzles.

And I have some excellent recommended readings, calls, courses and viewing for you below.

Hope you enjoy!

Kathryn

Send My Love to Anyone

Adventures in Puzzling | Issue 13

My mother is selling her house where she has lived for 50 years. Although her house is small, she managed to fill it up with clothes, books, recipes, magazines, and impulse purchases. My husband and I spent the last couple of months helping her downsize her possessions so she could move into an apartment…

3 years ago · Kathryn Mockler

Recommended Reading

Kathryn Mockler @themockler

I have a tendency to destroy/write in/dog-ear the books I love most! Case in point @NabenRuthnum’s novel A Hero of Our Time!

“Embracing Water Through Poetry" by Erica Hiroko Isomura in This Magazine

Kathryn Mockler @themockler

Embracing water through poetry this.org/2022/01/06/emb… via @thismagazine

this.orgEmbracing water through poetryArt and activism are necessary to sustain hope, especially in hard times like the present. In June and July 2021, poets Rita Wong, Emily Riddle, and Sacha Ouellet joined me to record the audio project “From the Prairies to the Pacific Rim,” a poetry exchange and conversation about waterways and the

Seen-a-Woolf @sinaqueyras

So ARCs are available soon—please contact Coach House if you’re interested. Meanwhile I’m going to go bury my head…

“Curiosity is not a good reason to get married”

A Diary in Alphabetical Order A to C By Sheila Heti

Read the Screenplay Series

Read the Screenplay Series from Dateline

Casey Plett, McDowell.org

Casey Plett on The Eternal Importance of the Artist’s Mystery

“Something Else” by Gary Barwin

A poem about David McFadden in The Walrus.

Books Published During the Pandemic

Kevin Hardcastle shares a list of books published during the pandemic!

Kevin Hardcastle @KHardcase

Many books have been published during the pandemic, & I figured it was time to highlight some, especially from indies & new authors. So, I made this list... Including work by @caseyplett, @JaelRichardson, @DaveAlexRoberts, @JenSookfongLee, & more... kevinmhardcastle.com/2022/01/29/boo…

Roxane Gay on And Just Like That

Some Rambling Thoughts on "And Just Like That"

**This is nothing but spoilers so, proceed accordingly. Hollywood’s current penchant for reboots and re-imaginings of older television gives the impression that yes, indeed, you can go home again. And that’s understandable. We’re living with the ongoing precarity of a pandemic and a slew of other crises and challenges. It’s nice to imagine that once upon, there was a better time. I’ve watched many of the reboots, often of shows that have not been off the air very long, and in each instance the show is not just revisiting its past. They are also trying to correct all the previous wrongs, and most of those wrongs are grounded in issues of representation. Just like that, these reimagined shows are diverse, reflecting a broad spectrum of identities and the attendant issues they generally deal with. These shows try so very hard. Frankly, they try too hard. A lot of these re-imaginings feel forced, inauthentic, like the shows’ writers have a checklist of everything they need to do right to avoid previous wrongs…

3 years ago · 55 likes · 15 comments · Roxane Gay

Call for Submissions

Arsenal Pulp Press @Arsenalpulp

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Editors @maritadachsel and Nancy Lee @pantsmclee are looking for contributors to a literary anthology on the fibre arts that we are publishing in 2023. See link for more info!

ow.lyCall for Submissions: New Literary Anthology on the Fibre ArtsArsenal Pulp Press is a book publisher in Vancouver, Canada with over 300 titles currently in print, which include literary fiction and nonfiction; cultural and gender studies; LGBT and multicultural literature; cookbooks, including vegan; alternative crafts; graphic novels; visual arts; and books i…

The Quarantine Review @QuarantineMag

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS We're looking for fiction that makes us think and makes us feel. Send your best work to thequarantinereview@gmail.com 3000 words max. Deadline Feb. 13th.

isabella mori @moritherapy

Canadian poets! Submit! Yes, Muriel's Journey is on again. Want to participate in a poetry contest that's different? This is for you! moritherapy.wixsite.com/murielsjourney… #poetrycommunity #poetrytwitter #canlit

Recommended Events/Courses/Mentorships

knifeforkbook @knifeforkbook

James LINDSAY Mark TRUSCOTT LAUNCH LIVE SUN 27 FEB 3PM KFB WEST @capitalspro 1349 Queen St W Limited Seating. Covid restrictions apply.

Hoa Nguyen @peacehearty

She Who Has No Master(s) creative writing mentorship program led by and designed for Vietnamese and SE Asian diasporic women and nonbinary writers is accepting applications now. Mentees receive 4 months of tuition-free mentorship🐯 hoa-nguyen.com/news/mentorshi…

Sam Wiebe @sam_wiebe

Plotting and Writing a Mystery starts next week, with online meetings and feedback on your writing. If you know someone toiling away on a mystery novel, please tell them!

learn.utoronto.ca2698 - Plotting and Writing a MysteryHave an idea for a mystery? This course focuses on writing in the crime and mystery genre, with an emphasis on plotting. Each week we will focus on writing topics related to the mystery genre, includi...

Kevin Hardcastle @KHardcase

do you want to write a novel? because I'm teaching another intro novel course, starting on February 7th, with weekly online meetings. there are still spots open for any aspiring novelists who want to make 2022 the year they believe in their dreams... 📚 learn.utoronto.ca/programs-cours…

Recommended Viewing

Somebody Somewhere

Check out this amazing show! Somebody Somewhere

“David” by Zach Woods

This is one of my favourite short films.

Canadian TV Comedy Writers’ Roundtable, Hosted by Daniela Saioni

Issue #13 of Send My Love to Anyone

Interview with Naben Ruthnum

Adventures in Puzzling by Kathryn Mockler

February 2022 Recommendations

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