“That Elasticity of Mind” at Jane Austen & Co.

Part of the Unsung Characters series, Katherine Koller’s talk, “That Elasticity of Mind: Mrs. Smith and Nurse Rooke in Persuasion” is now available to view online. Playwright Katherine Koller talks about the process of adapting Persuasion for the stage and why she chose to include Mrs. Smith and Nurse Rooke in her play. A comparison of the movie versions of Persuasion and their treatment of Mrs....

“Writers, Beware!” in WestWord

In “Writers, Beware! Fan mail from the algorithm” in WestWord Spring 2026, Katherine Koller writes about the many scams plaguing the inboxes of authors, and includes information on how to detect a scam, cautions and further reading on the...

“The Evangelist” at Poetry Pause

Katherine Koller’s award-winning poem, “The Evangelist,” appears online at Poetry Pause, the daily poem offering of the League of Canadian Poets. “The Evangelist” by Katherine Koller March 10, 2026 Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “The Evangelist” by Katherine Koller. The Evangelist By Katherine Koller he slept on a metal bench in the sun feet socked at the...

Riverkeeper reading

Courtney Little Theatre’s Play Club reads Riverkeeper on Sunday, January 18, 2-4 pm, at the Studio in Comox, BC. Director Annie Smith says: “Riverkeeper, by Katherine Koller, plays with time and place in intriguing ways. The theme of the play is about finding one’s heritage, the mothers that have been lost through two generations. The central image of the play is the river, a metaphor for the life blood...

“Sun Sneaks Through Leaves” reprints

Katherine Koller’s poem, “Sun Sneaks Through Leaves,” first published in Funicular, was reprinted online at Poetry Pause, a daily poem subscription provided by the League of Canadian Poets. It was also reprinted in The Amphibian, issue 10, spring...

“Image Drop” in Please Don’t Interrupt

“Image Drop,” creative nonfiction by Katherine Koller, is included in Please Don’t Interrupt, an anthology edited by Rona Altrows and Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike. Published by Griots Lounge, Please Don’t Interrupt, in the words of Rona and Uche, contains “seven sections, each of which focuses on a different aspect of interruption”: Kin, Migration, Mindwalks, Body Checks, Trauma...

Poetry in The Lupine Review

Two poems by Katherine Koller, “Spring Caterpillar” and “Leaves Listen,” are included in The Lupine Review. The third edition of the magazine was launched this fall at the 2025 Whistler Writers...

“Dialogue for All” at Black Fox LIterary Blog

A craft essay on Dialogue by Katherine Koller is now available at Black Fox Literary Blog. This piece was written after many iterations of Katherine’s “Conversation to Dialogue” workshop for writers in all forms at various festivals, conferences, libraries and writers’ groups across Canada. A writer in many forms herself, including drama for stage and radio, opera libretto, novel, short...