“Skunked” in Very Much Alive

“Skunked,” a story by Katherine Koller, appears in Very Much Alive: Stories of Resilience edited by Lexie Angelo and published in 2020 by The Selkie Publications in the U.K. The cover artist is Pranisha Shrestha. To see Katherine Koller read her story, “Skunked,” at a TWUC sponsored event, Critical Moments, on 15 April 2021, see the following link:...

National Park of the Heart

This short short story by Katherine Koller and illustrated by Spencer Flock appeared in issue #4, Winter 2021, Edify....

How to Write from Place

Join writer Katherine Koller for a talk and mini-workshop on how where we are shapes us, holds a millennia of stories, and invites us to write our own (45 min). Edmonton Public Library: HOW TO Festival, Nov 21, 2020. Recording available here:...

The Last Edmonton Coal Mine: Whitemud Creek

Whitemud Creek Coal Mine tipple, Edmonton, 1969. The mine operated from 1952 to 1970 in Rainbow Valley. Photo by Isabel Hill, City of Edmonton Archives ET-11-134. In her third historical piece for Edmonton City as Museum Project (ECAMP), Katherine Koller writes about “The Last Edmonton Coal Mine: Whitemud Creek” and explores coal mining in Edmonton, the landscape in the Whitemud Creek area and her...

Winning Chance wins Exporting Alberta Award

Katherine Koller’s story collection, Winning Chance, is the 2020 recipient of the Exporting Alberta Award from the Canadian Authors Association, Alberta branch. Winning Chance is published by Enfield & Wizenty (Great Plains...

Winning Chance, “A Joy of Short Fiction”

“And each story following was filled with a humanness that is rare; for me to discover a book of stories with equal care given to creating short works of words that are so finely created with threads that weave just right — compassion, real character and characters, and language that repeatedly hits just the best tone. And the language is just right for each main character, story after story. Never wimpy or...

Online Reading from Winning Chance

Katherine Koller will be reading an excerpt of “The Care & Feeding of Small Birds” from her book of short stories, Winning Chance on August 6 at 7 pm. Her host and interviewer is Dorothy...

Winning Chance, High Plains Book Award Winner

Winning Chance by Katherine Koller, along with Not a Thing to Comfort You by Emily Wortman-Wunder (Colorado) and This. This. This. Is. Love. Love. Love. by Jennifer Wortman (Colorado) were Finalists in the Short Story category of the High Plains Book Award, and Winning Chance is the winner! Katherine was one of 12 Canadians nominated in the awards . The Billings Public Library Board established the High Plains Book...