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“I am dead and need tenderness.”– Zbigniew Herbert — Jacob Wren (@EverySongIveEve) February 26, 2019 t>

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Tremble

“On hearing of a powerful love tremble and be movedlike an aesthete.” – Manuscript of Cavafy’s poem “Hearing of Love”, 1910. Cavafy Archive. pic.twitter.com/OgmIHVbNpx — C.P. Cavafy (@CCavafy) February 26, 2019 READING CAVAFY w/KIRBY TOMORROW NIGHT #KFBPOETRYLAB

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Arms so wide

Authors ERIN WUNKER, BART VAUTOUR & E. grace our space and PO finds a new home in Halifax.  knife | fork | book NATIONAL POETRY MONTH:  KFB’s very first children’s poetry event with SHANNON BRAMER CLIMBING SHADOWS (Groundwood Books) SATURDAY APRIL 27th at 2PM!

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INKWELL POETRY SHOWCASE

KFB | TODAY 3PM Eight of our writers will take the stage at Toronto’s poetry-only bookstore to move, entertain, and inspire you. HONEY NOVICK  ASPI KOOTAR  EMILY WAKNINE  LORRAINE GARRAWAY  MARK HARVEY  PAMELA CHYNN  JOSEPH PIRRELLO  MICHÈLE BRETON SATURDAY FEBRUARY 23RD 3PM Co-sponsored by knife | fork | book at The Dark Side Studio | […]

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“kind of wanted to stay forever”

went to visit @knifeforkbook while hanging out in Toronto and kind of wanted to stay forever, what a dreamy little place 😍 — Cara Nelissen (@CaraNelissen) February 19, 2019 “dreamy”  knife | fork | book (thanks Cara, again soon)

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KFB | MARCH 2019

KFB | MARCH 2019 1 MARCH ANSTRUTHER PRESS CHAPBOOK LAUNCH MANAHIL BANDUKWALA PAPER DOLL JACQUELINE BOURQUE THE DUNE AS BOOKMARK  JACLYN DESFORGES HELLO NICE MAN OUBAH OSMAN HEREDITARY BLUE AARON TUCKER CATALOGUE D’OISEAUX EUGENIA ZUROSKI HOVERING, SEEN 8 MARCH SWIMMER’S GROUP LAUNCH DOMINIQUE RUSSELL INSTRUCTIONS FOR DREAMERS FAN WU [Editor] PUMPDADDY PHANTASMAGORIA   15 MARCH JULIE MORRISSY WHERE, THE MILE END (BOOK*HUG) LAUNCH w/ KIM FAHNER THESE WINGS (PEDLAR PRESS) + […]

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The warmth of good company

The poet’s came out last night and were rewarded in kind with readings by E MARTIN NOLAN and ELEE KRALJII GARDINER. Good company. Still warm.

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“But cheerfulness kept breaking through”

“But cheerfulness kept breaking through” ~ Leonard Cohen “Ain't No Cure for Love” ⤵️ https://t.co/xoPHFxRs26 pic.twitter.com/T72JDth7KL — Paul Holdengraber (@holdengraber) February 14, 2019

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SHOP KFB eBOOKS NOW AVAILABLE

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Portrait

I took this photo of poet HOA NGUYEN in her home at the end of one of her Sunday afternoon poetry classes. Classy. Classic. Hoa returns/reads tonight at the University of Maryland where she encountered poetry as an undergrad in her twenties. Have a great reading Hoa.