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KIRBY TURNS 60

“What can we do for Kirby’s 60th?” #EarthDay2019 #22April19 “You can contribute five dollars monthly (or whatever amount) at KFB’s Patreon, cause she’s got work to do.” – @itskirby https://t.co/EJ58nUHVP0#thankyou p.s. and wish her a happy 60th pic.twitter.com/NZG7ZVEabF — knifeforkbook (@knifeforkbook) April 1, 2019

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“My joys and my sorrowsand everything that I have down herewill pass quickly.” – C.P. Cavafy, “The Four Walls Of My Room”, translated by Rae Dalven. #poetry pic.twitter.com/MqTD7ICElp — C.P. Cavafy (@CCavafy) April 21, 2019

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Adam Sol reads/recommends Bennett’s “UNSEEN GARDEN”

ROXANNA BENNETT's "UNSEEN GARDEN" NOW AVAILABLE ON E-BOOK at SHOP KFB https://t.co/cllOsaBMlJ PREORDER BENNETT's NEW @gordonhillpress "UNMEANINGABLE" https://t.co/sLxCXdk0Ts pic.twitter.com/jIrlFSfjdB — knifeforkbook (@knifeforkbook) April 18, 2019

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Dear Kramer

KHASHAYAR MOHAMMADI‘s DEAR KESTREL arrives.  knife | fork | book PREORDER at ShopKFB LAUNCHES FRIDAY MAY 3RD w/Special Guest Poets ADRIENNE GRUBER and HASAN NAMIR  Photos: KIRBY    

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NEILSON CSERHÁTI POOLES

KFB OFFSITE | MONDAY MAY 13TH 7PM TORONTO LAUNCH SHANE NEILSON NEW BRUNSWICK (BIBLIOASIS) ÁNGES CSERHÁTI UNREMEMBERED (FROG HOLLOW) ANTON POOLES MONSTER 36 (ANSTRUTHER PRESS) MONDAY, MAY 13TH 7PM Hosted by JIM JOHNSTONE  knife | fork | book Offsite at Orbital Arts Gallery 275 Augusta Ave Kensington Market Toronto Access: Storefront gallery. Wheelchair Accessible. No public washrooms. Ágnes […]

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MARCELLO DI CINTIO “Palestine in Poetry”

KFB FRIDAYS | THIS FRIDAY Marcello Di Cintio’s book Pay No Heed to the Rockets reveals life in contemporary Palestine through the lens of Palestinian literary culture. In honour of National Poetry Month, Di Cintio will share some of the writing of the Palestinian poets he writes about in Pay No Heed and tell stories […]

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Like no other

  Iconic. Legendary. Like no other. LYNN CROSBIE gets the KFB treatment with an outpouring of love and respect from fellow poets who held a deep, appreciative space celebrating #LIAR10TH* Gratitude to all who participated for bringing it and making it so. *We lied. It’s the 13th anniversary, just thought the 10th sounded classier.

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KFB | NATIONAL POETRY MONTH 2019

KFB | NATIONAL POETRY MONTH 2019 FRIDAY APRIL 5TH 7PM AYESHA CHATTERJEE GEORGE ELLIOTT CLARKE CATHERING GRAHAM KIRBY KATHRYN MOCKLER EARTHY ANECDOTES SATURDAY APRIL 6TH 8PM LYNN CROSBIE 10TH ANNIVERSARY LIAR   FRIDAY APRIL 12TH 2-4PM POET-IN-STORE JACOB MCARTHUR MOONEY FRIDAY APRIL 12TH 7PM MARCELLO DI CINTIO PALESTINE IN POETRY    Marcello Di Cintio’s book Pay […]

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Good earth

LAST NIGHT. EARTHY ANECDOTES welcomed spring and kicked off KFB’s #KISSMYPOETRY NATIONAL POETRY MONTH on a grand scale with readings by CATHERINE GRAHAM KIRBY KATHRYN MOCKLER AYESHA CHATTERJEE and GEORGE ELLIOTT CLARKE Thanks to  the poets, League of Canadian Poets, Toronto Arts Council, and all who came.

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Fuck the Nobel

Greek Journalist: “For what would you exchange the Nobel Prize you have just been awarded?” Seamus Heaney: “For one more poem… Or for Cavafy’s soul!” – Interview with Seamus Heaney, 7 Oct. 1995. #poetry pic.twitter.com/NAq3KpEUiX — C.P. Cavafy (@CCavafy) April 6, 2019