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Crazy good

  The thrill of a great launch.   knife | fork | book Congrats ANSTRUTHER PRESS JIM JOHNSTONE ERICA SMITH ALLY FLEMING S. TAKATSU STEWART COLE INSPIRITUS PRESS MARC DI SAVERIO Photos: KIRBY

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A KFB welcome

Newfoundland’s BREAKWATER BOOKS on our shelves.  knife | fork | book

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HOT

  SIZZLING NEW ARRIVALS (Thanks Kate!)  knife | fork | book  

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On our radar

  A sampler of current books we love.  knife | fork | book ERIN ROBINSONG Rag Cosmology (BookThug) KATHRYN MOCKLER DAVID POOLMAN Some Theories (ST Press)  KIMBERLY ALIDIO After Projects the Resound (Black Radish Books) MARCUS MCCANN Shut Up Slow Down Let Go Breathe (Invisible) LINDA BESNER Feel Happier in Nine Seconds (Coach House) IGOR […]

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“the why is not the how.”

  JAMES BALDWIN JIMMY’S BLUES A much-coveted ex-library copy from my personal collection, long out-of-print, newly expanded and re-issued by Beacon Press. (On order, I’ll let you know when they arrive.)

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A pleasure to [be]hold

    KFB FEATURED TITLE TEJU COLE BLIND SPOT from PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE 15% OFF THIS WEEK ONLY $66  $55 Teju Cole was born in the United States in 1975 and raised in Nigeria. He is the author of Every Day Is for the Thief and Open City, which won the PEN/Hemingway Award, the Internationaler Literaturpreis, the Rosenthal Family Foundation Award […]

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Heft

NEW at KFB! Our friends from Vancouver’s ANVIL PRESS weigh in with a heavy roster of greats STUART ROSS, KEVIN SPENST, CATHERINE OWEN, and new books by JOHN CREARY, JON PAUL FIORENTINO, and JAMIE REID. Beautifully designed and textured books, ready to hold. The first reader to purchase from our ANVIL PRESS shelf will score […]

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‘Come on out!’

TORONTO! @peacehearty reads w/ @kimberlya TOMORROW, WED JUL 26 7PM(ish), @knifeforkbook, come on out! https://t.co/AFp8MOx8B1 pic.twitter.com/GukIMNPLVf — Wave Books (@WavePoetry) July 25, 2017

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Pleasure treasure

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Gary Barwin (@garybarwin) A lovely surprise to my day. (Yes, she gushed.)  Thanks, Gary.  knife | fork | book

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Scorching

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