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KFB SEASON FINALE WEEKEND JUNE 14 & 15

KFB | JUNE 14 & 15       FRIDAY JUNE 14TH PAOLA FERRANTE WHAT TO WEAR WHEN SURVIVING A LION ATTACK (MANSFIELD PRESS) KIRBY THIS IS WHERE I GET OFF (PERMANENT SLEEP PRESS) JASON PURCELL A PLACE MORE HOSPITABLE (ANSTRUTHER PRESS)       SATURDAY JUNE 15TH TORONTO LAUNCH BOLA OPALEKE  SKELETON OF A RUINED SONG (ICE FLOE PRESS) […]

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Friday

Poets visiting from Vancouver. Totoro. Poet in Store, Mark Truscott. His picks. Jim Johnstone. The Dark Side Studio. Audra’s presence everyday. (Brandy Ryan, not pictured, takes me out for a drink).  A young photographer in the market takes a picture of Joseph, Leo and I. Adrian De Leon. Patria Rivera. Shirley Camia. Brilliant readings at […]

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“There is no half-measure / to praise / or grief”

She’s launched. KIRBY THIS IS WHERE I GET OFF Permanent Sleep Press last Saturday Night, with PAUL-DANIEL TORRES CODY CAETANO JIM JOHNSTONE (Host) DON PYLE (Sound) FAN WU & CODY (Dancers) BUY THE BOOK IN STORE at KFB and PERMENENT SLEEP PRESS BOOKSHOP (Parkdale) and ONLINE at shopKFB KIRBY UP NEXT MAY 16TH BIBLIOASIS (WINDSOR) w/ […]

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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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The significance of place

Poets. What keeps us here. Poetry. What we serve. Well. Please consider becoming a KFB Member. Thank you.   knife | fork | book Photos: Winter 2018/19 at KFB

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Devoured

Montreal POETS CATHERINE LALONDE + OANA AVASILICHIOAEI cascading vocals in French and English at the TORONTO LAUNCH of THE FAERIE DEVOURING (Book*hug) Day Two of #KFBFWW Loving our new Saturdays. NEXT SATURDAY 2 FEB 3PM R. KOLEWE Silence, Then (KFB) LAUNCH w/KATE SUTHERLAND

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Flock

KFB IN STORE SATURDAY SERIES returned yesterday arriving at a quite unexpected theme of the common appearance of birds in poetry. POETS STEVE MCORMAND, MATTHEW TIERNEY, and MARK TRUSCOTT led a flock of hardy, devoted readers who braved the wintry day. I count myself blessed. knife | fork | book (and dear Nasser, a speedy […]

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The stage is set

1ST ANNUAL KFB FUCK WINTER WEEK 25JAN – 2FEB SCHEDULE 25 JAN 7PM #KFBFWW OPENING NIGHT FROM VICTORIA BC CHRISTINE WALDE  BRIDE MACHINE (FLASK) W/SPECIAL GUEST POET AARON TUCKER   26 JAN 3PM #KFBFWW FROM MONTREAL CATHERINE LALONDE & OANA AVASILICHIOAEI THE FAERIE DEVOURING  (BOOK*HUG) TORONTO LAUNCH   29 JAN 4PM #KFBFWW KFB CHAPBOOK CLUB W/KHASHAYAR MOHAMMADI  READS ALLY FLEMING THE WORST SEASON (ANSTRUTHER)   30 […]

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First ever

Warms my heart that there are still “first evers.” Thanks for your delightful visit. Happy reading. Again, soon @itsakirby pic.twitter.com/v7UDH88KrL — knifeforkbook (@knifeforkbook) December 28, 2018 Love first timers (and our regulars!) Again, soon.  knife | fork | book

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Anstruther, The OS, &&&

KHASHAYAR MOHAMMADI’s 2018 PICKS 1. “Chlorosis” by Michael Flatt and Derrick Mund (The Operating System) As they describe the book themselves, “A break-up letter to the world.” The Echopoetics of “Chlorosis” forces us to face the bitter truths about our environment. through their rhetoric we sit down with 3D Glasses to watch nature crumble all […]