Category: chapbooks
Scorching
This hot, and looking good. New at knife| fork | book
3rd pull
This would be my 3rd pull:
CHAPBOOKS: SIMONE WHITE Unrest (UDP $15) JAMAAL MAY The Whetting of Teeth (OW! $12) CHRISTINE LECLERC Oilywood ($13) FRANZ WRIGHT Recurring Awakening (Vallum $12) TOUCH THE DONKEY No. 14 ($10) Translating Horses (Baseline anthology $20) RASIQRA REVULVA Cephalopography (words(on)pages $14) Bottlecapsule 1 (Bottlecap anthology $20) CHAD CAMPBELL Euphonia (Anstruther $10) HELEN GURI Here Comes the Waterworks (BookThug $10) A.F.MORITZ The Sentinel (Anansi $20)
Total: $156 CUSTOMER APPRECIATION NIGHT $78
ONE NIGHT ONLY. ONE BIG THANK YOU.
KFB CUSTOMER APPRECIATION NIGHT TUESDAY JULY 18TH 6-9PM
ONE WEEK TONIGHT \ ONE NIGHT ONLY
Poetry lovers, rejoice! knife | fork | book
In the pink
You know she’s having one* when the shop is looking this snappy! Come. Partake. Enjoy. We so appreciate your business. knife | fork | book
*Photos: KIRBY She’s Having a Doris Day
Broadsides & other beauties
Poetry broadsides from Anansi, Baseline, Bookthug, Coach House, Cuneiform, SunnyOutside, along with these beautiful pitchers, teapots, vases, and mugs are all for sale at the back of our shop.* knife | fork | book
*A few exceptions, our ‘Good Sign’ has become a bit of a symbol round here. Inquire.
Deer crossing
POET PICKS : TERRY ABRAHAMS
terry is a deer living in Toronto. he has an honours BA in literature in english, philosophy, and book & media studies from the University of Toronto (circa 2017). he often makes his own little books and is a quiet member of Nosebleed Club. he was an editor at Hart House Review from 2014 to 2017. he currently reads poetry submissions for Arc Poetry and reviews poetry books for Platypus Press.
Find terry’s new chapbook, OPEN FIELD, and his other lovelies, here.
Photos: KIRBY
Featured Literary Event: Knife|Fork|Book at Monastiraki
Knife|Fork|Book at Monastiraki
Reviewed by Kian Vaziri-Tehrani
On Saturday June 25th, Monastiraki held the Knife|Fork|Book poetry chapbook launch of Jeff Kirby‘s She’s Having a Very Doris Day and Jonathan Garfinkel‘s Bociany (Storks) which featured readings by the two author along with poet David Bradford.
Walking into Monastiraki (for the first time I might add) I was struck by its quaintness and the subtle elegance of what it had on display, with a vintage Conan the Barbarian comic and a How do You Say it in Chinese? guidebook particularly catching my attention. It wasn’t long before a few familiar faces popped up, like fiction writer Guillaume Morrissette and poet Klara du Plessis. But of course, the afternoon belonged to Kirby, Garfinkel, and Bradford, who were making the rounds through the shop, mingling and chatting before their readings.
Kirby first introduced David Bradford, who read a…
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All heart
Montreal, near and dear, thank you for a glorious afternoon launch. Special thanks to BILLY MAVREAS at MONASTIRAKI for playing such a gracious host (lovelovelove you/your shop) and ELISABETH BELLIVEAU for making it so (that cake!) Also, my love to Montreal poets DAVID BRADFORD & JONATHAN GARFINKEL (she’s blessed indeed)—and to all those familiar and new to greet us—sweet *kisses.* knife | fork |book
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Beautiful. Powerful. Gorgeous. Moving. Rich. Textured.
beautiful night powerful new work gorgeous books moving readings always a rich textured world of language and engagement. TY again. Congrats https://t.co/Y5OOJbKIF4
— RobertFredeKenter (@frede_kenter) June 22, 2017
