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“A salty gratitude for being on Earth”

KFB | SATURDAY 3PM Aglow with postcolonial loss, wryly defiant of what they reveal, Pirani’s poems describe a warm estrangement and salty gratitude for being on Earth. AYAZ PIRANI KABIR’S JACKET HAS A THOUSAND POCKETS (Mawenzi House) SATURDAY JULY 27TH 3PM knife | fork | bookat The Dark Side Studio | 244 Augusta Avenue | […]

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a-MAZE-ing

KFB | THIS WEEKEND KFBFRIDAYS JULY 12TH 7PM HUGH THOMAS MAZE (Invisible) NOIR: Z LAUNCH bill bissett DANIEL f. BRADLEY BRIAN DEDORA + WORK BY HART BROUDY A CAMERON-NOELTNER KATE SIKLOSI IN STORE SATURDAYS JULY 13TH 3PM SHANNON WEBB-CAMPBELL I AM A BODY OF LAND LEE MARACLE COLUMPA BOBB HOPE MATTERS (Book*hug) knife | fork […]

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“Inspiring generosity”

https://twitter.com/brokencloudco/status/1134892313698852865 This is how we do it. What keeps us here. The generous support of those who respond in kind/ness. This kind support actually occurs daily by your visits, word of mouth, attending events, reading here, social media, sales. Poets, publishers, lovers who hold this space dear. We’re not a “business,” we’re a passion. Powered […]

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Jeanne Dark comes of age on the prairie LAUNCH

KFB | SATURDAY 3PM     dee HOBSBAWN-SMITH Jeanne Dark comes of age on the prairie (espresso press) LAUNCH SATURDAY JUNE 8TH 3PM knife | fork | book at The Dark Side Studio | 244 Augusta Avenue | 2nd Floor | Kensington Market | Toronto Access: We are a second floor walk-up with two all-gender washrooms. Please […]

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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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This. Moment.

  “These two. Totally why I’m a gayboy.” FAN WU. CODY CAETANO. KIRBY. THIS IS WHERE I GET OFF LAUNCH

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BROWN MARTINELLO WALSH MAY 24TH

KFB FRIDAYS | MAY 24TH   DOMENICA MARTINELLO ALL DAY I DREAM ABOUT SIRENS (Coach House Books, 2019) MICHELLE BROWN SAFE WORDS (Palimpsest Press, 2018) MATTHEW WALSH THESE ARE NOT THE POTATOES OF MY YOUTH (Goose Lane, 2019) FRIDAY MAY 24TH knife | fork | book at The Dark Side Studio | 244 Augusta Avenue | 2nd […]

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Blessed

Wondrous. Ardent. Full. Poets ANTON POOLES MONSTER 36, ÁNGES CSERHÁTI UNREMEMBERED, and SHANE NEILSON NEW BRUNSWICK deliver at their Toronto launch last night. Thanks to the presses Biblioasis, Frog Hollow, Anstruther, host Jim Johnstone, our friends Joseph and Leo at Orbital Arts Gallery and all who held this space dear.  knife | fork | book

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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 […]