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Yes, Frank

…today is the day.  knife | fork | book

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Kirby love shower

  THIS WEEK | THURSDAY NIGHT POETS KIRBY SHE’S HAVING A DORIS DAY LAUNCH with CA CONRAD APRIL 27TH knife | fork | book at Rick’s Cafe | 281 Augusta Avenue | Kensington Market | Toronto Doors 6:30  Poetry 7-ish

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Essential CA

It is essential, right now, at this very moment, to embrace your creativity, if you used to paint, if you used to write poems then write again or paint again, just do it, do it now, right now! When we are creative we are able to make better decisions, we are able to see more […]

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Pearls

‘I have found my new favourite place on the planet.’ (And, on the eve of my 58th, so have I.) A rapturous night of poetry. CASSIDY McFADZEAN and ULRIKKA S. GERNES  knife | fork | book Photos: KIRBY  

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‘I want to believe’

CONGRATS to William and Nicole, words (on) pages, Spring 2017 Chapbook Launch with new work by STANFORD CHEUNG Kite Extension, LINDSAY CAHILL BORG EMOJI: robot sleep studies, and rob mclennan Cervante’s bones (with special thanks to AARON TUCKER, standing in for rob.) Photos: KIRBY

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Friday’s opus

THIS WEEK | THURSDAY FRIDAY NIGHT POETS ULRIKKA S. GERNES + CASSIDY MCFADZEAN FRIDAY APRIL 21ST Doors 6:30 Poetry 7-ish knife | fork | book at Rick’s Cafe | 281 Augusta Avenue | Kensington Market | Toronto CASSIDY MCFADZEAN is the author of Hacker Packer (McClelland & Stewart 2015), winner of two Saskatchewan Book Awards and shortlisted for […]

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Where the books are

  NORMAN NEHMETALLAH (Coach House Books) and myself were off to visit our moms this weekend (his in Windsor, mine in Toledo), which afforded us the grand occasion to meet up at Norman’s old haunt, Windsor’s independent publishing phenom BIBLIOASIS, an oasis it certainly is. Tina was in full welcome mode, and I stocked up on […]

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Bring it

They did. A packed house. A six-course meal. A wondrous night. Sue, Dilys, Maureen, Sheila, Nancy, Kelley. THE INCONVENIENTS last night at knife | fork | book UP NEXT at KFB: April 20th WORDS (ON) PAGES. April 21st  ULRIKKA GERNES | CASSIDY McFADZEAN. April 27th CAConrad | Jeff KIRBY. April 28th & 29th | CAConradWorkshops: New Moon (Soma)tic Poetry Rituals  Photos: KIRBY

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Bow down, mister

  TONIGHT | THURSDAY NIGHT POETS KELLEY AITKEN | NANCY VIVA DAVIS HALIFAX | MAUREEN HYNES | DILYS LEMAN | SUE MACLEOD | SHEILA STEWART THE INCONVENIENTS APRIL 13TH knife | fork | book at Rick’s Cafe | 281 Augusta Avenue | Kensington Market | Toronto Doors 6:30  Poetry 7-ish KELLEY AITKEN is a writer and artist. […]

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‘You all came to hear poetry.’

Yes, Noah, that’s why we’re here.  knife | fork | book Thanks to Dan & Casey at Biblioasis, and there terrific line-up of poets, MOLLY PEACOCK, PATRICIA YOUNG, and NOAH WARENESS for keeping it ‘real.’ Special shout out to David Bradford. Photos: KIRBY