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O little town of Kensington

TONIGHT! Festival of Lights Solstice Celebration Kensington Market We’re on the parade route (begins at dusk). Come. Celebrate. knife | fork | book  @Rick’s Cafe 281 Augusta Avenue OPEN TODAY 1-7   |  THURS & FRI 1-9  |  CHRISTMAS EVE 12-4  |  CLOSED CHRISTMAS Photos: KIRBY  Top: Orbital Arts 275 Augusta Ave | Centre: Montreal […]

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Just up the street

  A robust 14th Annual Meeting of The Dead Poets Society @ Supermarket last night, presented by The Art Bar,  The Rowers Pub Reading Series, and Tightrope Books. Hosted by David Clink with Heather Wood. Wonderful to see the rich herstory of Kensington Market continue to thrive as a literary/poetry hub. Pictured: Heather Wood. Ilyana […]

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Get some

“In Jim Nason‘s fifth collection of poetry, Touch Anywhere to Begin (Signature Editions, 2016), poems are set in a physical world where full-throttle desire commingles with love, loss and grief. Although death is ever present — death of a father, death of a friend — there is a life-affirming/mystical quality at the core of the […]

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Riveting

  A breathtaking reading by KATE SUTHERLAND last night. knife | fork | book Photos: KIRBY

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A prestigious affair

Our friends at Tightrope Books launch their signature series with a select line-up of poets at Harbourfront this evening.

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Kate [hearts] poetry

] …with a particular penchant for chapbooks. She loves poetry, and her Instagram (@rhinocerospoems) is a treasure trove of covers and finds. In fact, we’ve rarely seen Kate without ‘book-in-hand.’ Her debut collection How to Draw a Rhinoceros (BookThug 2016), combines “Robert Kroetschian documentary poetics with the meticulous research and environmental passion of Elizabeth Kolbert, to […]

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Slow Friday

THIS FRIDAY 7:30PM SLO-POw/ @BartleButts https://t.co/B2668NQFbxreading @peacehearty VIOLET ENERGY INGOTS@WavePoetry @RicksKensington pic.twitter.com/ebhumzbRRI — knifeforkbook (@knifeforkbook) November 28, 2016

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Poet

MAUREEN HYNES at knife | fork | book Photos: KIRBY

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Love letter

  I don’t know how or when I met poet Maureen Hynes. I believe she actually met me. Because that’s what Maureen Hynes does. She meets others, greets them, with a geniune decided interest, a curiosity and warmth that includes you, brings you into the fold. I may not remember how or when, but I […]

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Simply the best

We’re salivating. See you there.  knife | fork | book And drop by our place after, we’re open until 9PM tonight @Rick’s Cafe 281 Augusta Avenue Kensington Market.