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“EARTHY ANECDOTES” CHATTERJEE CLARKE GRAHAM KIRBY MOCKLER APR 5TH

KFBFRIDAYS | FRIDAY APRIL 5th AYESHA CHATTERJEE | GEORGE ELLIOTT CLARKE | CATHERINE GRAHAM | KIRBY | KATHRYN MOCKLER EARTHY ANECDOTES FRIDAY APRIL 5TH knife | fork | book at The Dark Side Studio | 244 Augusta Avenue | 2nd Floor | Kensington Market | Toronto Doors 6:30 | Poetry 7 Access: We are a second floor walk-up with two all-gender washrooms. Please […]

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PUMP DADDY DADDY PUMP

KFB FRIDAYS | THIS FRIDAY   SWIMMER’S GROUP has always been known for there no holds barred, serve the book, labour-intensive, all-in, meticulous approach to what can only be an object to marvel upon. Hold-in-hand. Own. So, it came as no surprise when editor FAN WU said this latest SG glory has been three years […]

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CATHERINE GRAHAM “THE SHORT POEM” WORKSHOP MAY 25TH

  KFB POETRY LAB WELCOMES “Graham’s poems are sparely worded but full of evocative images that vividly convey a wide range of emotion, from passion to grief.” —CBC Books “Master of the short poem.” – Kirby CATHERINE GRAHAM THE SHORT POEM WORKSHOP Compression, image, metaphor, voice—there are many routes to the short poem. How does it […]

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Anstruther BLAST-OFF!

This is poetry on a Friday Night. ANSTRUTHER PRESS launch six new chapbooks, coaxing an early Spring Season to a record-setting capacity crowd. HELLO! knife | fork |book

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TONIGHT! ANSTRUTHER LAUNCH

THIS FRIDAY | #KFBFRIDAYS “What has annually become our most anticipated, biggest event of the season… and for good reason.” – Kirby ANSTRUTHER PRESS  WINTER 2019 LAUNCH MANAHIL BANDUKWALA Paper Doll  JACQUELINE BOURQUE The Dune as Bookmark JACLYN DESFORGES Hello Nice Man OUBAH OSMAN Hereditary Blue AARON TUCKER Catalogue d’oiseaux EUGENIA ZUROSKI Hovering, Seen FRIDAY MARCH 1ST knife | fork | book at The […]

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“I am dead and need tenderness.”– Zbigniew Herbert — Jacob Wren (@EverySongIveEve) February 26, 2019 t>

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KFB | MARCH 2019

KFB | MARCH 2019 1 MARCH ANSTRUTHER PRESS CHAPBOOK LAUNCH MANAHIL BANDUKWALA PAPER DOLL JACQUELINE BOURQUE THE DUNE AS BOOKMARK  JACLYN DESFORGES HELLO NICE MAN OUBAH OSMAN HEREDITARY BLUE AARON TUCKER CATALOGUE D’OISEAUX EUGENIA ZUROSKI HOVERING, SEEN 8 MARCH SWIMMER’S GROUP LAUNCH DOMINIQUE RUSSELL INSTRUCTIONS FOR DREAMERS FAN WU [Editor] PUMPDADDY PHANTASMAGORIA   15 MARCH JULIE MORRISSY WHERE, THE MILE END (BOOK*HUG) LAUNCH w/ KIM FAHNER THESE WINGS (PEDLAR PRESS) + […]

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The warmth of good company

The poet’s came out last night and were rewarded in kind with readings by E MARTIN NOLAN and ELEE KRALJII GARDINER. Good company. Still warm.

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“But cheerfulness kept breaking through”

“But cheerfulness kept breaking through” ~ Leonard Cohen “Ain't No Cure for Love” ⤵️ https://t.co/xoPHFxRs26 pic.twitter.com/T72JDth7KL — Paul Holdengraber (@holdengraber) February 14, 2019

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Portrait

I took this photo of poet HOA NGUYEN in her home at the end of one of her Sunday afternoon poetry classes. Classy. Classic. Hoa returns/reads tonight at the University of Maryland where she encountered poetry as an undergrad in her twenties. Have a great reading Hoa.