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Happy birthday, Doris

It’s exactly one year ago that KFB’s first little chapbook launched, KIRBY’s SHE’S HAVING A DORIS DAY, cleverly disguised as a pink bon bon with legs that kick. Four printings later, nearly 400 copies sold, fellow KFB poet JONATHAN GARFINKEL BOCIANY (STORKS) and myself invite you to celebrate with us this TUESDAY MAY 1ST reading at […]

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Hounds of love

Poets, poetry to the rescue. LEMONHOUND[S] SINA QUERYAS TANIS FRANCO TRISH SALAH KATHRYN MOCKLER TANIS MACDONALD ZOE WHITTALL  Canadian Independent Booksellers Day  knife | fork | book Photos: KIRBY

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15:1

VALLUM MAGAZINE Issue 15:1 Memory and Loss LAUNCH w/Julie Mannell Heather L Kelly Noah Zacharin Canisia Lubrin Devon Gallant Tamar Rubin Brian Henderson Laurie D. Graham Emily Rosello Mercurio Bill Howell Zach Pearl knife | fork | book

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“Threats” and “blackmail”? Never. CripCanLit & I categorically deny both. This slur is both a well-timed red-herring & classic ableist fragility. It stoops to blame the messengers rather than hear the message. #CanLit — Dorothy Ellen Palmer (@depalm) April 27, 2018 I’m going to tweet this in about an hour Threat. Blackmail. (“head’s up”) I […]

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Where [the fuck] else?

Julie MannellHeather Kelly Noah ZacharinCanisia LubrinDevon Gallant Tamar Rubin Brian Henderson Laurie D. GrahamEmily Rosello MercurioBill HowellZach Pearl Mike Madill This. Killer. Line-up.@vallummag LAUNCH k | f | bFRI 7PMhttps://t.co/qF4yn5Ol42#whereelse? pic.twitter.com/axcGqhKX7B — knifeforkbook (@knifeforkbook) April 27, 2018 It’s Friday.  knife | fork | book  (#wherethefuckelse?) Doors 6:30 Poetry 7

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The next wave

New. Daily.  knife | fork | book

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Poetry is the opposite of escape but makes this world endurable. —CAConrad @CAConrad88 — KC Trommer (@kctrommer) April 25, 2018

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Our response

One of my favourite shops in the city is closing. Good Egg, delightful purveyor of fine books and all things cookery, riveting storefront window displays, for many a must stop destination, directly across the street from us, in Kensington Market. Their lease was up. Word is the landlord/s asking for $35,000 more a year. So […]

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KFB KICKASS KILLER WEEKEND

THIS FRIDAY + SATURDAY Julie Mannell Heather Kelly Noah Zacharin Canisia Lubrin Devon Gallant Tamar Rubin Brian Henderson Laurie D. Graham Emily Rosello Mercurio Bill Howell Zach Pearl Mike Madill VALLUM CONTEMPORARY POETRY ISSUE 15:1 MEMORY AND LOSS TORONTO LAUNCH FRIDAY APRIL 27TH 7PM Doors 6:30 Poetry 7-ish  Wear socks to be seen (we’re shoeless). […]

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Launch pad

SATURDAY 3PM DAVID ALEXANDER launches his Nightwood Editions debut, AFTER THE HATCHING OVEN with special guests, LILLIAN NECAKOV + JEFF LATOSIK. 7PM ZED PRESS storm Toronto with two new chapbooks/poets HANAN HAZIME AORTA + KHASHAYAR MOHAMMADI MOE’S SKIN Poetry. Here.  knife | fork | book Photos: KIRBY