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Julie, Kim, & Sam’s

It felt like home. JULIE MORRISSY, KIM FAHNER, SAMUEL GUEST, fellow poets, family, friends gather to launch, read, hear, share, celebrate. Last night.  knife | fork | book Photos: KIRBY

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TWO LAUREATES: GEOFFREY JAMES + ANNE MICHAELS MARCH 22ND

KFB | MARCH 22ND TO PHOTO LAUREATE GEOFFREY JAMES TO POET LAUREATE ANNE MICHAELS ONE UNFORGETTABLE EVENING FRIDAY MARCH 22ND knife | fork | book at The Dark Side Studio | 244 Augusta Avenue | 2nd Floor | Kensington Market | Toronto Doors 6:30 Start 7 PLEASE NOTE: LIMITED SEATING AVAILABLE. NO ENTRY ONCE PROGRAM […]

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“My soul found some ease; the poor thing, it’s / always constrained by the weight of the years.”

CAVAFY, It Must Have Been the Spirits (February 1919) Translated by DANIEL MENDELSOHN

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The joy that is

Saturdays. Poets KLARA DU PLESSIS (EKKE Palimpsest Press) + JIM JOHNSTONE (ed. THE NEXT WAVE: An Anthology of 21st Century Canadian Poetry Anstruther Press) spend some time pouring over the goods.  knife | fork | book 

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MORRISSY FAHNER GUEST

THIS FRIDAY | KFB FRIDAYS       JULIE MORRISSY WHERE, THE MILE END (BOOK*HUG) LAUNCH KIM FAHNER THESE WINGS (PEDLAR PRESS) + SAMUEL GUEST THE RADICAL DREAMS FRIDAY MARCH 15TH 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 […]

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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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PHASTASMAGORIA

SEBASTIAN FRYE/SWIMMER’S GROUP LAUNCHES DOMINIQUE RUSSELL INSTRUCTIONS FOR DREAMERS + PUMPDADDY PHANTASMAGORIA FAN WU, Editor LAST NIGHT Find them both here. knife | fork | book

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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