KHASHAYAR MOHAMMADI’s 2018 PICKS 1. “Chlorosis” by Michael Flatt and Derrick Mund (The Operating System) As they describe the book themselves, “A break-up letter to the world.” The Echopoetics of “Chlorosis” forces us to face the bitter truths about our environment. through their rhetoric we sit down with 3D Glasses to watch nature crumble all […]
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KFB | REVIEW HEART & MOUTH & DEED & LIFE JM FRANCHETEAU Anstruther Press, 2018. I’ve been involved in Toronto’s small press scene for a few years now, and in those short few years, Anstruther Press has been a beacon for chapbook presses all around. In Toronto “Anstruther” has become virtually synonymous with “Chapbooks”, inspiring […]
There is nothing quite like an Anstruther Press launch to bring everybody out (even on the bleakest of days/nights). Congrats to poets ANDREW BROOKS JM FRANCHETEAU DAVID GROULX EMILY OSBOURNE and to the kickass team at Anstruther, Jim, Erica, Ally, Katie, Shane (and to Amy LeBlanc and John Barton, not pictured). Find their lovely chapbooks here. knife […]
KFB FRIDAYS | THIS FRIDAY “What has annually become our most anticipated, biggest event of the season… and for good reason.” – Kirby ANSTRUTHER PRESS FALL 2018 LAUNCH ANDREW BROOKS ONE COUNTRY AFTER JM FRANCHETEAU HEART & MOUTH & DEED & LIFE DAVID GROULX AM A SKIN TOO EMILY OSBOURNE BIOMETRICAL FRIDAY NOVEMBER 9TH […]
The remarkable occasion when an evening accomplishes exactly what it set out to do. A seamless forty minutes of poetic interplay between AARON BOOTHBY, CANISIA LUBRIN, and KLARA DU PLESSIS, (a full, appreciative house, spellbound), meticulously crafted and hosted by du Plessis. Beautiful indeed. knife | fork | book Photos: KIRBY
THIS #KFBFRIDAYS Doors 6:30 Poetry 7 Poet KLARA DU PLESSIS (“Ekke” @PalimpsestPress ‘One of the year’s best.’ @itsakirby) has curated a special evening at KFB w/ fellow poets @canisialu and @ellipticalnight #ONENIGHTONLY https://t.co/bDHZ0ZKmnT k | f | b#poweredbypoets pic.twitter.com/HAhZlzjqWK — knifeforkbook (@knifeforkbook) August 23, 2018 I’ve been toying with the idea of curating a reading […]
ANSTRUTHER PRESS [RESPLENDENT] SUMMER LAUNCH last night. knife | fork | book
The anticipation is killing me. Doors 6:30 Poetry 7
ANNE BOYER A HANDBOOK OF DISSAPOINTED FATE (UGLY DUCKLING) on order ANNICK MACASKILL NO MEETING WITHOUT BODY (GASPEREAU) on order KLARA DU PLESSIS EKKE (PALIMPSEST) in store JIM JOHNSTONE ed. THE NEXT WAVE: AN ANTHOLOGY OF 21ST CENTURY CANADIAN POETRY (ANSTRUTHER) in store AMANDA JERNIGAN YEARS, MONTHS, DAYS (BIBLIOASIS) in store ERIC SCHMALTZ SURFACES (INVISIBLE) […]
FRIDAY JULY 6TH CATHERINE & KATHLEEN CATHERINE GRAHAM | KATHLEEN MCCRACKEN CATHERINE GRAHAM’s sixth poetry collection The Celery Forest (Wolsak & Wynn, Buckrider Books) is a CBC Books Top 10 Canadian Poetry Collection of 2017 and appears on their Ultimate Canadian Poetry List. KATHLEEN McCRACKEN is a Canadian poet and academic. She is the author of seven collections of poetry […]
