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Hopper-esque

Nothing quite like a pretty afternoon Wave. Wave Poetry @ knife | fork | book Photo: KIRBY

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Slo-Po

“WHAT?!”* What if the work is just as closed as it looks? What if it just happens to be arranged in words? What if I feel dumb too? And it’s kinda fun? New KFB readers group, led by poet DAVID BRADFORD, tackles the ‘difficult stuff’ of poetry, slowly. “For all that work we’ve been unsure how to […]

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Locals

But a glimpse of our first month. What it is to be welcomed. Thanks everybody. Thrilled to be here. knife | fork | book @ Rick’s Cafe 281 Augusta Avenue Kensington Market Toronto

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Pairing

  KILBY SMITH-MCGREGOR + ROXANNA BENNETT last night at KFB Photos: KIRBY UP NEXT: 11/10 STANFORD CHEUNG. 11/17 LAUREN LEVIN + ERIC SNEATHEN. 11/24 MAUREEN HYNES

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November rain

and our beautiful new reading chair. O so pretty.   knife | fork | book Photos: KIRBY  

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The pleasure of his company

Poet JONATHAN GARFINKEL reads new work last night at KFB Photos: KIRBY

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Poised

KILBY SMITH-McGREGOR KIDS IN TRIAGE ROXANNA BENNETT THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE THURSDAY NOVEMBER 3RD knife | fork | book @ Rick’s Cafe | 281 Augusta Avenue | Kensington Market Doors open 6:30PM | Reading 7PM Excerpt: Kilby Smith-McGregor IN CONVERSATION: ROXANNA BENNETT’S UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE The Town Crier, May 18, 2016. Photo: Kilby Smith-McGregor

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Kirby [hearts] Kilby

.@knifeforkbook makes me so happy. Thanks @itsakirby for being an activist/advocate curator—celebrating poetry might just be revolutionary. https://t.co/G0HybuEAAw — Kilby Smith-McGregor (@KilbySM) October 25, 2016 FIND KILBY SMITH-MCGREGOR‘s KIDS IN TRIAGE  HERE & SEE/HEAR HER WITH ROXANNA BENNETT NOV 3RD

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“…and what a glorious place it is.”

The thing that made me especially giddy was the number of chapbooks not just present but beautifully displayed. Poet, KATE SUTHERLAND, whose new collection, How to Draw A Rhinoceros (BookThug) launches at Toronto’s temple of books, Ben McNally’s, November 4th, graced our shop this week past and wrote a lovely piece about her visit as […]

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On the highwire

A few of our favourite titles/poets from Tightrope Books, including their signature, THE BEST CANADIAN POETRY 2016 (in English) series*,  EMILY POHL-WEARY‘s Ghost Sick (recently shortlisted for the Fred Cogswell Award), and ROXANNA BENNETT’s The Uncertainty Principle, reading here, NOVEMBER 3RD (with KILBY SMITH-MCGREGOR). *Launching at IFOA HARBOURFRONT, November 30th.