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Pansies and Monogamy

JONATHAN GARFINKEL Copywright 2016. Jonathan Garfinkel. Printed here by permission of the author.

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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.

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MWAH

Writing is sometimes useful that way, with news of the world out there. But out there is only meaningful in its correspondence to in here. Like his poetry, the simple pleasure of sitting with this man, this river, this mountain. FRED WAH at Hoa Nguyen’s Poetry Workshop  16 October 2016 Photos: KIRBY HOA NGUYEN’S VIOLET […]

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Magic happens here

  From press to store. A splendid visit with Taylor, Jess, and Norman at Coach House Books. Photos: KIRBY

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Opening

OPENING RECEPTION THIS EVENING 6:30-9PM with curator THOMAS MAUNDER of GALLERY 1007 in attendance. knife | fork | book @ Rick’s Cafe | 281 Augusta Avenue | Kensington Market Doors open at 6:30PM    

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she’s HERE!

TONIGHT MARNIE knife | fork | book @ Rick’s Cafe | 281 Augusta Avenue | Kensington Market Doors open at 6:30PM