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One for the book

  Last night. This much fun, poetry… and love.  knife | fork | book The Toronto Launch for HOA NGUYEN’s VIOLET ENERGY INGOTS (Wave Books). Photos: KIRBY SATURDAY NIGHT Oct 29TH— ANNA MOSCHOVAKIS—Doors 6:30 Reading 7ish  @Rick’s Cafe 281 Augusta Ave —Kensington Market

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It’s tonight

  Doors open at 6:30. Reading 7-ish.

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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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…and nights

Reading Barthes, via Ondaatje, via Maggie Nelson. OPEN FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS UNTIL 9PM knife | fork | book @ Rick’s Cafe | 281 Augusta Avenue | Kensington Market   HOA NGUYEN’S VIOLET ENERGY INGOTS LAUNCHES OCTOBER 27TH @kfb

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“A gem.”

.@itsakirby‘s new spot @knifeforkbook in Kensington Market is a gem 👌🏾 pic.twitter.com/viUd49LXwX — Neil Wadhwa (@neilwadhwa) October 7, 2016 Toronto terrific new poetry bookshop! Perfectly curated titles, cozy welcoming space. LUV. IT. @RicksKensington @knifeforkbook https://t.co/g4yGqO9wwE — Hoa Nguyen (@peacehearty) October 7, 2016 Thank you @knifeforkbook for a brilliant night of music & conversation & BOOKS […]

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Last night

Warmth. Merriment. Poetry. We’re open.  knife | fork | book  

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Flier

Illustrator: TALLULAH POMEROY

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Pretty in Violet

Listed in the Top Ten Poetry Collections— Fall 2016  Publishers Weekly “Gather the firm clever thing / from the moment looking away” In these new poems, Nguyen seems especially immersed in her own process and in the essence of writing, engaged with the “root of the words/ not the fucking use/ made purposed and stupid.” Publishers […]

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Thursdays in October

    October 6th | MARNIE WOODROW  October 13th | THE POWER OF PORTRAITURE October 20th  December 15th |  JIM NASON  October 27th | HOA NGUYEN    OPENING NIGHT: 10/6 – 2016 Toronto Book Award Finalist and Goldie Award winning novelist MARNIE WOODROW reads from her early collection of shorts, In the Spice House, set in […]