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KFB | MTL | LAUNCH | SAT

SATURDAY MONTREAL k | f | bhttps://t.co/fw5FLb7n07#LAUNCH #poetry #chapbooks @yesmonastiraki #DaleSmith #sons @BartleBeeps #callout @noneandonly #sexmademe @sickpoettheory #werenotgoingtodobetternexttime @itsakirby #sheshavingadorisday pic.twitter.com/ny1ff6Qw1p — knifeforkbook (@knifeforkbook) December 7, 2017

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Starry, starry night

CHRIS BANKS  CORNELIA HOOGLAND  JIM JOHNSTONE  SHANE NEILSON  O night divine. knife | fork | book THANKS TO JOSEPH & LEO at ORBITAL ARTS GALLERY for hosting and to all the poets and readers who came. Photos: KIRBY

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TONIGHT

.@chadicampbell's insightful review of Jim Johnstone's new poetry collection 'The Chemical Life' in @mancreview: " we glimpse … the slow crash and delayed impact of addiction and mental illness." https://t.co/mb2q9sqk8A pic.twitter.com/bNqs7GbV7B — Vehicule Press (@VehiculePress) November 20, 2017 Poet, ambassador of poetry, and dear friend. Look forward to hearing you this evening. @itsakirby December 7, […]

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Pressed

One of several delightful encounters this year, ANDREW MCEWAN’S If Pressed (BookThug, 2017) More Kirby’s Picks for 2017 out next week. knife | fork | book Pictured: An excerpt from the poem, ‘Review’ in ANDREW MCEWAN’s If Pressed (BookThug, 2017)

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Pass the mayo

Secret’s out. JACQUELYN ROSS MAYONNAISE (Blank Cheque) is but one of the chapbook gems of the year. Full list out next week.  knife | fork | book  

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Tidal wave

Toronto. Kensington Market. Saturday night. Not a bar. No liquor sales. Full house. 7:30PM Lights dim. Poetry. Pink perfect. Four fresh powerhouses. PAMELA DUNGAO. MIGUEL LEANDRO GAMBOA. TARA-MICHELLE ZINIUK. And the poet in pink ballcap and pleather. Last night’s Toronto launch of THE TIDE (Rahila’s Ghost Press, 2017), JAKE BYRNE is deserving of every accolade […]

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Bilingual

  CORINNE CHEVARIER STEPHANE DESPATIE ERIC CHARLEBOIS JULIE JOOSTEN A.F. MORITZ shine at last night’s Festival International de la Poesie event curated by Gaston Bellemare and Beatriz Hausner.  knife | fork | bork

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Readers

Welcome.  knife | fork | book Photos: KIRBY

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S I N A

  I am no lady. I will rise and rise again out of the burning air. You can eat my genius, rare. k | f | b  FRIDAYS | SPECIAL EVENT SINA QUEYRAS FRIDAY DECEMBER 29TH knife | fork | book at The Dark Side Studio, 244 Augusta Avenue, Second Floor (walk-up above Bunner’s Bakery) […]

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Vital signs

A jolt to the vitals. LYNNE DESILVA JOHNSON, JUDITH GOLDMAN, and SARAH PINDER remind us of the essentialness of who we are and what keeps us here. Brimming.  knife | fork | book