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‘Can you tell me about KFB?’

I remember stopping in one Friday this past March feeling rundown and fed up with this city and Kirby was all smiles, and then Ralph Kolewe, a great poet, dropped in, and then Kate Sutherland, another great poet, dropped in, and we all sat in the sun together, looking at poetry, talking. And I instantly […]

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In the pink

  You know she’s having one* when the shop is looking this snappy! Come. Partake. Enjoy. We so appreciate your business.  knife | fork | book *Photos: KIRBY She’s Having a Doris Day

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Broadsides & other beauties

  Poetry broadsides from Anansi, Baseline, Bookthug, Coach House, Cuneiform, SunnyOutside, along with these beautiful pitchers, teapots, vases, and mugs are all for sale at the back of our shop.*  knife | fork | book *A few exceptions, our ‘Good Sign’ has become a bit of a symbol round here. Inquire.

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Saint Derek

Dance, lovelies.  knife |fork | book (I’m seeking to acquire a copy of this book. Kirby)

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Best in TO

  In case you missed it. Delightful company. Thank you. knife | fork | book

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Sweet [holy] nothings

Days and days like these.  knife | fork | book Pictured: Poets, Kirby and Jessica Joy Hiemstra Photos: R. KOLEWE

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Poet is in

POET PICKS : ROXANNA BENNETT ROXANNA BENNETT is the author of The Uncertainty Principle  (Tightrope Books, 2014). Her work has appeared in Bitch Magazine, Slice Magazine, The Dalhousie Review, Existere, Arc, Vallum, CV2, Cosmonauts Avenue, Qwerty, carte blanche, and many other publications. Her KFB chapbook, Unseen Garden, comes out Fall 2017. She lives in Ontario, Canada.

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Holy Lark

THIS THURSDAY | THURSDAY NIGHT POETS JESSICA HIEMSTRA   DAVID WHITE  JUNE 15TH knife | fork | book at Rick’s Cafe | 281 Augusta Avenue | Kensington Market | Toronto Doors 6:30  Poetry 7-ish Access: Ramp entrance into shop. DAVID WHITE is one of the contributing poets of Renga: A Collaborative Poem (Brick Books). In 1994 he competed his […]

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And then

The unexpected pleasure of a visit with 2017 Griffin Poetry Prize Winner JORDAN ABEL.  knife | fork | book Photo: KIRBY [click on image to enlarge]

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Our ‘intern’

There’s something that you need to know, (if you didn’t already). Poet HOA NGUYEN is our intern here at knife | fork | book, a ‘title’ she herself came up with. We’ve been giggling ever since. Truth be told, Hoa is as responsible for fulfilling the dream of KFB into existence as myself. Our kite […]