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In the stars

“Aren’t we a pair?” Iconic LYNN CROSBIE and a mesmerising CANISIA LUBRIN. Pure poetry. Pure magic. This place.  knife | fork | book Photos: KIRBY

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‘such fire’

I’ll let you go, he says before hanging up, although he never has. LYNN CROSBIE The Corpses of the Future But why / should I unravel over all this remembering? / Great thing about landing / is that I’ve arrived CANISIA LUBRIN Voodoo Hypothesis k | f | b  FRIDAYS | THIS FRIDAY LYNN CROSBIE […]

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KFB FRIDAYS

k | f | b  THIS FRIDAY | NIGHTWOOD EDITIONS SHOWCASE DAVID ALEXANDER SPENCER GORDON OWAIN NICHOLSON FRIDAY OCTOBER 20TH knife | fork | book at The Dark Side Studio, 244 Augusta Avenue, Second Floor (walk-up above Bunner’s Bakery) Doors 6:30 Poetry 7-ish DAVID ALEXANDER is the author of the chapbooks Chicken Scratch from Puddles of Sky […]

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This is Good Good

  Grand.  knife | fork | book A F MORITZ  A ZACHARY  EMILY IZSAK  GARY BARWIN HOA NGUYEN HUGH THOMAS  JACOB MCARTHUR MOONEY  JAMES G SOUTHCOTT  JAMES LINDSAY  JIMMY MCINNES  JULIE CAMERON GRAY  KIRBY  MICHELLE BROWN  MOEZ SURANI  R KOLEWE  RASIQRA REVULVA  RYAN ECKES  SUE LANDERS  SUPARNA GHOSH  VINCENT COLISTRO  EVERYONE WHO CAME Photos: KIRBY […]

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“Poetry is what we serve.”

Poetry is an event. Poetry read aloud is a vital, courageous, extraordinary act. It’s my refresh button. Sustenance. What keeps us here. Pockets of vibrant, responsive, living communities in support of one another. Challenging, raising the bar. Hearing what we haven’t, repeatedly the same, repeatedly new. To etch out identities and form. Find resonance and […]

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On fire

THURSDAY NIGHT POETS DANIELLE LAFRANCE ANAHITA JAMALI RAD THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 21ST knife | fork | book Off-site at Orbital Arts Gallery | 275 Augusta Ave | Kensington Market | Toronto Doors open 6:30PM | Poetry 7-ish  Access: Wheelchair accessible. No public washrooms. DANIELLE LAFRANCE is a poet, librarian, and militant. Since 1983 she has mostly resided […]

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Window show

Closing night poetry lovefest at Rick’s Cafe filled the Kensington Market sidewalk with poets AARON TUCKER, ANDREW MCEWAN, AND JULIA POLYCK-O’NEILL reading from the shop window. All were invited to a surprise preview of our new digs across the street at The Dark Side Studio, 244 Augusta Ave 2nd Floor, which opens today, 1-5:30PM.

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Check

THURSDAY NIGHT POETS ANDREW MCEWAN JULIA POLYCK-O’NEILL AARON TUCKER THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 14TH knife | fork | book @ Rick’s Cafe | 281 Augusta Avenue | Kensington Market Doors open 6:30PM | Poetry 7-ish ANDREW MCEWAN is the author of repeater (a finalist for the 2013 Gerald Lampert Memorial Award) and numerous chapbooks, including Conditional and Can’t tell if […]

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A passion for poetry

The rare treat of being in such good company. HOA NGUYEN & KIMBERLY ALIDIO last night.  knife | fork | book UPCOMING: August 24th STEWARTCOLE | ALLYFLEMING | TAKATSU | ANSTRUTHER PRESS LAUNCH  September 14th  JULIA POLYCK-O’NEILL | AARON TUCKER | ANDREW MCEWEN September 21st  ANAHITA JAMALI RAD | DANIELLE LAFRANCE September 22nd (Fri)  SLO-PO Reading Group w/DAVID BRADFORD  September 30th (Sat)  MARK GOLDSTEIN | PHIL HALL | ERIN MOURE | BEAUTIFUL OUTLAW PRESS LAUNCH October 6-8  KNIFE […]

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Waaaay too much fun

…all we can say is, it’s TONIGHT!  knife | fork | book