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Heft

NEW at KFB! Our friends from Vancouver’s ANVIL PRESS weigh in with a heavy roster of greats STUART ROSS, KEVIN SPENST, CATHERINE OWEN, and new books by JOHN CREARY, JON PAUL FIORENTINO, and JAMIE REID. Beautifully designed and textured books, ready to hold. The first reader to purchase from our ANVIL PRESS shelf will score […]

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Pleasure treasure

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Gary Barwin (@garybarwin) A lovely surprise to my day. (Yes, she gushed.)  Thanks, Gary.  knife | fork | book

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Scorching

  This hot, and looking good. New at knife| fork | book

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What fun!

Thanks everybody for making it so.  knife | fork | book

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3rd pull

This would be my 3rd pull: CHAPBOOKS: SIMONE WHITE Unrest (UDP $15) JAMAAL MAY The Whetting of Teeth (OW! $12) CHRISTINE LECLERC Oilywood ($13) FRANZ WRIGHT Recurring Awakening (Vallum $12) TOUCH THE DONKEY No. 14 ($10) Translating Horses (Baseline anthology $20) RASIQRA REVULVA Cephalopography (words(on)pages $14) Bottlecapsule 1 (Bottlecap anthology $20) CHAD CAMPBELL Euphonia (Anstruther $10) […]

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2nd pull

This would be my second: ANDREW RIDKER ed. Privacy Policy (used anthology $20) KEVIN OPSTEDAL Pacific Standard Time (UDP $24) JAN ZWICKY Songs for Relinquishing the Earth (Brick $15) JOY HARJO Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings (Norton $22) FRED WAH Is a Door (Talonbooks $18)  RUTH ROACH PIERSON Aide–mémoire (Buschek $15) JOHN ASHBERY Notes from the […]

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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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‘Are you published?’

‘Yes.’ Congrats to the newly published writers/poets, curator DIONNE BRAND, BOOKTHUG, IFOA, Toronto Arts Coucil, and Toronto Lit Up (indeed). More, please. knife | fork | book    

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Dear Jonathan

Dear @_jgarfy Thank you for such a beautiful book. I count my blessings. Look forward to our launches @knifeforkbook @yesmonastiraki pic.twitter.com/uJ74MFAV4G — KIRBY (@itsakirby) June 20, 2017 21 JUN KFB TORONTO 7PM 25 JUN MONASTIRAKI MONTREAL 3PM