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‘You all came to hear poetry.’

Yes, Noah, that’s why we’re here.  knife | fork | book Thanks to Dan & Casey at Biblioasis, and there terrific line-up of poets, MOLLY PEACOCK, PATRICIA YOUNG, and NOAH WARENESS for keeping it ‘real.’ Special shout out to David Bradford. Photos: KIRBY

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Pretty Ugly

Brooklyn’s UGLY DUCKLING PRESSE arrives. Welcome.  knife | fork | book

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Slow good

  VALLUM CHAPBOOK SERIES shines last night with poets CATRIONA WRIGHT, JULIAN GOBERT, K. T. BILLEY, and YUSUF SAADI, graciously hosted by JAY RITCHIE. knife | fork | book Photos: KIRBY

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Take your Vallum

Tonight's the night! pic.twitter.com/Lbt7DkVJFj — Vallum Magazine (@vallummag) April 1, 2017

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Meta house

A sensational showcase of emerging talents at last night’s METATRON (Montreal) blast, featuring ASHLEY OPHEIM,  JAY RITCHIE, SENNAH YEE, ERIC AMLING, SARAH JEAN GRIMM, ADAM ZACHARY, and SARA SUTTERLIN. knife | fork | book Photos: KIRBY TONIGHT! MONTREAL PART 2: VALLUM CHAPBOOK SERIES SHOWCASE

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Tuesday with Kitty

The unexpected pleasure of making a new friend. KITTY LEWIS, the force behind legendary poetry publishing house, BRICK BOOKS visits KFB fresh from VERSeFest Ottawa. Photo: KIRBY

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Next stop

  I know there’s nothing special about me being here; I see the same things as all the others, exclaim the same compliments. But here in a warm wood-panelled bar, I’ll pound my hand on the table, press my shirt to my chest, and declare, solemnly and without irony, that I too could live here. […]

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Poetry Sunday Poetry

  CHUS PATO and ERIN MOURE fill our Sunday afternoon with poetry (and the love of) at Secession/Insecession Launch yesterday. knife | fork | book Thanks to VERSeFest (Ottawa), Hazel and Jay, BookThug, Dylan, Drew, and Rick (Rick’s Cafe) and all who attended. Photos: KIRBY

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Superb

  The indescribable joy at celebrating the new. Congrats to JENNY HAYSOM & NEIL SURKAN at the launch of their new chapbooks from Anstruther Press. knife | fork | book Photos: KIRBY

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Such good company

CANADIAN LAUNCH | PREMIERE A staged reading of MADELEINE BRAUN and PARKER MENZIMER‘s collaborative work TrueBlock at the storefront of knife | fork | book last night. A limited edition of TrueBlock now on sale at k|f|b Photos: KIRBY