Thursday, June 22, 2017

KNIFE FORK BOOK CHAPBOOK LAUNCH

KNIFE FORK BOOK CHAPBOOK LAUNCH

JONATHAN GARFINKEL BOCIANY (STORKS)
KIRBY SHE'S HAVING A DORIS DAY (SECOND PRINTING)
DAVID BRADFORD NELL ZINK IS DAMN FREE, A STAR IS BORING, CALL OUT (OCT 17)

SUNDAY 25 JUNE 3PM 

JONATHAN GARFINKEL’s multi-genre writing has been translated into twelve languages, and his plays have been produced throughout Canada, Germany, Rus- sia, and Ukraine. He is the author of the book of poems Glass Psalms (Turnstone Press) and has writ- ten numerous plays including The Trials of John Demjanjuk: A Holocaust Cabaret and the Governor- General shortlisted House of Many Tongues. His memoir Ambivalence: Crossing the Israel/Palestine Divide was published in five countries to critical ac- claim (Penguin Canada and Norton and Norton US). Jonathan is also an award-winning non-fiction writer; his journalism has appeared in places like The Globe and Mail, The Walrus, Eighteen Bridges, Tablet, and PEN International. In 2015 he was com- missioned to adapt Rawi Hage’s Cockroach for the stage, which premiered at Alberta Theatre Projects in Calgary in 2016. Currently it is in development with Soulpepper. Named by the Toronto Star as ‘one to watch,’ he teaches playwriting at the Na- tional Theatre School of Canada in Montreal. jonathan-garfinkel.com

JEFF KIRBY’s earlier chapbooks include Simple Enough, Cock & Soul, Bob’s boy, and The world is fucked and sometimes beautiful. His work appears in numerous anthologies beginning with the letter Q, and most recently online at Matrix Magazine and bandcamp/jeffkirby. Kirby is the owner/publisher of knife | fork | book.

DAVID BRADFORD is an MFA candidate at the University of Guelph and leads the Slo-Po group reading series. His work has appeared in a variety of places, including Lemon Hound and Prairie Fire, and his latest chapbook, Call Out (Knife|Fork|Book), is forthcoming in 2017.